The 'place-attachment' practices of student residence leaders at their Stellenbosch University residences.
| dc.contributor.advisor | Fataar, Aslam | en_ZA |
| dc.contributor.author | Davids, Delecia Allison | en_ZA |
| dc.contributor.other | Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Education. Dept. of Education Policy Studies. | en_ZA |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-11-23T06:29:54Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-12-22T14:22:39Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-11-23T06:29:54Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-12-22T14:22:39Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-12 | |
| dc.description | Thesis (MEd)--Stellenbosch Unversity, 2021. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.abstract | ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study explores the immersion of 15 student leaders into their residences at Stellenbosch University. Concepts of place and agency form the theoretical underpinnings of this study. The investigation focussed on how they develop their place attachments in the residences and how their attachment practices, in turn, impacted their identities. This thesis is presented via the thesis-by-articles mode. It consists of two wraparound chapters: the Introduction and Conclusion chapters (Chapter 1 and 4, respectively). The thesis also has two research-based chapters: an article (Chapter 2) and a book chapter (Chapter 3). The theoretical framework of the thesis is based on a combination of Scannel and Gifford's (2010) multifaceted conceptualisation of place attachment and Archer's theory of morphogenesis (1982). The study used a qualitative and reflective research approach to produce qualitative data findings. The data collection methods assisted in gaining individual and shared meanings and experiences of place attachment in the residences. The main analytical findings reveal that student leaders develop their place attachment practices at their SU residences through adaptive behavioural responses, which 'speak back' to an institutional culture that conditions and positions them based on their emergent identities. By drawing on their aspirations and assistance from others, the students developed the capacity to act differently, even when their belonging was at risk. Importantly, as they secured their attachment, they became concerned with the experiences of others. This led them, to contribute significantly to micro- transformations in the residence cultures of the university. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.abstract | AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie studie ondersoek die immersie van 15 studenteleiers in hul koshuise aan Universiteit Stellenbosch. Konsepte van plek en agentskap vorm die teoretiese onderbou van die studie. Die ondersoek fokus op hoe hierdie studente hul gehegtheid in die koshuise ontwikkel en hoe aanhegtingspraktyke hulle identiteit beinvloed het. Die tesis word aangebied deur die tesis-deur-artikels-modus. Dit bestaan uit twee omsluitingshoofstukke: die inleiding en slot hoofstukke (onderskeidelik Hoofstuk 1 en 4). Die tesis het ook twee navorsingsgebaseerde hoofstukke: 'n artikel (Hoofstuk 2) en 'n boekhoofstuk (Hoofstuk 3). Die teoretiese raamwerk van die proefskrif is gebaseer op 'n kombinasie van Scannel en Gifford (2010) se veelvlakkige konseptualisering van plekaanhegting en Archer se morfogenese-teorie (1982). Die studie is gebaseer op 'n kwalitatiewe en reflektiewe navorsingsbenadering om kwalitatiewe data bevindings te lewer. Die data insamelingsmetodes het gehelp om individuele se betekenisse en ervarings van plekaanhegting in die koshuise te verstaan. Die belangrikste analitiese bevindings toon aan dat studenteleiers hul praktyke in hul koshuise ontwikkel deur middel van aanpasbare gedragspraktyke, wat 'terug praat' teen 'n institusionele kultuur wat hulle kondisioneer en posisioneer op grond van hul ontluikende identiteite. Deur gebruik te maak van hul aspirasies en hulp van ander, het die studente die vermoë ontwikkel om anders op te tree, selfs al was hul aanvaarding soms in gevaar gestel. Namate-hulle hul gehegtheid verseker het, het hulle besorg geraak oor die ervarings van ander. Dit het daartoe gelei dat hulle aansienlik bygedra het tot mikro-transformasies in die koshuiskultuur van die universiteit. | af_ZA |
| dc.description.version | Masters | en_ZA |
| dc.format.extent | x, 85 pages | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/123809 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_ZA | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University | en_ZA |
| dc.rights.holder | Stellenbosch University | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Sustainable living | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Students -- Social aspects | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Students -- Social conditions | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Leadership -- Study and teaching (Higher) | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Stellenbosch University -- Student housing | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | UCTD | |
| dc.title | The 'place-attachment' practices of student residence leaders at their Stellenbosch University residences. | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_ZA |