Pub Date : 2018-06-09DOI: 10.31901/24566802.2018/32.1-3.1952
G. Joubert
This paper investigates the impact of a Gross Motor Development (GMD) program on the lives of learners in marginalized multi-grade environments in rural areas of the Western Cape. A transformative research paradigm was employed in order to address the research questions posed by this study. A purposive sampling technique was used to collect data from three schools. The researchers investigated the influence of an 18-month gross motor development program upon earners’ lives in three multi-grade schools in the Western Cape of South Africa from the start of 2012 to the middle of 2013. A sample of 50 (N=30 males and N=20 females), grade 4-6 multi-grade learners participated in the study. Their gross motor skills were assessed using Project 4 – Innovative Motor Ability and Development (IMAD+) Test Battery. The test battery consisted of a series of physical exercises designed to assess gross motor proficiency.The data revealed that a total gross motor ability percentage score change occurred in the sample from 32.1 percentage score to a 56.8 percentage score; indicating a significant overall gross motor improvement of 24.7 percentageover an 18 month period. Improved self-esteem, positive attitudinal and motivational changes and increases in class attendance occurred among the learners. This improvement is aligned with research that indicates that development and improvement of motor skills through physical activity are related to positive development of self-esteem among learners. This paper contributes to a growing body of knowledge on education at rural, marginalized schools; suggesting that providing learners with the opportunity to participate in a structured program is likely to improve motivation which can, in turn, contribute toward positive scholastic achievement. Address for correspondence: George Frederick Joubert 18 Crown Street Observatory Cape Town, 7925, South Africa Phone: +27 73 231 08 48 INTRODUCTION Till today no clear dispensation has been presented by the South African Department of Education to address the need for physical education in schools; especially those too poor to afford sporting facilities. At best, gross motor development is mentioned in the National Curriculum and Policy Statement (CAPS) as a guideline for learners’ physical development in South Africa.There is considerable evidence that systematic programs for human movement promote discipline, improve concentration and raise academic performance: not least by familiarising learners from challenging backgrounds with the process of setting and attaining reasonable goals. When despair demoralises home-life in areas of poverty, learners need to be made aware of patterns of achievement as a way of gaining self-confidence and independence of purpose. Although there is often evidence of spontaneous play at schools in areas of financial deprivation, one of the elements that learners in multigrade environments most lack is structured engagement in movement and physical intera
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Pub Date : 2018-06-09DOI: 10.31901/24566802.2018/32.1-3.2012
{"title":"Influence of Socio-Economic and Demographic Factors on Stress Perception and Attitude towards Self and Job: A Study With Reference to Women Health Care Professionals","authors":"","doi":"10.31901/24566802.2018/32.1-3.2012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31901/24566802.2018/32.1-3.2012","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":85684,"journal":{"name":"The Eastern anthropologist","volume":"56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74587361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-06-09DOI: 10.31901/24566802.2018/32.1-3.2004
Gabriel Adewunmi Eyinade
{"title":"Farmer’s Attitude towards Organic Farming Practices: A Concept of Sustainable Organic Farming Development in South Africa","authors":"Gabriel Adewunmi Eyinade","doi":"10.31901/24566802.2018/32.1-3.2004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31901/24566802.2018/32.1-3.2004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":85684,"journal":{"name":"The Eastern anthropologist","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81864133","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-06-09DOI: 10.31901/24566802.2018/32.1-3.2017
{"title":"Barriers Affecting Research and Publication Efforts among Female Academics in South African and Zimbabwean Universities","authors":"","doi":"10.31901/24566802.2018/32.1-3.2017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31901/24566802.2018/32.1-3.2017","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":85684,"journal":{"name":"The Eastern anthropologist","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82966680","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-06-09DOI: 10.31901/24566802.2018/32.1-3.2002
Sheetal Bhoola
{"title":"Reflecting Upon Durban Indian Cuisine, Its Origins, Its Popularity and Its Impact on South African Tourism","authors":"Sheetal Bhoola","doi":"10.31901/24566802.2018/32.1-3.2002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31901/24566802.2018/32.1-3.2002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":85684,"journal":{"name":"The Eastern anthropologist","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75289169","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-06-09DOI: 10.31901/24566802.2018/32.1-3.2010
Akeem Adewale Oyelana
Ever since the coming of Christianity into Nigeria up to this time, the growth of Christian worshippers and the establishment of churches has being on an increase. Apart from the Orthodox and the Protestant (Anglican Communion) churches which had been in existence for long and which no individual can lay claim of sole establishing, the rise of the Nigerian Pentecostal churches that came forth in the 1970s led and gave rise to the creation of churches in Nigeria. Different church leaders and founders always have one or two reasons for starting their church, and this study tried looking at some of the factors contributing to the creation of churches in Nigeria with its conclusion and recommendations. This study makes use of quantitative research design. Self-administered questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection. Each question was subdivided into five point scale and the data analysis used for the study was descriptive analysis that requires the use of percentages and tables to analyse the various data collected.
