Overview
- Provides a comprehensive overview of quality of life in African Societies
- Offers reflexive tools and practical examples to deepen and enhance quality of life for African individuals and communities
- Interdisciplinary contributions expanding the conceptual boundaries of quality of life research with a focus on Africa
Part of the book series: International Handbooks of Quality-of-Life (IHQL)
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Keywords
- Improving Quality of Life
- Economic Growth in Africa
- Care Regimes and Gender in Africa
- Improving Health Outcomes for African Youth
- Resilience in South Africa
- Teaching in the Northern Cape
- Building Capacity for Mathematics Education
- Quality of Life of Teachers in Sudan
- Support Groups for Families Affected by HIV
- Improving Quality of Life through Teaching
- Promoting Holistic Well-Being in South Africa
- Capacity Development in Schools
- Successful Family Life for Black South Africans
- Policy Commitment and Food Security
Table of contents (25 chapters)
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Education
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Family
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
She is the founder of the African Deans of Education Forum (ADEF) which is a focal point of the UNESCO International Teacher Task Force. The Teacher Task Force works to support the Sustainable Development Goals. Irma is an NRF-rated researcher and a registered psychologist in South Africa.
Irma Eloff is an editor of the books 'Understanding Educational Psychology', ‘Insigte uit Opvoedkundige Sielkunde’ and 'Keys to Educational Psychology'. She is the co-author of the book 'Life Skills & Assets'. She has held visiting professorships at Yale University, Rhodes University, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, CPUT Wellington, Bathspa University UK and Fordham University in New York. In 2018 she was awarded a Förderkreis 1669 Wissenschafft Gesellschaft professorship at the Universität Innsbruck.
Irma is an alumnus of the Universities of Pretoria, Stellenbosch, Northwest and the GIBS Business School.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Handbook of Quality of Life in African Societies
Editors: Irma Eloff
Series Title: International Handbooks of Quality-of-Life
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15367-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-15366-3Published: 27 August 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-15369-4Published: 27 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-15367-0Published: 09 August 2019
Series ISSN: 2468-7227
Series E-ISSN: 2468-7235
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 458
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 74 illustrations in colour
Topics: Quality of Life Research, Positive Psychology, Educational Psychology