Browsing AA 2007 Volume 39 Issue 1 by Title
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Action research: a wonderfully uncomfortable mode of creating knowledge
(University of the Free State, 2007)English: Changed views on the nature and purpose of knowledge production provide the backdrop for the authors’ demonstration of the ways in which action research on the development of general skills transformed their ... -
Burnout and its correlates in South African clinical and counselling psychologists
(University of the Free State, 2007)English: This article explores burnout and its correlates among South African psychologists. A random sample of 238 clinical and counselling psychologists completed internet surveys that included a biographical questionnaire, ... -
The financial and environmental needs and problems of a group of students with impairments in higher education
(University of the Free State, 2007)English: Many countries worldwide have legislation to prevent discrimination against students with disabilities and to integrate them into the general education system on secondary and tertiary levels. Moreover, the ... -
Pre-Hippocratic Greek medicine and its influence on the Hippocratic Corpus
(University of the Free State, 2007)English: The origins of the Hippocratic Corpus, traditionally held to herald the birth of empirical medicine, are traced in the works of the “pre-Socratic” philosopher-physicians. Although it retained many of the earlier, ... -
Section twenty-one status and school governing bodies in rural schools
(University of the Free State, 2007)English: Awarding section twenty-one status to schools in South Africa was hailed as a significant milestone towards the democratisation and functioning of schools in South Africa. The purpose of the study was to examine ... -
Thinking militaries or military thinking: the need for education in armed forces
(University of the Free State, 2007)English: The recently tabled parliamentary report on the South African Military Academy did not pose the most fundamental question concerning the existence of the Military Academy: why is it important that soldiers should ... -
Towards a humanistic narrative about art: reflections on Emmanuel Levinas and Ernst Bloch
(University of the Free State, 2007)English: This article explores the possibilities of a humanistic narrative about art with special reference to the thought of Emmanuel Levinas and Ernst Bloch. Throughout the article it is shown how Levinas’s and Bloch’s ... -
Vigilantism as a feature of political decay in the post-1994 South African dispensation
(University of the Free State, 2007)English: Little research has been done on the phenomenon of vigilantism in South Africa. Vigilantism describes the action of citizens who take the law into their own hands, making use of violent methods, in the context ... -
Women, knowledge and gardens in John Capgrave’s Life of Saint Katherine of Alexandria
(University of the Free State, 2007)English: Saint Katherine was one of the most popular saints of the Middle Ages and was renowned for her exceptional education. John Capgrave wrote his Life of Saint Katherine of Alexandria in East Anglia in the 1440s. ...