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Factors influencing the integration of ICT in teaching and learning
No full textThe extant literature highlights that a combination of attitudes towards technology, technological competencies, and access to technology tools are factors that significantly impact the integration of technology within the classroom teaching and learning environment by educators and school management. This study investigated the influence of these factors in predicting successful technology integration in teaching and learning within the private school context in South Africa and included respondents from primary and secondary schools. The research adopted a quantitative cross-sectional survey strategy and collected data from educators and school management using a questionnaire. The study found positive educator attitudes towards the use of ICT tools in classroom teaching and learning. In addition, educators have a high level of skill in using ICT tools for teaching. It also found high exposure levels to technology tools for classroom use. Although it was found that the management staff are largely undecided on technology integration, favourable perceptions were expressed towards factors related to the application process, familiarity and confidence, adaptation, and creativity in the use of technology in education. Educators' ICT skills were found to significantly influence technology integration in teaching and learning. However, there was no statistical evidence to suggest that access to technology and educator attitudes can significantly influence technology integration in teaching and learning. The study offers several recommendations for enhancing technology integration in the classroom. 
Rung: Colours of Consciousness.
No full text‘Rung,’ colour, has been a subject of exploration by philosophers as the study of consciousness progresses. They believe colours, besides their objective, physical understanding, also have a phenomenal and subjective understanding, for example, the ‘feeling’ that we get when the redness of the red setting sun is felt, or the blueness of the blue sky is experienced. This feeling or subjective phenomenal experience is what has been called consciousness or qualia, qualia being the properties of such experiences. However, deciphering such experiences is what has been the greatest task given to the philosophers; the mystery of this ‘feeling’ or phenomenal experience we get when a colour is perceived is also a mystery, if unfolded, it helps us to decipher what consciousness is. This paper attempts to investigate the subjective experience of colour as explored in Indian Bakhti and Sufi poetry. Colour or ‘rung’ has been extensively used as imagery in such poems, where the experience of being in a divine state is equated to being immersed in the experience of a colour. The divine, also known as ‘rungrez,’ the colour dyer or the colour giver, is the one who infuses us with such colourful experience, the experience of himself or consciousness. In this way, the paper will explore the subjective experiences (of colour) as portrayed in such poetry and will try to perceive the question of consciousness from a different perspective
Metaphor and Concept: Some Reflections on the Derrida-Ricoeur Debate
No full textThe debate between Jacques Derrida and Paul Ricoeur on the philosophical status of metaphor has been seen as between two positions, one which privileges the destabilizing power of the metaphoric over the conceptual (Derrida) and the other which domesticates the metaphoric in the service of the conceptual (Ricoeur). Commentators on this debate, no matter where their sympathies lie, seem to predominantly be in agreement on this issue. In this paper I attempt to invert the frame within which this debate has been viewed. I argue that the debate can more fruitfully be read not as one on the status of metaphor in philosophy, but rather on the task of concept-construction in philosophy. I also argue that in reading this debate from this perspective, we come across a rather surprising conclusion: that it is Derrida, rather than Ricoeur, who provides us with a more robust and profitable mode of concept-construction that can accommodate scientific revolutions, epistemological breaks, and paradigm shifts. Ricoeur’s model of concept construction, I argue, only functions within what Thomas Kuhn has called ‘normal science’
Examining the Impact of Job Crafting on Work Engagement: A Multigenerational Workforce Perspective
No full textThe research investigated the relationship between job crafting behaviors, generational cohorts, and work engagement in the modern workplace. Guided by William A. Kahn's Employee Engagement theory and the Job Demands-Resource (JD-R) model, this study explored how employees from different generational cohorts engage in job crafting activities and how these activities influence their levels of work engagement. The study will employed cross-sectional quantitative research design, collecting data from a sample of 205 individuals representing Generation X (Gen X), Millennials, and Generation Z (Gen Z) across various industries. Standardized questionnaires were used to collect data - the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES) (Crohnbach’s alpha - 0.8) and the Job Crafting Questionnaire (JCQ) (Crohnbach’s alpha - 0.94) to measure work engagement and job crafting behaviors, respectively. Findings revealed significant differences in job crafting and work engagement across generations. Gen Y reported higher levels of both job crafting and work engagement compared to Gen X and Gen Z. A positive correlation was found between job crafting and work engagement. Moderation analysis indicated that job crafting significantly predicted work engagement, while age had a negative effect. However, the interaction between job crafting and age was non-significant. Further analyses revealed that the positive impact of job crafting on work engagement was stronger for younger individuals.
An Analysis of The Conflict between the Right to Information Act 2005 and Official Secrets Act 1923 in India
No full textThe 2019 Rafale deal case facilitated the reemergence of an old debate between official secrecy and transparency, which now invites more scholarship with the introduction of the Right to Information Act (RTI Act 2005). The legislation intends to maximise the dissemination of information kept by public authorities, with only limited exceptions where it can be withheld. With such a profound impact on how information should be handled by public authorities, the governmental obsession with the colonial Official Secrets Act 1923 (OSA 1923) attracts scrutiny. Unlike the RTI Act 2005, which streamlines the framework on what and how information with the government can be made available, the OSA 1923, which is concerned with the regulation of official secrets in the country, is silent on the limits of withholding. Under the colonial framework, the government is empowered to classify without exception, criminalise any wrongful disclosure (sensitive or not), and minimise transparency otherwise aimed at under the RTI Act 2005. It is time that the OSA 1923 is harmonised with the RTI Act 2005, with its glaring inconsistencies. In this paper, the author argues that the OSA 1923 has become obsolete and should be harmonised with the RTI Act 2005 to prevent the dilution of the latter.
Linguistic barriers encountered by deaf women in accessing antenatal and postnatal care in Zimbabwe’s public hospitals
Get PDFThis article examines the marginalisation of Sign language in Zimbabwe's healthcare sector, particularly in the context of antenatal and postnatal care. It reveals the linguistic challenges faced by Deaf women, who often use spoken language for communication. The study also explores the attitudes of nurses and doctors towards Sign language in the health sector. Data were collected through questionnaires, focus group discussions, and interviews with members of the Deaf community. The research found that communication difficulties were significant barriers for Deaf women seeking care. The lack of sign language interpreters and negative attitudes towards the Deaf by some health professionals further exacerbated these barriers. The absence of a policy framework directing the use and awareness of Sign Language in hospitals further exacerbated these issues. The study recommends prioritising Sign Language in public institutions to ensure Health Rights and a health language policy that guarantees the use of local languages in all public life, including health