Exploration of the South African Student Activism Archives as a New History Education Resource on Teaching First-Years at University

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Author(s): Nkholedzeni Sidney Netshakhuma (Centre for Africa Studies, University of Cape Town, South Africa & National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences, South Africa)
Copyright: 2023
Pages: 15
Source title: Handbook of Research on Coping Mechanisms for First-Year Students Transitioning to Higher Education
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Peter Aloka (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)and Kananga Robert Mukuna (University of the Free State, South Africa)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-6961-3.ch021

Keywords: Education / Higher Education / Information Science Reference

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This chapter explored the South Africa Student Activism (SASA) archives as a new history education resource for teaching first years at university. The history of SASA is underrepresented in the South African history curriculum. This was influenced by the apartheid educational system, which neglected the preservation of the history of students' struggle to inform first-year students entering university to study history. The study used a case study design. Data were collected through interviews and analysis of documents. Qualitative data were collected through interviews with selected students, history teachers, and archivists from a selected university in South Africa. The key findings revealed that utilizing archival material and oral history enhance first-year students during the teaching and learning and development of handbook materials.

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