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Item Open Access Universiteitstoelating in die nuwe Suid-Afrika: ideologiese en statistiese oorwegings(University of the Free State, 1999) Huysamen, Gertš¬šššššš This article discusses the misconceptions which can arise when statistically distinguishable groups with diverse school backgrounds compete for admission to tertiary academic institutions. It is recommended that separate correlations (between predictor and criterion) and separate regression equations (for predicting the criterion in terms of the predictor) be determined for such groups. If this is done, it becomes clear that the lower mean matriculation and/or aptitude test scores of one group are not necessarily prejudicial to its members and that simply no statements can be made about the biasedness or unbiasedness of the predictor on the basis of group differences in the above correlation. Ideological objections to the computation of separate statistical indices and equations for different demographic groups are discussed and regarded as inconsistent. ___________________________________________________________________Item Open Access Five generations of applied linguistics: some framework issues(University of the Free State, 1999) Weideman, AlbertEnglish: In recent years a number of discussions have sustained the debate on the definition of applied linguistics, a debate which addresses both ends of the spectrum of applied linguistic work: the philosophical and the practical. This paper attempts to situate its response to such (re)considerations within an interpretative framework, considering the conception of the discipline as it has evolved over five generations. The argument of the paper is that the many and varied understandings of applied linguistic work during this period confirm the relativity of the discipline and prevent its practitioners from entertaining the illusion that, because they are involved in 'applied science', their particular response to a language problem will provide a full and finite solution.Item Open Access The death of Alexander the Great(University of the Free State, 1999) Cilliers, Louise; Retief, FrancoisEnglish: The circumstances of Alexander's death are reviewed. Since contemporary sources vary in their accounts of the reason for his death, they are briefly reviewed and assessed. The account of Alexander's final illness is then as recorded by the two major sources, namely the King's Journal and the Liber de Morte Testamentumque Alexandri Magni. The theory that he was poisoned is rejected, as is the hypothesis chat he drank himself co death. His final illness shows symptoms characteristic of malignant tertian mala[ia (Plasmodium falciparum), possibly precipitated by recent wounds, exhaustion and heavy drinking.Item Open Access Frameworks for institutional audits for quality in South African higher education(University of the Free State, 1999) Lategan, LaetusEnglish: This paper attempts to establish the most suitable a system for institutional audits of higher education institutions in South Africa. It focuses on four areas: theory, philosophy, categories and practice. The paper argues that self-evaluation is fundamental to the audit portfolio and the institutional audits (theory). An approach is suggested where the focus is on procedures and mechanisms for quality instead of on quality per se (philosophy). The author suggests eight categories for institutional audits: quality, policy implementation, evaluating mechanisms, teaching and learning, strategic management, student satisfaction, cost-effectiveness and external influences on the quality of the institutions.Item Open Access Spectators in Jerusalem: urban narrative in the scenic tradition(University of the Free State, 1999) Van den Berg, DirkEnglish: This investigation of the narrative prospects of urban pictures in the scenic tradition is devoted co Hans Memling's painting depicting a sequence of Passion scenes set in a topographical view ofJerusalem. In refuting Goodman's view that the painting offers 'not only no direction but no order of telling at all', attention is drawn to the celling rhetoric ofcertain 'micro-scenic' core motifs, whose mature typiconic features emerged only with the formation of che scenic tradition's full array of picture types. Ir is conjectured chat aposcopic vision may well be a source of scenic parallels between distance and proximity, and hence also of narrative parallels between prospector and sightseer roles implicic in various scenic piccure types.Item Open Access Health and health care in South Africa in transition: a macro perspective(University of the Free State, 1999) Van Rensburg, DingieEnglish: The South African health care system, along with society in general, is undergoing profound transformation. Afcer almost five years, questions may well be posed about the nature of chis transition, the benefits of the reform for health care, and the effects of the transformation on the health and well-being of the population. The argument is chat reform of a fundamental nature has indeed taken place in numerous dimensions of the health sphere. However, crucial aspects of the health system remain unchanged. Regarding the effects of the transition on the health and well- being of the population, one may certainly assume char significant gains have been achieved as a result of the reform measures, although practice thus far also adduces some evidence co che concrary.Item Open Access Deracialisation of urban business space: street traders in Pietersburg(University of the Free State, 1999) Donaldson, Ronnie; Van der Merwe, IzakEnglish: The 'invasion' of the CBD by informal entrepreneurs signalled the first visible phase of the informal process of deracialisation of business space. A clear distinction between deracialisation and desegregation processes relating to urban residential space has been made by Saff (1994). This paper will apply this distinction to business space, using the secondary city of Pietersburg as a case study of two manifestations of policy concerning business space: processes of urban race-space restructuring and street trading as an example of the deracialisation process of urban development within the context of the response of the restructured democratic local authority.