TD: 2020 Volume 16: Recent submissions
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Mobile financial services for bottom of pyramid users: Reality or pipe dream?
(AOSIS, 2020)Mobile financial services (MFSs) are perceived to be a potential solution in addressing emerging economies’ challenges. Through MFS, benefits associated with economic financial inclusion and economic growth and opportunities ... -
Not just a language with white faces: Analysing #taalmonument on Instagram using machine learning
(AOSIS, 2020)From the late 19th century, and especially during apartheid (1948–1994), Afrikaans became inextricably tied with white people, white domination and apartheid. This association has persisted after 1994, and calls to ... -
Employees’ perceptions of diversity management practices as predictors of psychological capital: A South African study
(AOSIS, 2020)Human resource practitioners have recently been interested, especially within large corporations, in diversity management and psychological capital (commonly known as positive psychology) – making the insights from such ... -
Analysing personal financial wellness amongst employees of a South African tertiary institution
(AOSIS, 2020)The financial health of employees is increasingly becoming important in many organisations. Personal financial wellness not only contributes to the overall well-being of employees but also affects their job productivity. ... -
Profiles of tourists participating in shark cage diving in Gansbaai, South Africa
(AOSIS, 2020)Coastal and marine tourism is a sector that draws visitors from around the globe to South Africa. This is largely because of an array of marine wildlife resources found in the country. Despite this strong pull factor, ... -
Gender conversations in Zimbabwe: A precursor of male gaze in visual art practices
(AOSIS, 2020)Masculine hegemonic predisposition dominates the gender culture in Zimbabwe. From this perspective, the notion of the male gaze entails that visual interpretation, amongst other things, at encoding and decoding levels ... -
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 ... -
An examination of the challenges of quality water provision in Madibeng local municipality, North West province
(AOSIS, 2020)Like most municipalities in South Africa, Madibeng local municipality (MLM) is faced with the dual problem of access to water and provision of quality water services. Despite the constitutional responsibility bestowed ... -
Entrepreneurship and women’s economic empowerment in Zimbabwe: Research themes and future research perspectives
(AOSIS, 2020)This article explores women’s entrepreneurship research conducted in Zimbabwe. For this purpose, a literature review approach was adopted where all journal articles published between 1990 and 2018 that addressed the ... -
Interventions supporting the integration of refugee children in the primary school life: Roles of the child’s contexts of development
(AOSIS, 2020)The development of children in an atmosphere that supports and promotes their socio-emotional, physical and cognitive well-being is imperative for the realisation of the sustainable development goal 4 for 2030. The school ... -
Invoking interactive qualitative analysis as a methodology in statistics education research
(AOSIS, 2020)This study investigated the use of interactive qualitative analysis (IQA), as a research methodology, to develop an understanding of students’ experiences of learning statistics in a threshold concepts-enriched tutorial ... -
A remarkable year with new opportunities for transdisciplinarity
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 relevance of Kaizen-based work-readiness training for South African University of Technology students
(AOSIS, 2020)Kaizen-based work-readiness training originated in Japan and is based on the ‘lean’ production methods taught in Toyota factories in Japan and abroad. Kaizen-based training is rooted in the Kaizen principles of respect for ...