Contextualising environmental theology at Unisa and in African society

1995 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-110
Author(s):  
M.L. Daneel
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Executive Director ◽  
Feasibility Studies ◽  
Systematic Theology ◽  
African Society ◽  
Environmental Initiatives ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Ecological Conservation ◽  
The University ◽  
Environmental Theology

AbstractThis article* sets out the main objectives of a new chair and related centre or institute at the University of South Africa for Religious Research and Environmental Reform which Professor Daneel has envisaged for several years. The objectives of: teaching environmental theology at various levels (including contextualised courses for African Initiated Churches at the grassroots of African society); initiating empirical research projects (as feasibility studies for new environmental projects, studies for monitoring project implementation, the gauging of societal response to environmental initiatives, etc; and introducing a wide range of field operations through the motivation and empowerment of religious or other communities, are closely related to the religio-ecological models already developed by the Zimbabwean Institute of Religious Research and Ecological Conservation (ZIRRCON) in Zimbabwe. These objectives also correspond with the threefold mission of Unisa. It is worthy of note that a substantial grant of R2,3 million was made by Goldfields, South Africa, early in December 1994 towards the realisation of the goals set out in this paper. These goals were later modified, in consultation with Professor Daneel, by Reverend David Olivier, environmental theologian in the Department of Systematic Theology at Unisa. Reverend Olivier will be the first executive director, with Professor Daneel acting as senior consultant, of what initially will be called the Goldfields Project of Faith and Earthkeeping at Unisa.

scholarly journals Sense (Scents) of South Africa

1999 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-5
Author(s):  
Katherine F. Shepard
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Health Care ◽  
South African ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Speech Pathology ◽  
African Society ◽  
South African Society ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
The University ◽  
Physiotherapy Education

This paper presents a brief description of some of the author’s perceptions of the land, of physiotherapy education and practice and of the struggle of the nation of South Africa acquired during a 4 week visit in late spring 1997. One week was spent in Cape Town participating in several venues at the International Congress of the South African Society of Physiotherapy. Three weeks were spent at the University of the Witswatersrand in Johannesburg presenting a course in qualitative research to health care colleagues representing the disciplines of physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology and occupational health. During the time in Johannesburg several health care facilities were visited including Baragwanath Hospital, Natal Hospital and the Wits Rural Facility and Tinswalo Hospital at Acornhoek.

scholarly journals The Development of Academic Advising to Enable Student Success in South Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Gugu Wendy Tiroyabone ◽  
Franҫois Strydom
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Student Success ◽  
Academic Advising ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Institutional Perspective ◽  
International Perspectives ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The University

Universities promote social justice by improving student success; a university degree is one of the most powerful tools to change the economic prospects of students, their families, and communities. For students to succeed, it is vital that they are connected to the wide range of support services in a meaningful way. Unfortunately, many students (especially first-generation students) find it difficult to connect to university environments that are complex and that are often not optimally coordinated. International and national research show that academic advising plays a critical role in improving student engagement and success by facilitating better coordination and integration of support. Academic advising provides students with relevant information, facilitates their conceptual understanding of the university, and allows students the opportunity to form a meaningful relationship with the institution through an advisor and by means of various advising initiatives. This paper shares international perspectives on the critical importance of academic advising for student success. Building on these perspectives, we reflect on the development of academic advising in South Africa and on its potential for enhancing student success in our context. We provide an institutional perspective by sharing the journey of the University of the Free State. In doing so, we show the positive impact of advising before and during the pandemic and we conclude with lessons for the future of academic advising in the South African context.

scholarly journals Stimulating black entrepreneurship through training: A case study in development

1979 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-28
Author(s):  
B. Mokoatle ◽  
H. L. Prekel
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Business Management ◽  
Management Training ◽  
Success Rates ◽  
Underdeveloped Countries ◽  
Small Business Management ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Black Entrepreneurship ◽  
The University