{"title":"An Investigation into the Factors Contributing To Proliferation of Churches","authors":"Akeem Adewale Oyelana","doi":"10.31901/24566802.2018/32.1-3.2010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31901/24566802.2018/32.1-3.2010","url":null,"abstract":"Ever since the coming of Christianity into Nigeria up to this time, the growth of Christian worshippers and the establishment of churches has being on an increase. Apart from the Orthodox and the Protestant (Anglican Communion) churches which had been in existence for long and which no individual can lay claim of sole establishing, the rise of the Nigerian Pentecostal churches that came forth in the 1970s led and gave rise to the creation of churches in Nigeria. Different church leaders and founders always have one or two reasons for starting their church, and this study tried looking at some of the factors contributing to the creation of churches in Nigeria with its conclusion and recommendations. This study makes use of quantitative research design. Self-administered questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection. Each question was subdivided into five point scale and the data analysis used for the study was descriptive analysis that requires the use of percentages and tables to analyse the various data collected.","PeriodicalId":85684,"journal":{"name":"The Eastern anthropologist","volume":"2014 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86833545","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-06-09DOI: 10.31901/24566802.2018/32.1-3.1886
Li Taohong
{"title":"Informal Immigrants Adaptation Process in Canada: An Anthropological Case Study by Tian Guang","authors":"Li Taohong","doi":"10.31901/24566802.2018/32.1-3.1886","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31901/24566802.2018/32.1-3.1886","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":85684,"journal":{"name":"The Eastern anthropologist","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74347602","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-04-15DOI: 10.31901/24566802.2018/32.1-3.1515
Mehmet Altin
{"title":"The Effects of Extensive Interval and Continuous Run Trainings on Aerobic Anaerobic Power","authors":"Mehmet Altin","doi":"10.31901/24566802.2018/32.1-3.1515","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31901/24566802.2018/32.1-3.1515","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":85684,"journal":{"name":"The Eastern anthropologist","volume":"50 17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75226654","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-04-15DOI: 10.31901/24566802.2018/32.1-3.1471
Muhammed Kiziltunc
{"title":"The Effect of Power Development Exercise during 6 Weeks on Sicam and E-Selectin Levels of Turkish National Young Male Boxing Team Athletes","authors":"Muhammed Kiziltunc","doi":"10.31901/24566802.2018/32.1-3.1471","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31901/24566802.2018/32.1-3.1471","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":85684,"journal":{"name":"The Eastern anthropologist","volume":"138 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72662411","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-01-08DOI: 10.31901/24566802.2018/31.1-3.1957
Aynur Otağ
{"title":"Effects of Warm-up Exercises on Spirometric Measurements in Athletes and Sedentary Individuals","authors":"Aynur Otağ","doi":"10.31901/24566802.2018/31.1-3.1957","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31901/24566802.2018/31.1-3.1957","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":85684,"journal":{"name":"The Eastern anthropologist","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78624481","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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