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An analysis of precision agriculture in the South African summer grain producing areas
(North-West University, 2011)
Both globally and locally, agriculture faces ever increasing challenges such as high input costs, strict environmental laws, decrease in land for cultivation and an increase in demand due to the growing global population. ...
Stress management and its impact on work performance of educators in public schools in KwaZulu–Natal
(North-West University, 2011)
This study focuses on stress management of educators, and specifically in the KwaZulu–Natal geographical region. The study consists of four focus areas (which are presented in article format), namely:
* The first article ...
Biografie van die taalstryder F.V. Engelenburg tot met die stigting van die S.A. Akademie in 1909
(North-West University, 2010)
Frans Vredenrijk Engelenburg (1863-1938) played a major role in the development and expansion of Afrikaans and the Afrikaans academic culture - especially in the northern part of South Africa. As a Dutch intellectual, ...
The viability of an Interactive Geographic Information System Tutor (I–GIS–T) application within the FET phase
(North-West University, 2012)
When comparing numerous educational advantages of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) with the slow integration of GIS practice within education globally, results are confounding. This paradoxical development is also found ...
A historical perspective : private nursing institutions in South Africa (1946–2006)
(North-West University, 2012)
During the twentieth century, Nursing Education in South Africa was traditionally provided by the public sector and religious orders. Sr Henriëtta Stockdale played a major role in the development of nursing education and ...
Management guidelines for the implementation of m–learning in an open distance learning model
(North-West University, 2012)
Various modern communication technologies are available to higher education institutions involved in distance education to explore and implement for the effective provision of distance education programmes. The purpose of ...
Nurses' knowledge and skill of blood pressure measurement technique in a private hospital setting
(2013)
Background: Nurses are responsible for the monitoring and assessment of blood pressure in the clinical setting. Increasing evidence has demonstrated that inaccurate measurement technique often leads to the misclassification ...
Guidelines for improving the implementation of quality management systems to provide quality service delivery in education
(North-West University, 2012)
The aim of this research was to develop guidelines for improving the implementation of Quality Management Systems to provide quality service delivery in education. The research was done by means of both a literature review ...
A sport management programme for educator training in accordance with the diverse needs of South African schools
(2014)
In school sport the professionalisation of sport has reached the domain of school sport as a grassroots incubator for sporting talent and for providing positive experiences that might lead to lifelong engagement in physical ...
Assessing intervention measures for anti-social behaviour : A case study of secondary school in Lobatse, Botswana.
(2012)
Intervention for students' antisocial behaviour is a challenging issue for teachers in secondary schools. Even though Government has implemented intervention measures in secondary schools to assist teachers in interveni.ng ...