Economic problems and threatening food and energy shortages, together with the contrast and polarization between the developed and underdeveloped countries, have brought the world to the brink of a crisis. The development of self-reliance and entrepreneurship among the poorer communities could contribute to solving the above problems. Several barriers need to be overcome to stimulate black entrepreneurship in South Africa, one being the need for specialized business management training. The paper describes as a case study the Small Business Management Programme introduced in 1975 by the School of Business Leadership of the University of South Africa. A progress report on the course is given, with fairly high success rates in terms of both academic and business achievement. Of particular interest is the wide range of projects (business viability studies) investigated by students as a course requirement, several of which have been implemented as successful business ventures.Ekonomiese probleme en dreigende voedsel- en energietekorte, saam met die kontras en polarisering tussen die ontwikkelde en onderontwikkelde lande, het die wereldgemeenskap tot op die rand van 'n krisis gebring. Die ontwikkeling van selfstandigheid en entrepreneurskap onder die armer gemeenskappe kan grootliks bydra tot die oplossing van bogenoemde probleme. Verskeie struikelblokke moet oorkom word om swart entrepreneurskap in Suid-Afrika te stimuleer. Een hiervan is die behoefte aan gespesialiseerde sakebestuursopleiding. Die artikel beskryf as 'n gevallestudie die Kleinbesigheidbestuursprogram wat die Skool vir Bedryfsleiding van die Universiteit van Suid-Afrika in 1975 ingestel het. 'n Vorderingsverslag word oor die program gegee, waarin redelike hoe akademiese sowel as sakeprestasies aangedui word. Veral van belang is die wye reeks projekte (uitvoerbaarheidstudies van sakeondernemings) wat studente as 'n kursusvereiste ondersoek het; verskeie van hierdie projekte is intussen as suksesvolle ondernemings in bedryf gestel.

“We sing to touch hearts”: Choral musical culture in Pretoria East, South Africa

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 265-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah J. Bartolome
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Collective Case Study ◽  
African Identity ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Bridging Social Capital ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The University

The purpose of this study was to explore the culture of choral singing among children and youth in Pretoria East, South Africa. The philosophical underpinnings of the choirs, the roles of choirs within local and national communities, and the perceived values and benefits of participation were examined. This collective case study required the integration of standard ethnographic strategies employed over the course of a month-long period of fieldwork and two shorter follow-up visits. I observed approximately 40 hours of rehearsal and 25 hours of performance, focusing on five choirs in and around the University of Pretoria. I also conducted 22 semi-structured interviews with choristers, directors, staff members, and parents. Participants identified a philosophy of “message bearing” as the primary goal of choral performance. Innovation and diversity in programming and competition were additional emergent themes related to this philosophy. Choirs were found to have multiple roles, including recruiting and marketing, promoting diverse South African musical cultures, and cultivating a national, South African identity. Participants described a wide range of musical, social, educational, and personal benefits associated with participation, with choristers most commonly alluding to choir as a means of “relaxing.” Choir emerged as a source of bridging social capital, encouraging cooperation among participants from diverse racial and cultural backgrounds, promoting intercultural understanding and trust, and cultivating a broadened sense of national South African identity.

Reflections and Resources

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tinyiko Sam Maluleke
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Developing World ◽  
Public Theology ◽  
African Society ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
South African Society ◽  
Critical Response ◽  
University Of Pretoria ◽  
The University

Originally written as a response to the first of two papers presented by William Storrar at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, this article presents a critical response to public theology from a post-colonial perspective. It contends that public theology is trapped in an attempt to universalize concepts, similar to earlier forms of theology, and does not take developing world theologies seriously. It is post-coloniality, rather than postmodernity, that this article claims is of importance to South African society. The idea that public theology can address the anger in South African society, without a theory of resistance as found in liberation theologies, is challenged.

scholarly journals Finding an academic voice in postapartheid South Africa: Systematic Theology at the University of Pretoria

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dani P. Veldsman ◽  
Johan Buitendag ◽  
Willem Fourie ◽  
Tanya Van wyk
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Religious Experience ◽  
Political Theology ◽  
Public University ◽  
Christian Ethics ◽  
Theological Reflection ◽  
Systematic Theology ◽  
University Of Pretoria ◽  
The University ◽  
Evolutionary Perspectives

