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Emosionele intelligensie en akademiese sukses: \u27n emp1r1ese vergelyking tussen presterende en nie-presterende studente
Get PDFDie doel van die studie is om te ondersoek ofbepaalde aspekte van emosionele intelligensie onderskei russen srudente wat akademies goed en die war swak presteer. \u27n Emosionele Intelligensie-Battery is saamgescel wat uit vyf meerinstnunente bestaan. Die proefgroep was 133 scudente russen die ouderdomme van 18 en 23 jaar war aan die &mdse Afrikaanse Universiteit vir die Sielkunde 1-kursus ingeskryf is. Resulrace van Hotelling se 1\u272-coets dui aan dat die Emosionele Incelligensie-battery wel russen die twee groepe onderskei. Statisdes beduidende verskille is aangedui in die vektore van gemiddeldes van die twee groepe met berrekking tot die vyf subskale van die battery gesamentlik geneem en ook russen die gemiddeldes van die twee groepe ten opsigte van twee spesifieke skale. \u27n Stapsgewyse diskriminanrontleding dui aan dat die Social Translations-subskaal van die Four Faaor Terts of Social Intdligence en die Adok!cent Self-Concept Scale bygedra bet tot die diskriminasie tussen die twee groepe en dat 64.8% van die proefpersone korrek dew die twee veranderlikes geklassifueer is
Ecomodernism – defending a new humanist approach to nature
Get PDFI defend here Luc Ferry’s new humanist approach to nature, ecomodernism, outlined in his Les Sept Ecologies (2021). Ferry’s notion of a “second humanism” takes into account oversights in the Enlightenment thinking, now seen as abstracted from the real life-world of persons, in particular, and arising out of changed conditions of marriage, that of “love-passion” as core value. I first outline Ferry’s account of the contemporary ecology landscape. Three anti-humanist approaches to nature are considered: the pre-modern supposition of intentionality in non-human living beings; deep ecology’s attribution of an equal functionality to humans and non-humans in the ecosystem; and evolutionary biology’s reductionist version of ethics. I then develop a positive account of the isomorphism of the intentionality of humans and all conscious living animals, through an Aristotelian account of sensation as a power of transcendence. The specific condition of human transcendence is reformulated by contemporary commentators through the notion of language, and again through the explanatory notion of self-enactment. This furnishes a foundation for the defence of the new humanist approach to nature
An ecology of bad ideas: approaching human relations with wider nature from an ecological-complexity perspective
Get PDFCritical theory and human nature: Hartmut Rosa’s resonance theory from an evolutionary-anthropological perspective
Get PDFIn one of the major contributions to current Critical Theory in the 21st century, Hartmut Rosa employs the notion of resonant subject-world-relationships to critically analyse structural features of modern societies that systematically undermine stable conditions for such relationships to unfold. The specific critical potential of resonance theory is based on its status as an account of the good life, which has to build on an account of human nature. Arguably, the best available account of human nature is given by evolutionary anthropology and psychology – pro- ceeding from a wide notion of evolution as natural and cultural. I propose to complement resonance theory with evolutionary approaches to the question of the good life. Resonance theory can offer crucial refinements of the concept of the good life as pre- supposed by authors working within an evolutionary perspective, while in turn being able to profit from the empirical insights of evolutionary anthropology and psychology
Pentecostal ecclesiology in the new adaptation era:: The case of the Bethel Church of Indonesia
Get PDFThe Synod of the Gereja Bethel Indonesia/GBI (Bethel Church of Indonesia) is Indonesia’s largest Protestant and Pentecostal denomination, with over 7,000 local churches and nearly three million church members. It is, therefore, significant to discuss this church. Over the past three years, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced churches worldwide to adjust to the off-site system of worship and ministry. The pandemic also led to the speedy acceleration of digital technology. Consequently, it called for redefining and repositioning our ecclesiology and praxis. This article presents the theological position of GBI in a new era of adaptation as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. This article uses a systematic approach, by briefly introducing the concepts of ecclesiology and fellowship, then developing these concepts further with concrete and relevant examples in the context of the GBI church
Teachers\u27 voices and quality education in the basic education discourse in South Africa
