scholarly journals Error analysis and language comparison as teaching strategies for German as a foreign language in a South African context

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-110
Author(s):  
Anne Baker
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
South African ◽  
First Language ◽  
Target Language ◽  
South African Context ◽  
Black African ◽  
African Heritage ◽  
South African Universities ◽  
African Context ◽  
Similarities And Differences

Since 2015 there has been increased protest action by students at South African universities. One of the issues is decolonizing the curriculum. Academics have been re-thinking the curricula of various academic offerings. Recognizing the African heritage of students studying German could be in the form of comparing the first language (L1) of black African learners with German in order to facilitate learning the target language (TL). Specific examples of similarities and differences between German and Zulu are addressed in this article.

Promoting Open Educational Resources Through Library Portals in South African Universities

2020 ◽  
pp. 294-311
Author(s):  
Lancelord Siphamandla Mncube
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Scientific Investigation ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Institutional Repository ◽  
South African Context ◽  
South African Universities ◽  
African Context ◽  
Website Content

In the South African context, there is still a lack of development of OER, and it is not well noted if library portals are a relevant place for hosting OER. There is a significance need for further scientific investigation about the appropriate channels of hosting OER in library portals. To further investigate the problem, this study opted for website content analysis to determine if library portals within the academic libraries accommodate OER in their portals. Out of 26 Institutions, so far only three institutions have accommodated OER in their repositories. This study concludes that policymakers and academics should play a significant role in engagement in promotion of OER to higher education institutions' digital libraries. This chapter concludes that library portals should strive to keep up with international initiative of openness. This study recommend that all South African universities and their academic library portals should have a common OER TAB (space) within the institutional repository.

Promoting Open Educational Resources Through Library Portals in South African Universities

2021 ◽  
pp. 962-975
Author(s):  
Lancelord Siphamandla Mncube
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Scientific Investigation ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Institutional Repository ◽  
South African Context ◽  
South African Universities ◽  
African Context ◽  
Website Content

In the South African context, there is still a lack of development of OER, and it is not well noted if library portals are a relevant place for hosting OER. There is a significance need for further scientific investigation about the appropriate channels of hosting OER in library portals. To further investigate the problem, this study opted for website content analysis to determine if library portals within the academic libraries accommodate OER in their portals. Out of 26 Institutions, so far only three institutions have accommodated OER in their repositories. This study concludes that policymakers and academics should play a significant role in engagement in promotion of OER to higher education institutions' digital libraries. This chapter concludes that library portals should strive to keep up with international initiative of openness. This study recommend that all South African universities and their academic library portals should have a common OER TAB (space) within the institutional repository.

scholarly journals UBUNTU IN A POST-APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICAN CONTEXT

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cornelia van Graan
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Western Civilization ◽  
South African Context ◽  
African Context ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
The Law

In this article, I attempt to determine the position and value of ubuntu in the law of post-apartheid South Africa as well as to determine how ubuntu compares to humanitarianism. To achieve this goal, I examine both ubuntu and humanitarianism but I go further than merely an examination of the two concepts in isolation; a determination of the similarities and differences also takes place. The terms to be used in this study will be ‘traditional ubuntu’, which refers to ubuntu as known and understood by the indigenous people of South Africa, and humanitarianism, as known in the Western civilization.

scholarly journals Integrating African Pentecostalism into the theological education of South African Universities: An urgent task

2018 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mookgo S. Kgatle
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Theological Education ◽  
High Rate ◽  
South African Context ◽  
Urgent Task ◽  
The World ◽  
South African Universities ◽  
African Context ◽  
Pentecostal Churches ◽  
Very High

African Pentecostalism continues to be a growing part of Christianity both in Africa and the rest of the world. Pentecostal churches in Africa are on the rise at a very high rate. However, theological education in South African universities does not reflect this reality, but continues to be of a western orientation. Therefore, there is an urgent need and demand for a theological education that will be relevant to Africa. It is an urgent need for African Pentecostalism to be integrated into the theological education of South African universities. This can be achieved by integrating African Pentecostalism into the curriculum, by decolonising Pentecostal research and by the emergence of critical African scholars that can address cutting-edge issues in a South African context. Thus, theological education in South African universities shall be a contextual and relevant one.

