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Insangano enhlekelelweni yamagrikhi : ukuhlaziywa kweminye yemidlalo esaphila ka-Aeschylus, Sophocles no-Euripides
No full textEnglish, French, Afrikaans and Zulu abstractsMadness features prominently in Greek tragedy. Indeed, the theme of madness, its treatment and dramatic illustration contribute to the aim of this genre, which Aristotle identifies as the arousal and the purgation of pity and fear. In this thesis, the existence of two categories of madness: tragic and non-tragic madness, is proposed, and the argument is advanced that both are a consequence of the circumstances of the hero. In this regard, the view is put forward that whereas tragic madness is consistent with the hamartia principle, which accords no moral depravity to the madness that consumes the hero, the hubristic principle by contrast does indeed attach moral depravity to the calamity (madness) that befalls the hero, which is also consistent with non-tragic madness.
Based on this premise, the study supports a comparison of the tragedians’ notion of madness and proposes a synthesis of the notion of madness and its treatment in Greek tragedy. To achieve this, an integration is recommended of the psychoanalytic and the socio-psychological theories or methodologies in the interpretation and critique of the either tragic or non-tragic madness of Aeschylus’ Orestes in The Choephori, Sophocles’ Ajax in Ajax and Euripides’ Heracles, Orestes and Pentheus in Heracles, Orestes and The Bacchae respectively. The integration of the psychoanalytic and the socio-psychological theories in the interpretation of the either tragic or non-tragic madness of the heroes mentioned seeks to prove that madness in ancient Greek tragedy may be appropriated from or for psychoanalytic and/or socio-psychological functions or purposes.La folie occupe une place preponderante dans la tragedie grecque. En effet, le theme de la folie, son traitement et son illustration dramatique contribuent a la visee de ce genre, qu'Aristote identifie comme l'eveil et la purge de la pitie et de la peur. Dans cette these, l'existence de deux categories de folie : la folie tragique et la folie non tragique, est proposee, et l'argument est avance que les deux sont une consequence des circonstances du heros. A cet egard, l'opinion est avancee que si la folie tragique est compatible avec le principe de l'hamartia, qui n'accorde aucune depravation morale a la folie qui consume le heros, le principe hubristique en revanche attache en effet la depravation morale a la calamite (folie) qui arrive au heros, ce qui est egalement compatible avec la folie non tragique.
Partant de ce postulat, l'etude soutient une comparaison de la notion de folie chez les tragediens et propose une synthese de la notion de folie et de son traitement dans la tragedie grecque. Pour y parvenir, une integration est recommandee des theories ou methodologies psychanalytiques et socio-psychologiques dans l'interpretation et la critique de la folie tragique ou non tragique d'Oreste d'Eschyle dans Les Choephori, d'Ajax de Sophocle dans Ajax et d'Heracles d'Euripide, Oreste et Penthee dans Heracles, Oreste et Les Bacchantes respectivement. L'integration des theories psychanalytique et socio-psychologique dans l'interpretation de la folie tragique ou non tragique des heros mentionnes cherche a prouver que la folie dans la tragedie grecque antique peut être appropriee a partir ou pour des fonctions psychanalytiques et/ou socio-psychologiques ou a des fins.Raserny neem ʼn belangrike plek in die Griekse tragedie in. Die tema van raserny en die verwerking en dramatiese toeligting daarvan strook met die doel van hierdie genre, wat volgens Aristoteles die opwekking en suiwering van deernis en vrees is. In hierdie proefskrif word twee kategorieë van raserny voorgestel, te wete tragiese en nietragiese raserny, en word betoog dat albei die gevolg van die held se omstandighede is. Daar word aangevoer dat tragiese raserny met die beginsel van hamartia ooreenstem, want dit heg geen morele ontaarding aan die raserny wat die held verteer nie. Die beginsel van hubris, daarenteen, heg inderdaad morele ontaarding aan die rampspoed (raserny) wat die held tref, en vind eweneens aansluiting by nietragiese raserny.
