STUDYING TO BECOME A SOCIAL WORKER: EXAMINING THE MOTIVATIONS OF, AND CHALLENGES FACING, STUDENTS AT AN OPEN DISTANCE-LEARNING UNIVERSITY

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  • Nicky Alpaslan Department of Social Work, UNISA, Pretoria, South Africa.
  • Berto Lombard Department of Social Work, UNISA, Pretoria, South Africa.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15270/47-4-114

Abstract

Unisa represents the only dedicated distance-education institution in South Africa offering open and distance learning to a diverse and changing student population. The student profile reveals a large number mature students and a dramatically increasing number of full-time school leaving students enrolling at this institution. This is because the academic offerings at Unisa are considerably more affordable than those at its counterparts both in the public and private higher education sectors (Unisa 2015 Strategic Plan, 2006:8-10).

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2014-06-12

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Alpaslan, N., & Lombard, B. (2014). STUDYING TO BECOME A SOCIAL WORKER: EXAMINING THE MOTIVATIONS OF, AND CHALLENGES FACING, STUDENTS AT AN OPEN DISTANCE-LEARNING UNIVERSITY. Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 47(4). https://doi.org/10.15270/47-4-114

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Vol. 47 No. 4 (2011)

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