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Pan–African Parliament and civil society: towards representing the voices of the people
(Unisa, 2011)The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) plays a major role in the democratisation process and the harmonisation of relations with civil society organisations (CSOs) for socio-economic and political development to be realised in ... -
Psychological empowerment, work engagement and turnover intention: the role of leader relations and role clarity in a financial institution
(Elliott & Fitzpatrick & NISC [© 2010 Elliot & Fitzpatrick], 2011)This study investigated the relationship between leader-member exchange, role clarity, psychological empowerment, engagement and turnover intention within a financial institution in South Africa. A cross-sectional survey ... -
The nature of experimental and quasi–experimental research in postgraduate education research in South Africa: 1995–2004
(Unisa, 2011)It is widely known that there is a dearth of education research in South Africa which takes as its methodological basis experimentation. The emphasis has been on educators' and learners' experiential understanding in the ... -
Speaking truth to power: understanding education research and the educational turn in South Africa's new century
(Unisa, 2011)Knowledge generation over the decade 1995-2004 in South Africa, and its relationship to the changing nature of socio-economic landscapes, suggests an ever closer relationship between the research produced in higher education, ... -
Post–graduate supervision pratices in South African universities in the era of democracy and educational change 1994–2004
(Unisa, 2011)Supervision might be understood as the provision usually by an academic to a student of either the expert guidance in subject knowledge or genre knowledge in relation to postgraduate thesis development. The Project for ... -
Rurality and rural education : Discourses underpinning rurality and rural education research in South African postgraduate education research 1994–2004
(Unisa, 2011)Historically, rurality and rural education have been marginalised bodies of knowledge in South Africa. The post-1994 era has seen an emerging government concern to address the continuing interplay between poverty, HIV/AIDS, ... -
Unpacking the predominance of case study methodology in South African postgraduate education research, 1995–2004
(Unisa, 2011)The Project Postgraduate Educational Research (PPER) data indicate that case study is the most popular methodology among South African education masters and doctorate students in the period 1995-2004. This article reflects ... -
Students' access to digital literacy at a South African university: privilege and marginalisation
(Taylor & Francis, 2011)Lifelong learning has become associated with participation in the digital age, affecting everything from access to information technology, to its use in teaching and learning. It is therefore inevitable that educationists ... -
A remarkable woman – the Canaanite woman in Matthew
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A comparison of the witchcraft is poison metaphor in Soweto and selected Old Testament passages
(Department of Biblical and Ancient Studies University of South Africa, 2011)African Old Testament interpretation has been asserting itself against mainstream Euro-American biblical scholarship. In doing so, various tools have been crafted, mostly in accordance with the goal of addressing the life ... -
Deliberate strategy and the tangible link to performance: lessons from South African higher education
(Academic Journals [©2011 Academic Journals], 2011)The notion of deliberate versus emergent strategy has long been debated. However, researchers have failed to show which method will bring about an increase in organisational performance, which is the bottom line for business ... -
Flourishing functional multilingualism: evidence from language repertoires in the Vaal Triangle region
(De Gruyter, 2012)Currently, there is a debate about the potential language shift among speakers of African languages towards English. Scholars hold conflicting views about this issue and the debates are complicated because of the widespread ... -
Jeremiah's vision of the almond rod (Jer 1:11–12): an anthropological perspective
(Unisa Press/SASNES (South African Society for Near Eastern Studies) / Sabinet, 2012)In Jeremiah 1:12, Yahweh explains Jeremiah's vision of an almond rod (מַקֵּל שָׁקֵד) with the obscure observation that he is watching (שָׁקֵד) over his word. There seems to be little logic in this clarification and scholars ... -
The continual conundrum of the "language across the curriculum" issue: lessons from the Bullock report (1975) for South African higher education today
((SAALT/SAVTO) South African Association of Language Teaching / Suid-Afrikaanse Vereniging vir Taalonderrig // Sabinet, 2012)The link between language and learning and how to develop language across the curriculum is a persisting theme in education research over time. In this article, the first in a series, we wish to contribute to the current ... -
I want to publish but ... : barriers to publishing for women at a University of Technology
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Materialism, status consumption and consumer ethnocentrism amongst black generation Y students in South Africa
(Academic Journals [© 2010 Academic Journals], 2012)The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent to which black Generation Y students’ exhibit status consumption, materialism and consumer ethnocentrism tendencies, and the relationship between these three constructs. ... -
Resilience in the face of fragile X syndrome
(Sage publication, 2012)In this article, we communicate transformative findings from a case study on the resilience of a young woman with fragile X syndrome (FXS), a genetic condition involving mental impairment and physical, emotional, and ... -
An exploration of families’ psychosocial well-being in a South African context
(Elliott & Fitzpatrick & NISC [© 2010 Elliot & Fitzpatrick], 2012)The aim of this study was to explore and describe aspects that contribute to the psychosocial well-being of families from diverse cultures in a South African context by analysing data obtained through narratives, drawings ... -
Meeting challenges in rural African education:a Zambian case study
(2012)Private initiatives can contribute to the eradication of many of the educational problems of developing countries, specifically in rural Africa. This article explores the crippling education problems of several developing ...