AA 2009 Volume 41 Issue 1
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Effective implementation of continuing professional development for South African teachers
(University of the Free State, 2009)English: The article attempts to satisfy two objectives: to arrive at a clear understanding of effective professional development (PD) programmes for teachers, and to outline how key aspects could influence the effective ... -
Policy-making by public school governing bodies: law and practice in Gauteng
(University of the Free State, 2009)English: The South African Schools Act stipulates that school governing bodies are responsible for drafting certain school policies. This article reports on a qualitative research study conducted in 50 schools in Gauteng ... -
Vrystaatse stryd teen eentalige naamgewing
(University of the Free State, 2009)English: Regarding language policy, the new South African Constitution (1996) recognised eleven official languages while clearly stipulating that measures should be put in place to raise the historically diminished usage ... -
Konstruktivistiese taalonderrig: ontwikkeling van ’n navorser se eie epistemologie
(University of the Free State, 2009)English: This article reflects about the author’s professional development as language practitioner, educationalist and researcher. A literature review conceptualises principles of constructivist learning theories and ... -
Thinking in the dark of William Kentridge’s Black box/Chambre noire: reflections within reflections
(University of the Free State, 2009)English: This article explores contemporary art historical practice, by considering a number of critical concepts, as these relate discursively to William Kentridge’s multi-media artwork Black box/Chambre noire (2005). ... -
Roelof Temmingh’s Kantorium:a reflection on suffering and redemption
(University of the Free State, 2009)English: Roelof Temmingh’s Kantorium (2003/4), a large-scale work for choir, soloists and orchestra, won the prestigious Helgaard Steyn award in 2006. Temmingh commented briefly on his extremely difficult personal ... -
The examination of research for dissertations and theses
(University of the Free State, 2009)English: Specific knowledge and skills are required to maintain the quality of the examination of postgraduate research. Preliminary research indicated that there was a need to investigate the examination of postgraduate ... -
Reflective thinking among a selected sample of South African educators: a qualitative study
(University of the Free State, 2009)English: This article investigates how South African educators understand and practise reflective thinking, and whether they receive adequate training in reflective thinking during their in-service training. A literature ... -
Parallel importation and compulsory licensing in Kenya and South Africa as measures to access HIV/AIDS medicine
(University of the Free State, 2009)English: This article briefly examines the legal framework and the use of parallel importation and compulsory licensing in South Africa and Kenya, and the extent to which the two countries utilise these measures to enhance ... -
Die ontvanger as normeringsbeginsel vir ’n lesergerigte vertaalteks
(University of the Free State, 2009)English: Language practitioners such as translators need norms to a lesser or greater degree to guide their language use. The general communication norm applies, namely that speakers/writers need to express themselves ... -
The ‘Golden Fifties’ and the ‘tide of immorality’: Wolfgang Koeppen’s Tauben im Gras
(University of the Free State, 2009)English: The struggles West Germans and African-Americans faced during the early post- World War II years of economic prosperity (the “Golden Fifties”)1 were compounded by confused ideologies concerning morality, sexuality ... -
Reinstating the body in Western philosophical and artistic practices
(University of the Free State, 2009)English: Recent academic writing emphasises the importance of the body in human meaning and understanding but, surprisingly, a high percentage of researchers turn a blind eye to the fact that the Western philosophical ... -
Language law and language rights: perspectives on legal intervention and language diversity
(University of the Free State, 2009)English: Language legislation aims to protect or promote the status and use of one or more specified languages. Official language legislation relates to the according of official status to a language or languages, while ... -
Philosophical issues in environmental management: nature-culture dialectic and sustainability
(University of the Free State, 2009)English: The environment has become one of the major issues of our time. Environmental management has become a discipline with different approaches to protect the environment against the effects of human exploitation. ... -
Making room for more games: metaphilosophical typology and the problem of African philosophy
(University of the Free State, 2009)English: The question concerning the philosophy of philosophy (metaphilosophy) has received little attention in philosophical discourses in the last few decades, a case in point being the debate on African philosophy. ... -
National saving and fiscal policy in South Africa: an empirical analysis
(University of the Free State, 2009)English: This article studies the dynamics of gross national saving, government saving and private saving in response to fiscal shocks, by using the impulse response functions (IRF) obtained from the structural vector ... -
Focus groups in research: information gathering or real in-depth value?
(University of the Free State, 2009)English: This article aims to highlight the value of real in-depth inquiry against the often uninformed use by novice researchers. Focus groups are frequently regarded as a more economical way of gaining the individual ...
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