Op grond van hierdie premis word die treurspelskrywers se siening van raserny vergelyk, en word ʼn samevatting van die verwerking van die rasernygedagte in die Griekse tragedie voorgestel. Met die oog hierop word aanbeveel dat die psigoanalitiese en sosio-psigologiese teorieë of metodologieë saamgevoeg word vir die interpretasie en kritiese beskouing van die tragiese of nietragiese raserny van Aischulos se Orestes in Die Choephori, Sofokles se Ajax in Ajax en Euripedes se Herakles, Orestes en Penteus in onderskeidelik Herakles, Orestes en Die Bacchae. Met die samevoeging van die psigoanalitiese en sosio-psigologiese teorieë om die tragiese of nietragiese raserny van die bogenoemde helde te interpreteer, word gepoog om te bewys dat raserny in die antieke Griekse tragedie toegeëien kan word met of vir psigoanalitiese en/of sosio-psigologiese funksies of oogmerke.Insangano ibuvelele kakhulu enhlekeleleni yamaGrikhi. Ngempela, indikimba yensangano, ukwelashwa kwayo kanye nomfanekiso omangazayo kunomthelela enhlosweni yalesi sigaba sombhalo, lapho u-Aristotle asikhomba njengokuvusa nokuhlanzwa kwesihawu nokwesaba. Kulo mqondo, ukuba khona kwezigaba ezimbili zensangano: insangano eyinhlekelele nekungeyona inhlekelele, kuyaphakanyisiwe, futhi impikiswano isithuthukisiwe ukuthi zozimibili ziyimiphumela yezimo zeqhawe. Mayelana nalokhu, kubekwa phambili umbono wokuthi insangano eyinhlekelele ihambisana nesimiso sokukhombisa iphutha lomlingiswa elibuhlungu noma elibulalayo, esingavumelani nokonakala kokuziphatha ensanganweni edla iqhawe, isimiso sokwezethemba ngokweqile ngokuqhathanisa sinamathisela ukonakala kokuziphatha enhlekeleleni (insangano) eyehlela iqhawe, nayo ehambisana nensangano engeyona inhlekelele.
Ngokuya ngaleli qophelo, isifundo sisekela ukuqhathaniswa komqondo wezinhlekelele zensangano futhi siphakamisa ukuhlanganiswa komqondo wensangano nokwelashwa kwayo enhlekeleleni yamaGrikhi. Ukufeza lokhu, kuphakanyiswa ukuhlanganiswa kombono wohlelo lwezengqondo nokwelapha ohlose ukwelapha ukuphazamiseka kwengqondo kanye nemibono yezenhlalo nezengqondo noma izindlela ekuhumusheni nasekuhlaziyweni kwensangano eyinhlekelele noma kwensangano okungeyona inhlekelele ka-Aeschylus 'Orestes ku-The Choephori, iSophocles' Ajax ku-Ajax kanye ne-Euripides 'Heracles, Orestes nePentheus ku-Heracles, Orestes neBacchae ngokulandelana. Ukuhlanganiswa kwemibono yohlelo lwezengqondo nokwelapha ehlose ukwelapha ukuphazamiseka kwengqondo kanye nemibono yezenhlalo nezengqondo ekuhumusheni kwensangano eyinhlekelele noma kwensangano okungeyona inhlekelele yamaqhawe okukhulunywe ngawo kufuna ukufakazela ukuthi insangano enhlekeleleni yamaGrikhi asendulo kungabiwa kusuka emibonweni yohlelo lwezengqondo nokwelapha ehlose ukwelapha ukuphazamiseka kwengqondo kanye noma emisebenzini noma ezinhlosweni zezenhlalo nezengqondo.Ph. D. (Languages, Linguistics and Literature)Classics and World Language
Studies of the muon momentum calibration and performance of the ATLAS detector with pp collisions at s = 13 TeV
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Secondary school heads’ perceptions of the effectiveness of results-based management : Highglen district, Harare
Get PDFEnglish, Afrikaans and isiXhosa abstractsThis study aimed to explore the perceptions of secondary school heads about the effectiveness of result based management (RBM) in schools. For over a decade since its inception as a public sector management approach, the RBM system continues to encounter uptake-related problems in schools. There is not much-documented evidence about RBM effectiveness from the perspective of secondary school heads as institutional gate keepers and curators of the system at grass roots level. That constituted the problem to be addressed by this study. Research questions that guided the study sought to establish the school heads’ level of RBM awareness, its perceived applicability, perceived conditions for results-based effectiveness and strategies to improve its uptake and effectiveness. A qualitative research approach was adopted to investigate the perceptions of secondary school heads in the Highglen district, Harare. An