Get PDFThe absence of a shared understanding of quality education for South African schools prompted this study to apply the capability approach of Amartya Sen to investigate the productive qualities of teachers. The study outlines the significance of integrating teachers’ perspectives into discussions surrounding quality education in South Africa. More emphasis is directed towards the necessity of understanding quality education through the lens of teachers’ experiences and perceptions. A case study design was used and teachers in two Cape Town schools were selected to illustrate the case. The study conducted in-depth individual and focus group interviews with primary and high school teachers to explore their views on quality education and its implications for capability enhancement. Utilizing the capability approach as a framework, the research underscores the voices of teachers and the pivotal role of teachers in shaping educational practices and policies. The study revealed that limitations put on teachers’ voices rendered the understanding of quality education a bureaucratic discourse instead of a transformational idea and suppresses evaluative reasoning and the pursuit of interconnected teaching and learning freedoms in schools
Alcohol and tobacco use by construction workers: A systematic literature review
Get PDFAchieving Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG 3), which aims to ensure healthy lifestyles and promote well-being for all, is a critical focus within the context of construction health and safety, particularly for construction workers. A significant factor influencing the health and safety of construction workers is their consumption of alcohol and tobacco (A&T). This article presents a systematic review of the research on A&T use among construction workers, an analysis of key findings, research methodologies, and recommendations. A knowledge-mapping approach is applied to 108 articles sourced from the Web of Science (WOS), generating clusters of relevant keywords to illustrate the interrelationships between A&T usage and construction workers. The knowledge map reveals 40 distinct keyword distributions, organised into five clusters, highlighting the key connections between alcohol, tobacco, and construction workers. From an initial pool of 336 articles from WOS and Scopus, 26 were selected based on the PRISMA protocol for further analysis. A review of these 26 studies demonstrates a predominant use of mixed-methods and quantitative research approaches. The findings show the heightened vulnerability of construction workers to hazardous A&T consumption, its adverse health effects, and the urgent need for comprehensive interventions aimed at reducing or eliminating this risk
The South African Police Services: towards a model of empowerment
Get PDFPolice officers currently suffer unacceptable levels of physical and psychological trauma. This has an impact on their personal and job satisfaction and can negatively affect their ability to render effective service to the community. A four-phase model of primary intervention, intended to orchestrate intervention strategies in order to meet the demands on mental health in the SAPS is proposed in this study. It is argued that the four-phase model proposed here can have a significant positive effect on the overall effectiveness of mental health intervention within the SAPS, increasing levels of personal adjustment and enhancing organisational functionality. This should contribute to the achievement of more acceptable levels of synergy between the SAPS and the various South African communities it serves: in short, towards empowerment for all concerned
Women’s precarity in a globalised world: an ecofeminist perspective
Get PDFAs French philosopher, anthropologist and sociolo gist Bruno Latour noted, “[f]rom the time the term ‘politics’ was invented, every type of politics has been defined by its relation to nature” (2004 [1999]: 1). When the exploitation of nature became a subject of profit and global political discourse, women’s situation in the labour market underwent significant changes, resulting in precarity and exploitation due to their perceived proximity to nature. This presumed connection between women and nature has been studied by ecofeminist thinkers, revealing its profound influence on women’s roles in the labour system, particularly in capitalist societies where diversity is often sacrificed in favour of uniformity to facilitate the sale of products to a global audience (King 1986: 184). This contribution aims to explore, from an ecofeminist perspective, statistics regarding women’s precarity worldwide, with particular attention to the situation of migrant women in the global North and native women in the global South
#PutSouthAfricansFirst: Exploring how hashtag activism on Black Twitter promotes xenophobia
Get PDFSocial media has challenged the idea that mainstream media shapes the public, media, and policy agenda. The fragmentation of audiences and their selective consumption of content has challenged the traditional ideas of agenda-setting theory, as well as highlighted the influence of discourse. Fittingly, principles of the agenda-setting theory and discourse theory apply to this study which seeks to explore which discourse under #PutSouthAfricansFirst sets the public agenda for misperceptions and violence towards black African immigrants in South Africa. The study uses netnography and discourse analysis to assess purposively selected tweets under the #PutSouthAfricansFirst from June 2023 to July 2023, a period prone to xenophobic attacks in South Africa. The results indicated that crime, political rhetoric, strife for jobs, and dehumanisation are pivotal topics of the #PutSouthAfricansFirst xenophobic discourse inundating Black Twitter (X) in South Africa. It is these issues that appear to set the agenda among the public and in the media for negative perceptions and physical violence targeted at black African immigrants