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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 ...
Using WhatsApp for co-creation of learning resources : A case of a South African university
(AOSIS, 2020)
Although culturally diverse students have potential to create enriched learning resources, it is difficult to harness students’ agency and to aggregate individual contributions into a meaningful learning resource. This is ...
Digital media, the body and agency in a South African education institution from the perspective of narrative research
(AOSIS, 2020)
In developing countries, digital media have created uneven nexuses of literacy, power and societal adjustment. Whilst literacy and power have been the subject of much research in South Africa, often supporting a conception ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...