Browsing Journals by Subject "Transformation"
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A black woman’s perspective on understanding transformation and diversity in South African higher education
(AOSIS, 2019)Background: Today, transformation and diversity are concepts that form an integral part of the functioning of higher education institutions globally. These two concepts have drawn vast amounts of interest from scholars ... -
The construction of a post-academic university : opportunity or status quo?
(AOSIS, 2020)Background: Over the last two decades it has become increasingly urgent to rethink current hurdles and opportunities for higher education, not just in the Global North, but in the effects of Northern policies globally. Aim: ... -
Der Einfluss und die Stellung des Völkerrechts in den Verfassungssystemen einiger ost- und Mitteleuropäerfassungssystemen Einiger Ost- und Mitteleuropäischer Transformationsstaaten
(2008)Some twenty years ago, the importance of international law, particularly for practical purposes, could be described as marginal in national legal orders in the socialist Central and Eastern European (CEE) Countries. The ... -
Expectations and the issue of land in South Africa – the historical origins and current debate
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2018)Land remains a contentious political issue that has the potential for further conflict in South Africa. Expectations over land are a legitimate result of a history of dispossession, displacement and deprivation during the ... -
Foucault and the origins of the disciplined subject : post-subjectivity as a condition for transformation in education
(AOSIS, 2019)Background: The need for transforming South African education can ultimately be traced to a form of Western subjectivity which dominated Europe since the classical age (1600–1750). The notions of ‘discipline’ and ... -
Limitation of socio-economic rights in the 2010 Kenyan constitution: a proposal for the adoption of a proportionality approach in the judicial adjudication of socio-economic rights disputes
(2013)On 27 August 2010 Kenya adopted a transformative Constitution with the objective of fighting poverty and inequality as well as improving the standards of living of all people in Kenya. One of the mechanisms in the 2010 ... -
‘Local community-based disaster management’ the transformation of religious and local wisdom values in preparation to deal with natural hazards in West Sumatra, Indonesia
(OASIS, 2021)Community based disaster management (CBDM) empowers communities to be actively engaged and be pro-active in disaster management. The involvement of the community is one of the keys to success in disaster management, ... -
The nexus between the rights to life and to a basic education in South Africa
(2015)This article aims at exploring the nexus between the fundamental rights to life and to a basic education within the ambit of the legal framework created by both the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 and ... -
Our schools our identity: efforts and challenges in the transformation of the History curriculum in the Anglophone subsystem of education in Cameroon since 1961
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2018)The teaching of history in countries that have experienced colonisation has come under serious scrutiny at different times in their history. Worries about the contents of history programmes have been raised by politicians ... -
Race, power and me: my position as a History educator in relation to the position of learners
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2015)History, as outlined in the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statements for GET and FET (CAPS) is both a journey of enquiry and an evidence-based construction of the past. It enables learners and teachers alike to ...