TD The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa: Recent submissions
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Entrepreneurship and women’s economic empowerment in Zimbabwe: Research themes and future research perspectives
(AOSIS, 2020)This article explores women’s entrepreneurship research conducted in Zimbabwe. For this purpose, a literature review approach was adopted where all journal articles published between 1990 and 2018 that addressed the ... -
Interventions supporting the integration of refugee children in the primary school life: Roles of the child’s contexts of development
(AOSIS, 2020)The development of children in an atmosphere that supports and promotes their socio-emotional, physical and cognitive well-being is imperative for the realisation of the sustainable development goal 4 for 2030. The school ... -
Invoking interactive qualitative analysis as a methodology in statistics education research
(AOSIS, 2020)This study investigated the use of interactive qualitative analysis (IQA), as a research methodology, to develop an understanding of students’ experiences of learning statistics in a threshold concepts-enriched tutorial ... -
A remarkable year with new opportunities for transdisciplinarity
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What counts as disciplinary literacy instructional approaches in teacher education?
(AOSIS, 2020)Drawing on the literature, this article examines approaches for developing disciplinary literacy in teacher education. Findings from different researchers indicate that most university entrants are underprepared for the ... -
Developing the usage index for teaching with technology : A case study for Motheo district, South Africa
(AOSIS, 2020)Virtual reality has taken the world by storm over the past decade where learners are allowed to gain experiences that are not possible with ordinary teaching methods. The interactive technological devices such as GeoGebra ... -
The world we live in : A perspective on blended learning and music education in higher education
(AOSIS, 2020)This article investigates the incorporation of Picciano’s Blending with purpose multimodal model into an undergraduate music education module. This multimodal model advocates that teachers and instructional designers should ... -
Geohydrological aspects of importance in the public management of basic water supply services in Merafong City Local Municipality (Carletonville area), South Africa
(AOSIS, 2020)Carletonville is a gold-mining town in western Gauteng province, South Africa, and is located in the Merafong City Local Municipality’s geographical area of responsibility. It is one of the richest gold-producing areas in ... -
Municipal demarcation process in the establishment of the Collins Chabane Local Municipality and reasons for the eruption of Vuwani, South Africa
(AOSIS, 2020)The demarcation of municipal boundaries in post-apartheid South Africa is characterised by objections from affected communities. Beyond polarising-affected communities, proposed redeterminations regularly elicit destruction ... -
The relevance of Kaizen-based work-readiness training for South African University of Technology students
(AOSIS, 2020)Kaizen-based work-readiness training originated in Japan and is based on the ‘lean’ production methods taught in Toyota factories in Japan and abroad. Kaizen-based training is rooted in the Kaizen principles of respect for ... -
A learner perspective on the implementation of Geographic Information Systems in selected schools in KwaZulu-Natal province
(AOSIS, 2020)Contemporary literature reveals a plethora of studies on the implementation of Geographic Information System (GIS) in South Africa. However, these studies provide an educator’s perspective while neglecting the learner’s ... -
Livelihood strategies and diversification amongst the poor : Evidence from South African household surveys
(AOSIS, 2020)South Africa faces persistent challenges of poverty, unemployment and inequality. Recently, there has been growing literature trying to effectively address such challenges as the livelihood strategies of the poor need to ... -
Foundation for transdisciplinary education at Cape Peninsula University of Technology
(AOSIS, 2020)South Africa faces a multitude of social, economic and environmental challenges, which require well-considered planning efforts. However, the efficacy of the built environment professions to adequately plan for the current ... -
Tourism business operators’ perceptions, knowledge and attitudes towards climate change at Victoria Falls
(AOSIS, 2020)Climate change remains one of the biggest challenges facing the world today and is characterised by extreme weather events such as heatwaves, extreme droughts and floods. Regardless of the threat posed by climate change ... -
The big five personality traits influencing habitual Facebook usage, life satisfaction and psychological well-being of Generation Y students
(AOSIS, 2020)This research determined five big personality traits that influenced South African Generation Y students’ habitual use of Facebook, life satisfaction and psychological well-being. The research embraced a quantitative ... -
Improving the contribution of foreign voluntourists in South Africa : The importance of training and supervision
(AOSIS, 2020)The market for voluntourism from the Western world to developing countries is on the rise. Voluntourists are mainly young people who combine travel with volunteering in educational, early childhood development, environmental ... -
The innovative use of social media for teaching English as a second language
(AOSIS, 2020)The need to improve English proficiency and inclusion of social media in language teaching have resulted in teachers having to develop new teaching strategies incorporating digital tools. In South Africa, English teachers ... -
Constructing conceptual frameworks in social science research
(AOSIS, 2020)Research in the social sciences is concerned with complex social behaviour, group dynamics and unique human settings. Researchers have different patterns of thought and modes of thinking. As such, they often use different ... -
Pre-service teachers’ perceptions of their parents’ and teachers’ attitudes towards mathematics
(AOSIS, 2020)Mathematics is integral to the successful study of accounting. The purpose of the study was to determine accounting students’ perceptions of attitudes towards mathematics among their parents and teachers. The setting for ... -
The conceptualised role of African diaspora in the renaissance of the African continent
(AOSIS, 2020)The concept of diaspora is phenomena. However, it is discussed conservatively by scholars in the fields of economics, spatial geography, politics, development studies, sociology and social anthropology. This article discusses ...
