ERIC Number: EJ1289779
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Publication Date: 2021
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Student Engagement and Social Change: Collective Leadership Development in South African Higher Education
Garton, Paul M.; Wawrzynski, Matthew R.
Journal of College Student Development, v62 n1 p90-106 Jan-Feb 2021
Student affairs and student engagement are becoming important mechanisms for social change within South African tertiary education. We explored the relationship between student involvement in cocurricular activities and learning outcomes related to collective leadership for social change. Data were collected via a survey of 1,309 students that included demographics, cocurricular involvement, and self-reported learning outcomes. Culturally relevant frameworks, Sartorius and Sartorius's (2013) theory of historical legacies of apartheid, and previous work on student engagement in South Africa framed the exploratory model. Regression analysis revealed a noncredit leadership course, sense of belonging, and student involvement as significant predictors of social change.
Descriptors: Social Change, Student Personnel Services, Learner Engagement, Higher Education, Correlation, Outcomes of Education, Extracurricular Activities, Student Leadership, Student Surveys, Student Attitudes, History, Racial Segregation, Predictor Variables, Foreign Countries, Culturally Relevant Education, Leadership Training, Educational Experience, Blacks, Institutional Characteristics, Undergraduate Students, Student Characteristics, Models
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Africa
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