Tshivenda Female Attire: A Socio-cultural Significance

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matodzi Rebecca Raphalalani ◽  
Mashudu Churchill Mashige
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Cultural Significance ◽  
Cultural Meanings ◽  
Form Part ◽  
Dress Codes ◽  
Verbal Meaning

This study investigated, through observation of the Tshivenḓa female dress codes, the socio-cultural significance of such dress codes as a means of non-verbal communication. The non-verbal meaning embedded in different items of dresses conveys messages from the wearers to observers. The study adopted  a qualitative  design, since it used  document analysis and literature review as a means to adduce evidence that Tshivenḓa dress codes not only communicate socio-cultural meanings to the observer, but also signify gender, age group, rank, authority, status, and identity, as well as power relations—including the supernatural and the sacred. The study also revealed that there are dress codes that are specifically worn during initiation ceremonies among the Vhavenḓa people. In conclusion, we recommend that knowledge of Tshivenḓa dress codes should form part of the overall indigenous knowledge that needs to be studied in institutions of basic and higher education, and that for the sake of preserving this valuable information, communities need to be proactive in disseminating it to the younger generation.

The Cultural Significance of Athletics in U.S. Higher Education

2000 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janice M. Beyer ◽  
David R. Hannah
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Intercollegiate Athletics ◽  
College Athletics ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Cultural Significance ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Cultural Meanings ◽  
Cultural Ideologies ◽  
Positive Functions ◽  
The U.S

Critics of intercollegiate athletics in the U.S. have identified many negative consequences for universities, individual players, students, and other fans. In this paper, we take a cultural perspective to explore both the positive and negative consequences of college athletics. First, we show how athletics function as cultural forms that carry cultural meanings and argue that many of the meanings carried by athletics reflect cultural ideologies of the wider society. We then enumerate and discuss many of the positive and negative consequences that have been attributed to athletics at societal, organizational, group, and individual levels. Finally, we discuss the implications of our analysis for current reforms, arguing that the cultural significance and positive functions of university athletics represent formidable barriers to reform.

scholarly journals AKUNTANSI KEBERLANJUTAN DAN PENGUKURAN KINERJA KEBERLANJUTAN UNIVERSITAS: MUNGKINKAH MENGAPLIKASIKAN AKUNTANSI KEBERLANJUTAN PADA INSTITUSI PENDIDIKAN TINGGI?

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Putu Sukma Kurniawan
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
Business Organizations ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Sustainability Performance ◽  
Sustainability Accounting ◽  
Very High

ABSTRACTThis research aims to identify the ability of non-business organizations to implement the concept of sustainability accounting and to measure the organization’s sustainability performance. This research takes the object at a higher education institution and conducts analysis on the application of sustainability accounting concepts to universities. This study used a qualitative paradigm with data collection techniques using interview, observation, and document analysis method. To support the results of the study to be more comprehensive, this research also used the method of content analysis and literature review. To analyze the sustainability performance, this research used the GASU method dan STARS System. The results of this study found that non-business organizations can apply the concept of sustainability accounting and higher education institutions have very high capability to implement the concept of sustainability accounting.Keywords: higher education institution, sustainability accountingABSTRAKRiset ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi kemampuan organisasi non-bisnis untuk mengimplementasikan konsep akuntansi keberlanjutan dan mengukur kinerja keberlanjutan organisasi. Riset ini mengambil objek penelitian pada institusi pendidikan tinggi dan melakukan analisis mengenai pengukuran kinerja keberlanjutan pada universitas. Penelitian ini menggunakan paradigma kualitatif dengan teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan metode wawancara, observasi, dan analisis dokumen. Untuk mendukung hasil penelitian agar lebih komprehensif, riset ini juga menggunakan metode analisis konten dan literature review. Untuk menganalisis kinerja keberlanjutan, riset ini menggunakan metode GASU dan STARS System. Hasil riset ini menyimpulkan bahwa organisasi non-bisnis dapat mengaplikasikan konsep akuntansi keberlanjutan dan institusi pendidikan tinggi memiliki kemampuan yang sangat baik untuk menerapkan konsep akuntansi keberlanjutan.Kata Kunci: akuntansi keberlanjutan, institusi pendidikan tinggi

Assessing South African University Adoption of Online Teaching During COVID 19

2022 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Nkholedzeni Sidney Netshakhuma
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
South African ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Online Teaching And Learning ◽  
South African Universities ◽  
And Training

This study aims to assess South African universities' adoption of online teaching and learning during COVID-19. The literature review and document analysis were used to analyze the data. The study found that the Department of Higher Education and Training worked with universities to develop a plan to implement online teaching and learning. Various stakeholders such as media and mobile companies supported the online teaching and learning through financial resources in the form of data subsidizing, media airtime, and campaign for the initiative.

