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A quantitative study on academic resilience among engineering students at a South African university

  • Curwyn Mapaling(author)
  • Paul Webb(author)
  • Belinda du Plooy(author)
Chapter of: Education Research in African Contexts: Traditions and New Beginnings for Knowledge and Impact
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TitleA quantitative study on academic resilience among engineering students at a South African university
ContributorCurwyn Mapaling(author)
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.47622/9781067253509_3
Landing pagehttps://www.africanminds.co.za/education-research/
Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
PublisherAfrican Minds
Published on2024-12-01
LanguageEnglish (Original)
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PDFhttps://doi.org/10.47622/9781067253509Landing pagehttps://books.africanminds.co.za/10.47622/9781067253509_3.pdfFull text URLTHOTH
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Curwyn Mapaling

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https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2731-9081

Curwyn Mapaling, a senior lecturer and clinical psychologist in the Department of Psychology at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, is an alumnus of the CERM-ESA programme, having earned his PhD in Education from Nelson Mandela University in 2023. He currently contributes as an external research supervisor for Moi University within the same programme. His research focuses on integrating psychological principles into higher education to enhance well-being and improve teaching and learning experiences.

Paul Webb

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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4118-8973

Belinda du Plooy

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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1495-1160

Belinda du Plooy holds qualifications in Public Relations and Communication Studies (NDip: PR Management, PET) and in Literary Studies and Philosophy (BA, BA Hons, MA and DLitt et Phil, UNISA). She worked in the fields of public relations, media and rural community development before joining the higher education sector, where she has worked as administrator, manager, lecturer, postgraduate supervisor, researcher and published author for nearly 30 years, across various disciplines and faculties. She is currently employed as senior manager: engagement at Nelson Mandela University in Gqeberha. She collaborated with CERM-ESA as a doctoral supervisor and researcher.

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