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International service learning: Insights from the voices of host organisations 国际服务学习:来自主办组织声音的见解
IF 0.3 Q4 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY Pub Date : 2022-07-30 DOI: 10.4102/td.v18i1.1208
N. Mansvelt
the implemented qualitative approach and a thematic report of host organisations’ reflections.
实施定性方法和主办机构反思的专题报告。
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引用次数: 1
Government communication in times of crisis: The priorities and trends in South Africa’s response to COVID-19 危机时期的政府沟通:南非应对新冠肺炎的优先事项和趋势
IF 0.3 Q4 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY Pub Date : 2022-06-30 DOI: 10.4102/td.v18i1.1146
Sokfa F John, H. Maama, O. T. Ojogiwa, B. Mubangizi
The effectiveness of a government’s communication, especially in times of crisis, is crucial to its legitimacy, reputation, disaster management and its ability to ensure the wellbeing of its people. This paper examines the focus and trends in press statements published on South Africa’s official coronavirus website during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Government decisions, successes and challenges were frequently communicated to the public through these statements. The study aimed to understand what was communicated regarding government’s priorities and the factors that shaped them. Data were extracted from 483 press statements published between 05 March 2020 and 15 January 2021. Thematic analysis and mean scores were used to identify the focus and trends in the messages, while the Wilcoxon signed rank test (WSRT) was used to identify the significance of the changes in the mean scores. The results showed a coordinated and persistent effort to inform the public with credible, accurate, timely and empowering information. The most persistent priority of the government was to control the spread of the virus, while several issues relating to the socio-economic wellbeing of the people were prioritised at different stages of the pandemic. There was a parallel movement between the trajectory of the disease and government decisions, suggesting that government response was mostly reactive to the behaviour of the pandemic. The South African government needs to be more proactive in its disaster response and demonstrate a nuanced understanding of its citizens and their challenges.
政府沟通的有效性,尤其是在危机时期,对其合法性、声誉、灾害管理以及确保人民福祉的能力至关重要。本文研究了2019冠状病毒病(新冠肺炎)大流行期间南非官方冠状病毒网站上发表的新闻声明的重点和趋势。政府的决定、成功和挑战经常通过这些声明向公众传达。这项研究旨在了解有关政府优先事项的信息以及形成这些优先事项的因素。数据摘自2020年3月5日至2021年1月15日期间发表的483份新闻声明。主题分析和平均分用于确定信息中的焦点和趋势,而Wilcoxon符号秩检验(WSRT)用于确定平均分变化的显著性。结果显示,各方协调一致,坚持不懈地努力向公众提供可信、准确、及时和赋权的信息。政府最持久的优先事项是控制病毒的传播,而在疫情的不同阶段,与人民社会经济福祉有关的几个问题被列为优先事项。疾病的发展轨迹和政府决策之间存在着平行的变化,这表明政府的反应主要是对疫情的行为做出反应。南非政府需要更加积极主动地应对灾害,并对其公民及其挑战表现出细致入微的理解。
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引用次数: 0
The use of English to offer learner support and enhance perceptual skills development in South African township schools 南非乡镇学校运用英语为学习者提供支持,促进感性技能的发展
IF 0.3 Q4 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY Pub Date : 2022-06-27 DOI: 10.4102/td.v18i1.1209
N. S. Thuketana, Mmamoyahabo C. Makgabo
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 is one strategy that effectively mitigates the long-term effects thereof through learner support. However, the inadequacy of in-service teachers’ skills to assess perceptual skills development, coupled with the implementation of the teaching and learning language policy, are issues for concern, particularly in South African schools.This article reports on a module-aligned community engagement project conducted with 87 pre-service teachers to assess the perceptual skills development of Foundation Phase learners as part of their work-integrated learning (WIL). The two selected schools used English as their language of teaching and learning. Two lecturers and eight Grade 2 and Grade 3 in-service teachers from Pretoria East schools participated in the project. Play-based pedagogy was used as a resource for assessment as a qualitative approach, thus inspiring in-service teachers’ and learners’ creativity and enjoyment at the schools.Kolb’s cyclic theoretical framework consisting of four cycles underpinned the project. Firstly, the project confirmed literature findings of teachers’ lack of skills to assess perceptual skills development using English in Foundation Phase learners. Secondly, the use of non-mother tongue language as a medium of instruction in early learning centres affected learners’ knowledge acquisition. Thirdly, the use of the foreign medium of instruction affected the learners’ speaking and listening skills, thus impacting language and cognitive development essential for learning.