Basotho Culture and the Prayers for Rain: Where Climate Change Converges

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lineo Rose Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Cultural Beliefs ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Cultural Significance ◽  
Rural Villages ◽  
Form Part ◽  
Changing Patterns ◽  
Diverse Groups

In Basotho culture men, women, girls, and boys each have different festivities to engage in when praying for rain. Rain festivities are organised and performed during the drought months from November to January of each year. This study examines the indigenous knowledge systems embedded in the different festivities as performed by males and females, and how they are understood and practised by diverse groups in Basotho society. The practices form part of the culture of Basotho that is still fundamentally practised in the rural areas of Lesotho, in spite of the advent of western education and Christianity. The article discusses the prayer for rain festivities and weather predictions and their relevance to the contemporary climate and weather-changing phenomenon and patterns. The study adopted a qualitative approach, and a sample of 40 Basotho men, women, girls, and boys—including traditional leaders and community elders in the four rural villages in Leribe district participated in interviews and focus group meetings. The thematic analysis described the narratives and discourse of the festivities and their cultural significance. Lesotho has experienced climate change, which has affected its people over centuries—hence they continue to explore changing patterns of climate and weather conditions. In line with their cultural beliefs, Basotho believe that rain and other environmental conditions are sent by their ancestors. Thus, rain festivities and prayers form part of their indigenous knowledge and contribute to the debate on climate change and its effects on the lives of African communities and their culture, particularly those of Basotho. Thus, the study concludes that African communities in general—in this context Basotho, have been engaged in climate change discourses in their own indigenous ways over time, and for them, climate change is not a new phenomenon.

Institutional Plagiarism Policy (Georgian higher education institutions’ case)

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Natela DOGHONADZE ◽  
Ekaterine PIPIA ◽  
Nikoloz PARJANADZE
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Survey Questionnaire ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
Copyright Violation ◽  
University Policies

The article deals with various aspects of plagiarism: definition (discriminating it from cheating and copyright violation), types (intended / unintended), involved people, causes, prevention, detection and punishment of plagiarism. A survey (questionnaire containing 42 items to be assessed in a 5-point Likert scale and one open- ended item) was conducted in Georgia. The questionnaire developed based on the literature review was uploaded on social media in three variants (to analyze the results separately and compare them): for students, for researchers and for assessors. The obtained results revealed that the opinions of the three groups of respondents differed to a certain degree, but were quite similar, eventually. The survey disclosed the existing problems, such as: lack of academic writing (in the native and especially foreign language) and research skills, lack of training in avoiding plagiarism, insufficiently clear university policies in the area, the emphasis on punishment instead of prevention, etc. Based on the obtained results recommendations for universities are given concerning plagiarism policies. 

scholarly journals Semi-Systematic Literature Review on Sustainability and Sustainable Development in Higher Education Institutions

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 7683
Author(s):  
Amila Omazic ◽  
Bernd Markus Zunk
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
Research Themes ◽  
Development Goals

Public sector organizations, primarily higher education institutions (HEIs), are facing greater levels of responsibility since adopting and committing to the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development (SD) and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). HEIs are expected to provide guidance for various stakeholders on this matter, but also to implement this agenda and the SDGs in their institutions. Although the role of these organizations has been recognized, the fields and issues that HEIs should address on their path towards sustainability and SD are still unclear. To provide further clarity, a semi-systematic literature review on sustainability and SD in HEIs was conducted to identify both the key concepts and main research themes that represent sustainability and SD in HEIs and to identify research gaps. This review increases our knowledge of this topic and enhances our understanding of sustainability and SD in the context of HEIs.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document