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Society and the multiple communities of higher education
(University of the Free State, 2007)English: Professional interests, affiliations, roles, and conditions of service that identify and separate groups have long been established within university traditions. As new social and institutional imperatives emerge, ... -
Teaching Pre-medical Science to large groups: matching teaching and learning styles in higher education
(University of the Free State, 2007)English: This study compares the various preferred learning styles of students in a large Premedical Science class with the various preferred teaching styles of the lecturers. It includes an analysis and evaluation of ... -
Mid-career problems of academics in higher education
(University of the Free State, 2007)English: The purpose of this study was to explore and identify typical mid-career problems experienced by academic staff working at a changing institution of higher education in South Africa. Data were obtained by means ... -
The tale of three mayors: mayoral politics in the Unicity of Cape Town
(University of the Free State, 2007)English: From December 2000 to June 2003, the term covered in this article, the Council of the Unicity of Cape Town had three mayors, each directing it in a unique way as they dealt with the various powers which had an ... -
Onderwysers in die Wes-Kaap se persepsies en belewing van huidige onderwysveranderinge: vir of teen?
(University of the Free State, 2007)English: Within the context of the South African education system, teachers have been confronted with extensive curriculum changes over the past 10 years. The role of the teacher is vital in the successful implementation ... -
Religion, legal scholarship and higher education: perspectives for the South African context
(University of the Free State, 2007)English: This article investigates the relationship between religion (in both the traditional and the broader sense) and legal scholarship in South Africa, with special emphasis on the nature of Faculties of Law and ... -
‘Now, what has become of our prayers and supplications?’ Faith in an Anglo-Boer Warconcentration camp of 1901
(University of the Free State, 2007)English: Christian faith played a significant and decisive role in the concentration camps of the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902). This article focuses on the diary of A D Luckhoff (1874-1963) who, after completing his ... -
Pleknaamsverandering in Suid-Afrika: bevestiging van ANC mag, gesag, wettigheid en ‘selfrespek
(University of the Free State, 2007)English: Power and authority appear to underlie changes in nomenclature resulting from a need to assure and convince the supporters of a new rregime that names which previously symbolised their oppression and domination ... -
The transforming influence of the Greeks on Roman medical practice
(University of the Free State, 2007)English: When Rome conquered Greece in the second century BC, she had no equivalent to Greek rational medicine as established by Hippocrates and the Alexandrians. Roman medicine was of a quasi-religious nature, with a ... -
Mothers and sex education: an explorative study in a low-income Western Cape community
(University of the Free State, 2007)English: Using a social constructionist grounded theory method, the investigation reported on in this study explored the role of mothers in their daughters’ sex education in a lowincome Western Cape community. Mothers ... -
‘The secret self’: time, memory and childhood in two short stories by Katherine Mansfield
(University of the Free State, 2007)English: This article examines Katherine Mansfield’s notion of self by considering two of her short stories, ‘Prelude’ (1918) and ‘At the bay’ (1922), as well as her biographical writing. It links her desire to acknowledge ... -
Wildlife tourism: creating memorable and differentiated experiences
(University of the Free State, 2007)English: The purpose of the study reported here was to investigate whether wildlife viewing at privately-owned game reserves in South Africa creates memorable and differentiated experiences capable of extending the ...