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Understanding the experiences of students who enter the MBChB programme from educationally disadvantaged backgrounds and either succeed or fail in passing the first semester

Abstract

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This qualitative study was conducted during 2005 in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Cape Town. Drawing on the theoretical framework of the New Literacy Studies and, in particular, Gee's notion of Discourse acquisition, I sought to better understand the issues that impacted on success for students from educationally disadvantaged backgrounds who entered the MBChB programme.

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School of Education
Year dc:date.issued
2008

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Gunston, Geney
Advisor dc:contributor.advisor
  • Paxton, Moragh

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eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10557
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oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10557

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Gunston, Geney. Understanding the experiences of students who enter the MBChB programme from educationally disadvantaged backgrounds and either succeed or fail in passing the first semester. School of Education, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10557