Male teachers talk about gender violence: "Zulu men demand respect"

Educational Review

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-62

  Bhana, Deevia ^a   de Lange, Naydene ^a   Mitchell, Claudia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender violence; Male teachers; Rural schools; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249188473     PISSN: 00131911     EISSN: 14653397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131910802684771     Document Type: Article

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