intensive case study design involving 12 secondary school heads selected from 12 public secondary schools in Highglen was considered appropriate for this study. Qualitative research tools namely personal interviews and open-ended questionnaires were used to collect data. Analysis of the responses was done using the six-step model proposed by Creswell. Interpretation of data was done from the interpretivist world view. Empirical evidence from this study revealed that a majority of secondary school heads had a vague understanding of the meaning of the RBM system. It emerged that school heads were subjected to very limited exposure and training on RBM, hence, their limited appreciation thereof. School heads also perceived the RBM system as an extra burden because there were no benefits associated with it. At the school level, RBM was impeded by limited financial resources, lack of expertise and poor motivation. Result based evaluations and feedback lacked in schools. The appraisal form was perceived as too long and too wordy. Based on the literature review and findings, the study recommends the collaborative design of an improved result based management system. The study also recommends the use of both monetary and non-monetary incentives to improve the uptake of RBM.Die doel van die studie was om die persepsies van sekondere skoolhoofde oor die effektiwiteit van result based management (RBM) in skole te eksploreer. Vir meer as 'n dekade vanaf die begin van die opname van die result based management (resultaat gebaseerde bestuursbenadering) ondervind skole steeds probleme met die implimentering daarvan. Daar is nie veel gedokumenteerde bewyse oor die resultaat gebaseerde bestuur se effektiwiteit uit die perspektief van sekondere skoolhoofde (it is also acceptable to use skool prinsipale) as die hekwagters en kurators op voetsoolvlak.Die faktore genoem is wat gelei tot die probleem wat deur die studie aangespreek word. Die navorsingsvrae wat hierdie studie lei beoog om die skoolhoofde se vlak van bewustheid oor resultaat gedrewe bestuur RBM te eksploreer asook die aangenome aanpasbaarheid oor verskeie toestande, die effektiwiteit en die strategiee om effektiwiteit te bevorder. 'n Kwalitatiewe navorsings benadering was gebruik om die persepsies van sekondere skoolhoofde in Highglen distrik in Harare te ondersoek. Intensiewe gevalle studie waarby skoolhoofde van 12 publieke skole in Highglen was gesien as toepaslik vir die studie. Die kwalitatiewe navorsingsmiddele wat gebruik was om die die data in te samel in die studie was persoonlike onderhoude en oop vraag vraelyste. Die data was analiseer deur middel van die ses stap model soos voorgele deur Cresswell (2014:197). Die data was interpreteer deur die gebruik van die interprecitiese wereldbeskouing.Empiriese bewyse van die studie het onthul dat die meerderheid skool hoofde het 'n beperkte begrip van die resultaat gebaseerde bestuur sisteem.Dit het voorgekom asof die skoolhoofde nie voldoende opgelei of blootgestel is aan die bestuur stelsel nie, dus hul gebrek aan waardering daarvan. Skoolhoofde ervaar ook die resultaat baseerde stelsel as addisionele werk veral omdat daar geen voordeel of beloning daaraan gekoppel is nie. Op skool vlak word die stelsel beinvloed deur beperkte finansiele bronne, min of geen kundigheid en lae vlakke van motivering. Daar was 'n tekort aan resultaat gebaseerde evaluasies en terugvoer in skole. Die waarderingsvorm was gesien as te lank en woordryk. Die studie maak die aanbeveling van 'n samwerkende ontwerp van 'n bevorderde resultaat gebaseerde bestuur stelsel gebaseer op die literatuurstudie en empiriese bevindinge. Die studie beveel ook aan dat beide geldelike en nie geldelike aansporings middels gebruik moet word om die opname van resultaat gebaseerde bestuur te bevorder.Injongo yolu phando yayikukuphonononga iimbono zeenqununu zezikolo eziziisekondari malunga nokusebenza ngempumelelo kolawulo olusekelwe kwiziphumo (RBM) ezikolweni. Kwiminyaka engaphezu kweshumi ukusukela oko yasungulwayo njengendlela yokulawula icandelo likarhulumente, inkqubo ye-RBM isaqhubeka nokuhlangabezana neengxaki