Life Context Model, Intersectionality, and Black Feminist Epistemology

2019 ◽  
pp. 136-155
Author(s):  
Nasima Mohamed Hoosen Carrim ◽  
Yvonne Senne
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
African Women ◽  
South African Context ◽  
Context Model ◽  
Black Feminist ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Life Context ◽  
African Context ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Feminist Epistemologies

This chapter focuses on the life context model and the intersectionality and Black feminist epistemologies. Using two studies conducted in a South African context, it examines how these three theories can be employed to explore the challenges that a Black female manager in South Africa faces. The chapter also briefly outlines the underpinnings of the theories and gives an overview of the South African context that pertains to Indian and African women. The authors provide insights from the studies they have carried out and outline the similarities and differences outline the similarities and differences between the three theoretical approaches which they identified based on their research. The results obtained indicate that the use of these three theoretical approaches and the subsequent analysis of the data gathered can be a powerful method for reaching an understanding of contexts. Some recommendations are made regarding using the relevant theoretical approaches.

scholarly journals Challenges in doctoral supervision in South African universities

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Benard Ungadi Akala
Keyword(s):  
Doctoral Students ◽  
South African ◽  
South African Context ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Academic Characteristics ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
South African Universities ◽  
African Context ◽  
Multiple Challenges ◽  
Doctoral Supervision

This article addresses the challenges encountered by doctoral supervisors as they interact with their doctoral students in the contexts of South African universities. In a qualitative study of seven doctoral (PhD) supervisors and six PhD students, data was collected using interviews to examine the challenges supervisors experience as they supervise doctoral students. The PhD students were included in this study in because their responses would confirm or refute supervisor's views/opinions that emanated from their experiences in a social, cultural, and political context. Data analysis showed that doctoral supervisors experienced multiple challenges including overworking, time, and a set of academic characteristics of PhD students. Overall, the results of this study suggest that certain aspects among doctoral students who have completed doctorates in South African context, and their supervisors in different parts of the world would provide a starting point in the understanding of the implications of these aspects and their effect on the selection of doctoral students and the ongoing research in doctoral supervision in the South African context.  doctoral supervision.

scholarly journals SAHRIS: using the South African Heritage Register to report, track and monitor heritage crime

2015 ◽  
Vol XL-5/W7 ◽  
pp. 395-402 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Smuts
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Monitoring Systems ◽  
South African Context ◽  
The South ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
African Heritage ◽  
National Heritage ◽  
Innovative Tool ◽  
African Context

South Africa has experienced a recent increase in thefts of heritage objects from museums and galleries around the country. While the exact number of incidences is not known, the increase in thefts is nonetheless apparent, and has revealed the weaknesses of the systems currently in place to respond to these crimes. The South African Heritage Resources Information System (SAHRIS) is an integrated, online heritage resources management tool developed by the South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA) in 2011 in terms of Section 39 of the National Heritage Resources Act (NHRA), No. 25 of 1999. The system’s combined heritage resources and site and object management functionality has been expanded to provide an integrated, responsive tool for reporting heritage crimes and tracking the progress of the resultant cases. This paper reviews existing legislative frameworks and crime reporting and monitoring systems relevant to fighting heritage crime, and identifies current gaps in those responses. SAHRIS is presented as an innovative tool to combat heritage crime effectively in the South African context by offering a centralised, consolidated platform that provides the various stakeholders involved in reporting heritage crimes and locating and retrieving stolen objects with a means to coordinate their responses to such instances.

Exploring recidivism in the South African context.

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Belinda Bedell ◽  
Nicholas Challis ◽  
Charl Cilliers ◽  
Joy Cole ◽  
Wendy Corry ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
South African Context ◽  
The South ◽  
African Context
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