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Children's positive adjustment to first grade in risk-filled communities: a case study of the role of school ecologies in South Africa and Finland
(Sage, 2016)This article presents a comparative case study on the ways in which children's school ecologies facilitate their adjusting positively to first grade in risk-filled contexts in South Africa and Finland. The insights of two ... -
Christ also ours in Africa: a consideration of Torrance's incarnational, Christological model as nexus for Christ's identification with African Christians
(AOSIS, 2017)The perceived foreignness of Christ in African Christianity is an ongoing challenge that is captured in various pieces of African theological literature. This problem partly arises from some early Western missionaries' ... -
Christian scholarship within reformed circles
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Christianisering van die Hellenisme impliseer die hellenisering van die christelike geloof: die verlammende effek van tweeduisend jaar se sintesedenke en skolastiek
(Vereniging vir Christelike Hoër Onderwys, 2013)One may approach the encounter between Christian belief and the Greek-Hellenistic culture in two different ways: Either from the perspective of Christianisation of Hellenism or the hellenization of Christianity. This essay ... -
The church organist's rappers: Redefining roles and strategies in music education
(2014)Arts and culture teachers often are ill-equipped to meet the requirements of school music programmes. They labour especially to accommodate the diverse musical preferences of learners. This discussion accordingly describes ... -
Citizen participation in developmental local government: statutory obligations
(ASSADPAM, 2004)Democratic and developmental local government in South Africa depends on good relations between them and the citizens they serve. There are several statutory and regulatory initiatives to establish a framework for promoting ... -
Climate change and sustainable tourism: South Africa caught in-between
(AJHTL, 2017)Climate change and tourism are symbolically two-sides of a coin. While climate change portends serious threats to ecosystems and biodiversity (the world's foremost tourism assets), environmental impacts associated with ... -
Climate change, complex interdependence and development: assessment of Lesotho-South Africa relations
(Business Perspectives, 2015)Climate change and its negative effects on the developing states are a reality of which there is a need to focus on likely mitigation and adaptive strategies to ensure sustainable development. Industrial development back ... -
Cognition and context in translation analysis: Contextual frames of reference in Bible translation
(Scriptura, 2014)This article describes the concept of contextual frames of reference (CFR) and explains its importance to the analysis of Bible translations. The article starts by explaining the idea of cognition, which is fundamental to ... -
The cognitive/affective distinction of job insecurity: validation and differential relations
(Unisa, 2013)Job insecurity as a work-related stressor is well established through three decades of research. It has been related to outcomes such as decreased job satisfaction, organisational commitment and performance as well as ... -
Cohen on the Kalam cosmological argument
(SRCE, 2016)Yishai Cohen raises three related objections to the kalam cosmological argument. Firstly, Cohen argues that, if the argument against the possibility of an actual infinite, which is used to support the kalam cosmological ... -
Coleridge's transcendental Imagination: the seascape beyond the Senses in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
(Routledge & Unisa Press [Taylor & Francis], 2010)This article shows how Coleridge's “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” engages the reader in something akin to a dialectic process of making sense of the mariner's seascape. Analysis reveals that the poem does this by ... -
Coleridge's transcendental imagination: the seascape beyond the senses in "The rime of the ancient mariner"
(Taylor & Francis, 2010)This article shows how Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” engages the reader in something akin to a dialectic process of making sense of the mariner’s seascape. Analysis reveals that the poem does this by ... -
Collaborative partnerships to increase resilience among AIDS orphans: some unforeseen challenges and caveats
(Unisa Press, 2012)Previous research has attested to the power of metaphor-rich stories to enable resilience during individual therapy, but this has not been researched in a group context. We aimed to ascertain if the reading of brief stories ... -
Collaborative partnerships to increase resilience among AIDS orphans: some unforeseen challenges and caveats
(Taylor & Francis + Unisa Press, 2012)Previous research has attested to the power of metaphor-rich stories to enable resilience during individual therapy, but this has not been researched in a group context. We aimed to ascertain if the reading of brief ... -
The collusive power of modernism and reductionism: the need for alternative ontologies of land in the context of South African land redistribution
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Combating poverty in South Africa: understanding the Informal Sector in the context of scarce portunities
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Communicating paradigmatic intellectual orientations: the mediating role of persistent themes
(Department of Communication Science, University of the Free State, 2015)All humans have the capacity to live in organised societies and to communicate the basic patterns of such societies to forthcoming generations. If they are accompanied by persistent themes operative within intellectual ... -
Communicating with diversities : female employees in the South African platinum-mining industry
(School of Communication,University of Johannesburg, 2009)The South African government set mining companies the target to have women represent 10% of their workforce by 2009. Although the mining companies support the legislation, the target seems almost unreachable and the process ... -
Communication management during the veld fires of 23 August 2011 in the Tlokwe Local Municipality: a cautionary tale
(OASIS, 2013)Background: A veld fire disaster in the Tlokwe Local Municipality on 23 August 2011, resulted in an estimated monetary loss of over R43 million. The veld fire disaster was characterised by a lack of strategic management ...