研究发现,感知技能的发展不足是学习者终身学习困难和发展进步的制约因素。文献还表明,早期干预是通过学习者支持有效减轻其长期影响的一种策略。然而,在职教师评价感性技能发展的技能不足,加上教学和学习语言政策的执行,是值得关注的问题,特别是在南非的学校。本文报告了一项与87名职前教师进行的模块一致的社区参与项目,以评估基础阶段学习者的感知技能发展,作为他们工作整合学习(WIL)的一部分。这两所被选中的学校使用英语作为他们的教学语言。来自比勒陀利亚东部学校的两名讲师和八名二年级和三年级的在职教师参与了该项目。以游戏为本的教学法被用作一种评估资源,作为一种定性方法,从而激发了在职教师和学习者在学校的创造力和乐趣。Kolb的循环理论框架由四个周期组成,支撑了这个项目。首先,该项目证实了文献发现,即教师缺乏评估基础阶段学习者使用英语的感知技能发展的技能。其次,在早教中心使用非母语作为教学媒介影响了学习者的知识习得。第三,外语教学媒介的使用影响了学习者的听说能力,从而影响了学习所必需的语言和认知发展。
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引用次数: 2
The importance of Life Orientation in a time of COVID-19: Perceptions of preservice teachers 新冠肺炎时期生活定向的重要性:职前教师的认知
IF 0.3 Q4 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY Pub Date : 2022-05-30 DOI: 10.4102/td.v18i1.1202
Aletta E. Botha, Julialet Rens, Sarina De Jager
This research explored the challenges experienced by society during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the role thereof in the validation of Life Orientation in South African schools. The importance of Life Orientation as a subject has been questioned since its implementation in 2006. During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, it became clear that the skills and values taught in Life Orientation were actually needed to survive the mental and emotional impacts of the pandemic. The aim of this study was to explore the preservice teachers’ perceptions of Life Orientation, the importance of this subject and the knowledge, skills and values that are taught in Life Orientation and how these can equip society during the pandemic. The research followed a qualitative design in an interpretivist paradigm. Data were collected through an online questionnaire that preservice teachers had to complete. A group of 102 first-year Bachelor of Education students, 18 fourth-year Bachelor of Education students and 20 students in the Postgraduate Certificate in Education programme were involved in the study. Preliminary data revealed that COVID-19 challenges had a possible impact on the attitudes of 140 preservice teachers towards Life Orientation as a compulsory subject in South Africa and further concluded that Life Orientation plays a significant role in preparing learners for various challenges faced by society, not least the COVID-19 pandemic.
本研究探讨了2019年冠状病毒病(COVID-19)大流行期间社会所面临的挑战,以及这些挑战在南非学校生命取向验证中的作用。自2006年实施以来,生活取向作为一门学科的重要性一直受到质疑。在2019冠状病毒病大流行的第一年,很明显,生活导向课程中教授的技能和价值观实际上是抵御大流行对精神和情感影响所必需的。本研究的目的是探讨职前教师对生命导向的看法、这一主题的重要性以及在生命导向中所教授的知识、技能和价值观,以及这些知识、技能和价值观如何在大流行期间装备社会。本研究遵循解释主义范式的定性设计。数据是通过一份在线问卷收集的,职前教师必须完成问卷。102名一年级教育学士学生、18名四年级教育学士学生和20名研究生教育证书课程的学生参与了这项研究。初步数据显示,COVID-19的挑战可能影响了140名职前教师对生活取向作为南非必修科目的态度,并进一步得出结论,生活取向在帮助学习者应对社会面临的各种挑战,尤其是COVID-19大流行方面发挥了重要作用。
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引用次数: 1
Growth accounting, development accounting and cross-country growth regressions: A conceptual review essay 增长会计、发展会计与跨国增长回归:一篇概念综述文章
IF 0.3 Q4 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY Pub Date : 2022-05-20 DOI: 10.4102/td.v18i1.1051
C. Callaghan
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Gender mainstreaming in the urban space to promote inclusive cities 将性别平等纳入城市空间主流,促进包容性城市
IF 0.3 Q4 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY Pub Date : 2022-05-18 DOI: 10.4102/td.v18i1.1163
Kiara Rampaul, H. Magidimisha-Chipungu
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引用次数: 2
Formation of professionalism: A courtship between academic staff and prospective clinical associates 专业精神的形成:学术人员和未来临床合作伙伴之间的求爱
IF 0.3 Q4 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY Pub Date : 2022-04-28 DOI: 10.4102/td.v18i1.1174
P. D. Du Toit, L. Tshotetsi, Sabatine Carvalio-Zongo, Melissa Olifant, Bonolo Mpholo, M. Louw
