Recent Submissions

  • The rephonologisation of Shona loanwords from English: an optimality theory analysis 

    Kadenge, Maxwell (University of the Free State, 2012)
    English: In their quest to respond to scientific and educational demands, speakers of Shona, a Southern Bantu language spoken in Zimbabwe, have expanded its lexical stock by borrowing mainly from the English language. The ...
  • Ensuring sustainability in a community-based project module 

    Jordaan, Martina (University of the Free State, 2012)
    English: Community engagement is a form of experiential learning aimed at accomplishing tasks that meet genuine human needs in various local communities. It focuses on the execution of tasks that serve as educational and ...
  • Developing an intentionally inviting school culture: a case study 

    Steyn, Trudie (University of the Free State, 2012)
    English: Effective professional development (PD) programmes may deepen teachers’ under-standing, transform their assumptions and beliefs and thus change their teaching practice. This article is part of a research project ...
  • An evaluation of a family support programme in the southern Free State 

    Marais, Lochner; Ingle, Mark; Skinner, Donald; Sigenu, Kholisa (University of the Free State, 2012)
    English: This article details the evaluation of an NGO Family Support Programme (FSP) that was implemented in the southern Free State’s Kopanong local municipality. The FSP is primarily aimed at strengthening Early Childhood ...
  • Voorwoord = Preface 

    Van den Berg, Dirk (University of the Free State, 2012)
    Abstract not available
  • Meeting challenges in rural African education: a Zambian case study 

    Compion, Jannie; Steyn, Hennie; Wolhuter, Charl; Van der Walt, Hannes (University of the Free State, 2012)
    English: Private initiatives can contribute to the eradication of many of the educational problems of developing countries, specifically in rural Africa. This article explores the crippling education problems of several ...
  • Enkele voorspellers van die akademiese prestasie van eerste- jaarstudente in drie- en vierjaar- kurrikulums 

    Keeve, Andri; Naude, Luzelle; Esterhuyse, Karel (University of the Free State, 2012)
    English: Low success rates at South African higher education institutions instigated renewed interest in the predictors of academic performance. This study article investigates academic and psychosocial predictors of ...
  • Equality and freedom in South Africa: creating a democratic paradox? 

    Labuschagne, Pieter (University of the Free State, 2012)
    English: South Africa’s democratic transformation from authoritarian rule to a constitutional democracy was a dramatic legal revolution that signalled the end of parliamentary sovereignty and its replacement by a supreme ...
  • Gated developments: international experiences and the South African context 

    Spocter, Manfred (University of the Free State, 2012)
    English: Gated developments, more commonly known as gated communities, have become a feature of urban living throughout the world. Gated developments in South African cities are an ubiquitous feature of the contemporary ...
  • Voorwoord = Preface 

    Van den Berg, Dirk (University of the Free State, 2012)
    Abstract not available