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LepheanaAiiceMamotsheare

BA（UNISA），B・Ed Hons（PUforCHE）；P・G・D．E（UFS）

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MAGlSTER EDUCATiONlS

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FacuItyofHumanities

North−WestUniversity

（VaalTriangleCampus）

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DEDICATiON

ThisdisseHat一〇nisdedicatedtomydaughteriLeratoLepheana，andmyson，

ThatoLepheana，Whoofferedmeuncond由Onailoveandsupportthroughout

the course ofth∼S Study・iaiso dedicate this work to my mother，Corina

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Mysincerethanksandgratitudegotothefoilowing PeOPiewhoseadvice，

guidance，SuPPOrtandmotjvationhaveheipedmetocompietethisstudy・

e TheLord，mySaViour）WhohasheJpedandcamedmethroughmystudies，

Withloveandgrace．

0 My studyieader，Professor M・M Grosser，forherleadership，Patience，

guidanceandsupportthroughoutthestudyperiod

・MrsAidine Oosthuizenforthe capturmg ofthedata，herassistancewith

thestatisticaIanaiysiSOfdataandthetechmCaleditingofthisdiSSertation．

e Mrs Denise Kocks for the profess一〇nailanguage editing Of the

dissertation．

・Aii the teachers andlearners who pa面cipatedin compieting the

questionnaires． e Tomymother，CorinaThabitaLepheana，S−Ster，Nkaisengforlookingafter mysonInd櫛cuittimesdu而gthisstudy ．Myyoungerbrother，Teboho，andsister，Moeio，fortheirsupport・ 。Myspeciaifrlend，MokoenaJobforh−SSuPPOrtandunderstandingduring

thecompietionofthisstudy

ABSTRACT

Jnthisstudytheiear…ngChalienges￣facedbyBiackorphanedg∼「日earnersin

theXhariepDistr一CtWhoheadhousehoids，WereeXPiored．

A冊erature studywas undertaken to highlightthe causes，magnitude and

effectsofchiid−headedhouseholdsandtoestabiishtheiearnIngCha一一engeSin

generai exper∼enCed byiearners who head househoIds・Important

PrerequisIteSforeffectiveiearningSuChasparentaiexpectat一〇nS，Seif−eSteem，

goaiorientation，SCh001attendance，POS由ve a軸butions，mOtivat∼On，need

fu刑ment，Seif−reguLation，Se廿e冊cacy，COgn−tiVe deveIopme申 parentai

一nVOlvementandsoc一〇一eCOnOmicfactorswereexplored，TheilteraturerevieW

informedtheconceptuaiframeworkofthestudy，andprovidedtheframework

for des一g…ginterview questions that were used to ga−n a deeper

understanding oftheiearn活g chaiienges experienced byBiackgirlleamers

Who head households

By means ofquaiitative，PhenomenoIogiCalresearch，0ne−On一〇neinterviews

WereCOnductedwithaconvenientsampleofapurposivelyseIectedgroupof

lOBiackgiriiearnersatSecondarySchooiLeveiwhoheadhousehoidsmthe

XhariepDistrictoftheFreeStateDepartmentofEducatiOn．

The而erpretationofthedatareveaiedvariousiearmngChaliengeswhiChare

experienced bytheseiearners dueto their unfavourabie circumstances as

−nthestudyexper∼enCealackofbas−Cneedssuchasfoodand moneyand

ioveandbeiong旧g Furthermore言heyexperienCeemOtionalprobiemsdueIo

thedeath ofthe∼rParentSandthestressfulsituation ofhavmgtOCOPeWith

mmerOuS reSPOnSib冊es at home and schoo上 Due to the mentioned

PrOblems言heparticipantsexperienceIearn∼ngChaiiengesreIatedtoirreguLar

SChooi attendance，d価cuityin cop−ng With and concentrat活g on the汀

SChooIwork，POOr aChievement andiow seif−eSteem・ According to the

responsesofthelearners，itisd瀞cuLttobeachildandaparentatthesame

time，having to account for aiithe responsib冊es of being aIearner and

accompiishIng the parentai roie・Th∼S StudyiS COnCiuded w航

recommendationstoteachersonhowtoassistBiackgiriiearnerswhohead

househoidsintheXhariePDistrict