Background: The study was conducted to the background of a qualification in medical clinical practice offered at a Faculty of Health Sciences at a university in South Africa.Aim: The aim of the study was to determine how the theory of Whole Brain® thinking informed our professionalism and its relevance to transforming self and practice.Setting: The study was conducted in the context of a higher education institution, the University of Pretoria. The focus is specifically on the Bachelor of Clinical Medical Practice (BCMP). It has been offered since 2009.Methods: Participatory action research was the design of choice. The participatory part culminated in working as a collective in a scholarly community of practice. What is reported is the use of the Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument® (HBDI®) as a research instrument. It was used to determine the thinking preferences of the lecturers. Each lecturer obtained their brain profile that served as baseline data for self-study in the future. The profiling revealed their strengths and areas that they needed to work on – as individuals and as a team.Results: The theory of Whole Brain® thinking was identified as an enabler towards transforming self and practice. This transformation involved both lecturers and prospective clinical associates.Conclusion: The value of the study mainly lies in the development of the professionalism of the lecturers. Linked to professionalism is the value of using the theory of Whole Brain® thinking that primarily informed the teaching practice of the lecturers. And secondary to this, the students’ authentic clinical practice, which included patients and simulated practice where peers act as patients. The study contributed to the scholarship of teaching and learning in a medical clinical context and to participatory action research – both interrogated from a Whole Brain® perspective for the first time in the context in question.
背景:本研究以南非一所大学健康科学学院提供的医学临床实践资格为背景进行。目的:本研究的目的是确定全脑思维理论如何影响我们的专业精神,以及它与改变自我和实践的相关性。环境:这项研究是在比勒陀利亚大学这一高等教育机构进行的。重点是临床医学实践学士学位(BCMP)。自2009年以来一直提供这项服务。方法:参与式行动研究为设计选择。在实践的学术社区中,作为一个集体,参与的部分达到了高潮。报道的是使用Herrmann脑优势仪器®(HBDI®)作为研究仪器。它被用来确定讲师的思维偏好。每位讲师都获得了他们的大脑概况,作为未来自学的基线数据。分析显示了他们的优势和需要努力的领域——无论是作为个人还是作为团队。结果:全脑思维理论被认为是改变自我和实践的推动者。这种转变涉及讲师和未来的临床合作伙伴。结论:本研究的价值主要在于培养讲师的专业素养。与专业精神相联系的是使用全脑思维理论的价值,这主要体现在讲师的教学实践中。其次,学生们的真实临床实践,包括病人和模拟实践,同龄人扮演病人。该研究为医学临床背景下的教学和学习的学术研究以及参与性行动研究做出了贡献——两者都首次在相关背景下从全脑®的角度进行了探讨。
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The management of mountain gorilla tourism in Uganda: Are the socio-economic benefits realised? 乌干达山地大猩猩旅游的管理:社会经济效益实现了吗?
IF 0.3 Q4 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY Pub Date : 2022-04-25 DOI: 10.4102/td.v18i1.1136
Gift Muresherwa, Washington Makuzva, Cynthia N. Dube, I. Amony
Despite being endangered, the mountain gorilla (gorilla beringei beringei) is inextricably linked to tourism. With only 1069 primates globally, expanded conservation initiatives need to be extended to allow for continuous and sustainable benefits from gorilla tourism. This unique tourism niche has positively changed the economies of Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where they are endemic. Vast opportunities emanate from the management and conservation of the great apes (e.g. poverty alleviation, economic growth, etc.). The study examined the management of mountain gorilla tourism and its socio-economic contribution to selected stakeholders in Butogota, a rural community next to the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (BINP). To achieve this, structured face-to-face interviews were conducted with six stakeholder groups. In order to gather samples for the study, convenience sampling and snowball sampling were used. Data were collected using an interviewer-administered questionnaire and analysed with the help of the constant comparative method. Key findings show that mountain gorilla tourism activities benefit people in a number of ways, including job creation, entrepreneurial opportunities and expanded local infrastructure. The study highlights key imperatives for the effective management of mountain gorilla tourism, including developing infrastructure, investment in training, empowerment of locals, controlled access, and more conservation and dealing with the persistent corruption problem.
