Browsing TD: 2014 Volume 10 No 3 by Issue Date
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Time and space - The context of Hans Roosenschoon's music
(2014)This essay pays tribute to Hans Roosenschoon who celebrated his 60th birthday in December 2012. In contrast to conventional approaches that focus on local ideologies and local political issues, the essay explores the ... -
Tracking Gauteng thunderstorms using Crowdsourced Twitter data between Soweto and Pretoria
(2014)Summer thunderstorms in Gauteng are often dramatic, noisy, wet events. They can appear suddenly on exceptionally hot sunny days travelling fast across the province. With such dramatic arrivals, people often flock to ... -
Underlying factors related to errors in financial mathematics due to incorrect or rigidity of thinking
(2014)The main aim of the study was (1) to identify the underlying factors related to errors due to incorrect association, and (2) to understand why learners continue to make such errors so that mechanisms to avoid such errors ... -
Using transdisciplinarity in the university: Giving a voice to the voiceless in the grounding program at Fort Hare
(2014)In this article giving a voice to students in higher institutions acknowledges that there is much to be gained from entering into the students’ world and respecting their versions of reality. If transdiciplinarity is to ... -
Skills training through hands-on practical activities in civil technology – a case study of three technical schools in South Africa
(2014)Skills training for Civil Technology learners in South African schools, is an aspect entrenched in the Civil Technology policy document in order to produce skilled personnel for a sustainable economy. Practical activities ... -
Rebel movements in the DRC as sub-national terrorists and the need for appropriate counter initiatives
(2014)The word “terrorism” has been used in various political and policy contexts, and studied in several scholarly disciplines. Most contemporary writing on terrorism focuses on the international dimensions or manifestations ... -
Are we becoming gadgets? Social capital in the era of social networking
(2014)Social capital is partially predicated on the levels of trust obtaining between institutions and between members of society. As such it is a vital ingredient in the ‘glue’ which holds society together and which facilitates ...
