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Ubuomba: Negotiating indigenisation of liturgical music in the Catholic Church in Zambia
(2014)In the early 1950s the Vatican accepted the translation of Catholic hymnals into local Zambian languages and the incorporation of indigenous musical instruments into the liturgical music. This development inspired a group ... -
Uncovering the strengths and weaknesses of outsourcing core business deliverables: the case of selected state-owned enterprises in South Africa
(AOSIS, 2018)Background: The outsourcing phenomenon is one of the extensive areas of business in the world. It is a practice among both private and public organisations and an important element in business strategy. Consequently, the ... -
Underlying correlates of consumers’ attitudes towards Chinese apparel and relationship with purchase intention in South Africa
(AOSIS, 2018)The study examined the influence of South African consumers’ attitudes and purchase intention towards Chinese apparel. A survey of South African consumers who had purchase experience of Chinese apparel was conducted 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 ... -
Understanding gender, sexuality and HIV risk in HEIs: narratives of international post-graduate students
(2013)Thirty years into the HIV&AIDS pandemic, the world is still striving to reduce new HIV infections and halve AIDS related deaths by 2015. However, sub-Saharan Africa still faces the burden of HIV infections as governments ... -
Understanding music’s therapeutic efficacy: Implications for music education
(2014)In the current era of electronic domination of human experience, be it via cell phone and/or computer addiction, or the ubiquitous television, actual participation in musicmaking is less and less common for the average ... -
Understanding the impact of financial sustainability on South African municipalities
(AOSIS, 2019)This article acknowledges the lack of skills and poor financial governance within South African municipalities but argues that these factors are an insufficient explanation of their increasing fiscal distress, which was ... -
Unintelligibility, personhood and curriculum silences of intersex bodies in the Life Orientation high school classroom : a case study
(AOSIS, 2022)Despite an increase in the research that promotes affirmative gender and sexual diversity in the South African Life Orientation (LO) education, there remains an uncomfortable silence on intersex bodies. In the absence ... -
Universal dignity, justice and accountability: protection of human rights and dealing with atrocities
(2010)The notion that human beings have rights as humans is part of the contemporary world and its politics. With respect to human rights, the United Nations (UN) plays a major role in promoting, protecting, and expanding ... -
University students’ perspectives on an English-only language policy in Higher Education
(AOSIS, 2022)The study aimed to determine students’ perspectives on a shift from a dual-medium (English and Afrikaans) language policy to a monolingual (English-only) language policy at a University of Technology in South Africa and ... -
Unskilled blue collar workers: Bourgeois and/or authoritarian? Results from a small scale survey in Belgium
(2007)In this article, two contrasting theories on the attitudes of unskilled blue collar workers are confronted: the ‘embourgeoisement’ thesis and the hypothesis of the ‘authoritarianism of the working class’. The ‘embourgeoisement’ ... -
The use of blogs for political campaigning in a developing country context: the case of South Africa
(North-West University, 2012)All over the world, the use of the digital platform for political campaigning is growing. This development has the potential to empower the electorate to engage in political debate. This exploratory research aims at ... -
The use of English to offer learner support and enhance perceptual skills development in South African township schools
(AOSIS, 2022)Research has identified the underdevelopment of perceptual skills as a cause of lifelong learning struggles and the restriction of developmental progress in learners. The literature also indicates that early intervention ... -
Use of information and communication technologies in mathematics education lecturers : implications for preservice teachers
(AOSIS, 2022)The availability and use of educational resources in classrooms has increased remarkably; however, preservice teachers graduate from initial teacher education institutions (ITEIs) and join the profession without the ... -
The usefulness of academic performance feedback to primary and secondary schools
(2013)There has been an increased emphasis on providing schools with feedback on performance of learners with the aim of improving the quality of education. However, if feedback on learner performance is to be effectively used ... -
Using a transdisciplinary approach for environmental crisis research in History
(2010)Although it is true that each local area or region possesses its own historiography – and for that matter its own environmental historiography – there should not be much difference in the research methodology, sources ... -
Using participatory and visual arts-based methodologies to promote sustainable teaching and learning ecologies: through the eyes of preservice teachers
(2013)The National Framework for Quality Education in Rural Areas (DoE, 2006) draws attention to education in rural ecologies and scrutinises the role of HEIs in developing teachers who understand the diverse contexts and who ... -
Using perceptual control theory to analyse technology integration in teaching
(2013)Contrary to the more traditional scenario of instructor-focused presentation, contemporary education allows individuals to embrace modern technological advances such as computers to concur with, conceptualize and ... -
Using Setswana in business transactions in the clothing industry at the West Rand District Municipality in Gauteng
(AOSIS, 2020)According to Census 2011, the three languages with the highest number of first language (L1) speakers in the West Rand District Municipality in Gauteng are Setswana (27.3%), Afrikaans (16.9%) and isiXhosa (14.9%). This ... -
Using systems thinking to conceptually link the monitoring and evaluation function within development interventions and public policy
(AOSIS, 2017)The monitoring and evaluation function provides for accountability and to some extent transparency and, therefore, governance. However, this function can only be effective if it is conceptually linked within development ...