Challenges faced by female students and the messages conveyed to them by practices of lecturers with regards to sexual harassment. Do lecturers nurture or denature their students?

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dc.contributor.authorTlou, Faith Nomathemba
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-05T09:06:58Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-05T13:18:00Z
dc.date.available2015-12-05T09:06:58Z
dc.date.available2023-07-05T13:18:00Z
dc.date.issued2014-09
dc.description.abstractThe aim of the study was to scrutinize what happens to students in a teacher’s college environment in terms of sexual harassment. It further sought to provide insights on (I) whether students are sexually harassed by lecturers (ii) the messages this sends to students (iii) how students cope with such experiences and the values they consequently pick because of such experiences. The research was located in the interpretive paradigm hence it adopted qualitative approach and used a case study design. Purposive sampling was used to select three college managers, ten lecturers and twenty five student participants. Seven of the students were interviewed individually using semi-structured interviews while 18 of them constituted 3 focus groups of six students each that completed the data collection by interview. The study found that there was sexual harassment of students by some lecturers in the colleges. The study also established that students got the message that some lecturers did not value students and on occasion treated them in a degrading manner. The study also established that students used some strategies to cope including avoidance, appealing to authorities and counselling. The study recommended that in cases of sexual harassment, specially trained officers in handling sexual harassment cases for reporting such cases be put in place so that in view of the culture of fear of victimization and stigmatization, students may be forth- coming in reporting such sensitive and personal matters so that these are curtaileden_US
dc.identifier.citationTlou, F. N., 2014. Challenges faced by female students and the messages conveyed to them by practices of lecturers with regards to sexual harassment. Do lecturers nurture or denature their students?, pp.51–58en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://196.220.97.103:4000/handle/123456789/580
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectSexual harassmenten_US
dc.subjectStigmatisationen_US
dc.subjectVictimisationen_US
dc.subjectOrientationen_US
dc.subjectHidden messagesen_US
dc.titleChallenges faced by female students and the messages conveyed to them by practices of lecturers with regards to sexual harassment. Do lecturers nurture or denature their students?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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