尽管濒临灭绝,山地大猩猩(大猩猩beringei beringei)与旅游业有着密不可分的联系。由于全球只有1069只灵长类动物,需要扩大保护计划,以使大猩猩旅游业持续可持续地受益。这一独特的旅游业利基市场积极改变了乌干达、卢旺达和刚果民主共和国的经济,这些国家都是旅游业的地方。类人猿的管理和保护带来了巨大的机会(如扶贫、经济增长等)。该研究考察了山地大猩猩旅游业的管理及其对布托戈塔选定利益相关者的社会经济贡献,布托戈塔是比温迪不可穿透国家公园(BINP)旁边的一个农村社区。为此,对六个利益攸关方团体进行了结构化的面对面访谈。为了收集研究样本,采用了方便抽样和滚雪球抽样。使用访谈者管理的问卷收集数据,并在持续比较法的帮助下进行分析。主要研究结果表明,山地大猩猩旅游活动在许多方面使人们受益,包括创造就业机会、创业机会和扩大当地基础设施。该研究强调了有效管理山地大猩猩旅游业的关键必要性,包括发展基础设施、投资培训、增强当地人的能力、控制出入、加强保护和处理持续存在的腐败问题。
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Investigating groupings in pre-service accounting teachers’ attitudes towards mathematics 职前会计教师数学态度的分组调查
IF 0.3 Q4 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY Pub Date : 2022-03-31 DOI: 10.4102/td.v18i1.1125
M. Mkhize
Background: A distinct mathematics proficiency is required in the study of accounting. The students’ success depends on attitudes towards mathematics that influence the participation rate of students in accounting modules.Aim: The main aim of the study was to investigate groupings in pre-service accounting teachers’ attitudes towards mathematics.Setting: The setting of the study was a higher education institution (HEI). This study was based on a survey of pre-service accounting teachers about their attitudes towards mathematicsMethods: This study used Fennema-Sherman Mathematics Attitudes Scales (F-SMAS). A convenient sample of the study was 255 Bachelor of Education (Accounting) students (first year = 143, second year = 77 and third year = 35). Data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics with p  0.050 level of significance.Results: The study found that mathematical ability, family, home context and geographical location were significant factors in determining attitudes towards mathematics and subsequent study of accounting.Conclusion: The study offers practical insights to navigate attitudes towards mathematics of students with the aim of setting mathematics support interventions given the several challenge students encounter in mathematics.
背景:会计专业的学习需要有明显的数学能力。学生的成功取决于对数学的态度,而数学态度会影响学生在会计模块中的参与率。目的:本研究的主要目的是调查职前会计教师对数学态度的分组。背景:研究的背景是一所高等教育机构(HEI)。本研究基于对职前会计教师数学态度的调查。方法:本研究采用芬内马-谢尔曼数学态度量表(F-SMAS)。这项研究的一个方便样本是255名教育学士(会计)学生(一年级=143,二年级=77,三年级=35)。采用描述性和推断统计学方法对数据进行分析,显著性水平为p 0.050。结果:研究发现,数学能力、家庭、家庭背景和地理位置是决定人们对数学态度和随后会计学习的重要因素。结论:鉴于学生在数学方面遇到的一些挑战,本研究为引导学生对数学的态度提供了实用的见解,目的是制定数学支持干预措施。
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Unintelligibility, personhood and curriculum silences of intersex bodies in the Life Orientation high school classroom: A case study 生活取向高中课堂中双性人身体的不理解、人格与课程沉默:个案研究
IF 0.3 Q4 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY Pub Date : 2022-03-23 DOI: 10.4102/td.v18i1.1099
A. Brown
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