How can an academic voice concerning systematic-theological reflection find expression at a public university in a postapartheid SA? In this chapter, the different research foci of the members of the Department of Dogmatics and Christian Ethics at the UP are presented and interpreted as attempts to find such a voice as a collection of voices within a society characterised by shifting social-ecclesial and theological landscapes. The specific research foci, namely eco-hermeneutics; evolutionary perspectives on religious experience; an ethic of sociality within postcolonial, pluralist and unequal societies; and ecclesiological challenges and political theology are structured and presented in terms of the hermeneutical question that was posed by Ricoeur, namely D’où parlez-vous? [Where do you speak from?]. Against the background of the vision, objectives and values of the Department, the main objectives of their respective approaches as explication of the ‘speaking from’ and ‘speaking to’ are outlined. Some of the most important contemporary issues are identified in a conclusion that are, according to them, to be addressed within the Southern African contexts.

scholarly journals Feasibility study of the university of Utah TRIGA reactor power upgrade - Part I: Neutronics-based study in respect to control rod system requirements and design

2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Avdo Cutic ◽  
Dongok Choe ◽  
Tatjana Jevremovic
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Models ◽  
Power Level ◽  
Feasibility Studies ◽  
Reactor Power ◽  
Control Rod ◽  
University Of Utah ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Rod System ◽  
The University ◽  
Fuel Elements

We present a summary of extensive studies in determining the highest achievable power level of the current University of Utah TRIGA core configuration in respect to control rod requirements. Although the currently licensed University of Utah TRIGA power of 100 kW provides an excellent setting for a wide range of experiments, we investigate the possibility of increasing the power with the existing fuel elements and core structure. Thus, we have developed numerical models in combination with experimental procedures so as to assess the potential maximum University of Utah TRIGA power with the currently available control rod system and have created feasibility studies for assessing new core configurations that could provide higher core power levels. For the maximum determined power of a new University of Utah TRIGA core arrangement, a new control rod system was proposed.

TEM study of boron additions to cobalt aluminide

1988 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 546-547
Author(s):  
Gerald B. Feldewerth
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Turbine Engines ◽  
Major Drawback ◽  
University Of Missouri ◽  
Specific Strength ◽  
Aerospace Applications ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Ordered Alloys ◽  
The University ◽  
Very High

In recent years an increasing emphasis has been placed on the study of high temperature intermetallic compounds for possible aerospace applications. One group of interest is the B2 aiuminides. This group of intermetaliics has a very high melting temperature, good high temperature, and excellent specific strength. These qualities make it a candidate for applications such as turbine engines. The B2 aiuminides exist over a wide range of compositions and also have a large solubility for third element substitutional additions, which may allow alloying additions to overcome their major drawback, their brittle nature.One B2 aluminide currently being studied is cobalt aluminide. Optical microscopy of CoAl alloys produced at the University of Missouri-Rolla showed a dramatic decrease in the grain size which affects the yield strength and flow stress of long range ordered alloys, and a change in the grain shape with the addition of 0.5 % boron.

ROLE OF LIBRARIANS IN TEACHING INFORMATION LITERACY IN ZIMBABWEAN AND SOUTH AFRICAN UNIVERSITIES: A COMPARATIVE STUDY

Mousaion ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tinashe Mugwisi
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
Information Skills ◽  
The University

Information and communications technologies (ICTs) and the Internet have to a large extent influenced the way information is made available, published and accessed. More information is being produced too frequently and information users now require certain skills to sift through this multitude in order to identify what is appropriate for their purposes. Computer and information skills have become a necessity for all academic programmes. As libraries subscribe to databases and other peer-reviewed content (print and electronic), it is important that users are also made aware of such sources and their importance. The purpose of this study was to examine the teaching of information literacy (IL) in universities in Zimbabwe and South Africa, and the role played by librarians in creating information literate graduates. This was done by examining whether such IL programmes were prioritised, their content and how frequently they were reviewed. An electronic questionnaire was distributed to 12 university libraries in Zimbabwe and 21 in South Africa. A total of 25 questionnaires were returned. The findings revealed that IL was being taught in universities library and non-library staff, was compulsory and contributed to the term mark in some institutions. The study also revealed that 44 per cent of the total respondents indicated that the libraries were collaborating with departments and faculty in implementing IL programmes in universities. The study recommends that IL should be an integral part of the university programmes in order to promote the use of databases and to guide students on ethical issues of information use.

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