ezinxulumene nokuthathwa kwazo ezikolweni. Akukho bungqina bungako bubhaliweyo obumalunga neziphumo zolawulo olunempumelelo ngokwembono yeenqununu zezikolo eziziisekondari njengabagcini bamasango neziko lemfundo nabagcini benkqubo kwinqanaba elisezantsi. Oko kube yingxaki ekufuneka isonjululwe kolu phononongo. Imibuzo yophando ekhokele uphando ifuna ukuseka inqanaba leenqununu lolwazi olusekelwe kwisiphumo solawulo, ukubonwa kwayo, iimeko ezibonwayo zeziphumo ezisekelwe kwiziphumo kunye nezicwangciso zokuphucula ukuthathwa kwayo kunye nokusebenza kwayo. Indlela yophando esemgangathweni yamkelwa ukuphanda iimbono zeenqununu zezikolo eziziisekondari kwisithili saseHighglen, eHarare. Uyilo lwesifundo esinzulu esibandakanya iinqununu ezivela kwizikolo eziziisekondari zikarhulumente ezili-12 eHighglen lwabonwa lufanelekile kolu phando. Izixhobo zophando ezisemgangathweni ezizezi, udliwano-ndlebe lomntu siqu kunye noluhlu lwemibuzo oluvulekileyo lwasetyenziswa ukuqokelela idatha. Uhlalutyo lweempendulo lwenziwa kusetyenziswa imodeli yamanyathelo amathandathu ecetywayo nguCreswell (2014: 197). Ukutolikwa kwedatha kwenziwa kwimboniselo yehlabathi yokutolika. Ubungqina obubambekayo kolu phando bubonise ukuba uninzi lweenqununu zezikolo eziziisekondari bezinokuqonda okungacacanga kwentsingiselo yenkqubo yolawulo esekelwe kwiziphumo. Kwaye kwavela ukuba iinqununu zifumene ulwazi oluncinane kakhulu noqeqesho kulawulo olusekelwe kwiziphumo yiloo nto zibangela ukuthakazelelwa kwazo oko. Iinqununu nazo zabona inkqubo yolawulo esekelwe kwiziphumo njengomthwalo ongaphezulu kuba bekungekho nzuzo enxulumene nayo. Kwinqanaba lesikolo, ulawulo olusekelwe kwiziphumo lwaluthintelwa yimithombo yemali enyiniweyo, ukunqongophala kobuchule kunye nenkuthazo ephantsi. Iimvavanyo ezisekelwe kwiziphumo kunye nengxelo yokunika ingxelo ibinqongophele ezikolweni. Ifom yovavanyo yabonwa njengende kakhulu kwaye inamagama kakhulu. Ngokusekwe kuphononongo loncwadi kunye neziphumo zobungqina, uphononongo lucebisa uyilo lwentsebenziswano lwenkqubo yolawulo esekelwe kwiziphumo eziphuculweyo. Uphononongo lukwacebisa ukusetyenziswa kwenkuthazo yemali nengeyiyo eyemali ukuphucula ukuthathwa kolawulo olusekelwe kwiziphumo.Ph. D. (Education Management)Educational Leadership and Managemen
Modern war on ancient civilisations : Causes and responses to the looting and destruction of the ancient near east in the 21st century
Get PDFText in EnglishThe conduct and decisions of three disparate groups: a de facto government (the Taliban), an invading state force (the US-led Coalition forces) and an internal armed force (the Islamic State), each with their own specific backgrounds and agendas had a significant and disastrous impact upon the cultural property of Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria. Although the ancient reasons, the destruction of memory and genocide may still apply, there are additional reasons for the looting and destruction which differ from those historically accepted, and their analysis and application to existing measures designed to protect cultural property in such situations demonstrates their inability to respond in a practical and constructive manner. Many suggestions have been made to address this problem, but few address the source of the problem and seek instead to address the symptoms. If cultural property and its context are to survive long enough to reveal the knowledge and secrets it holds to ancient Near Eastern scholarship, the very manner in which it is viewed by the Eurocentric international community has to change, and the remaining traces of colonial arrogance have to be eliminated.D. Phil. (Religious Studies)Religious Studies and Arabi
Empowerment of small-scale communal forest growers based on four case studies: opportunities, challenges, and risks - towards a suitable solution
Get PDFThe purpose of this study is to assess the challenges, opportunities, and risks of small scale communal forest projects across four communities in South Africa, and through
this, to make a contribution to the neglected topic in the field of Geography of the
commercial sustainability of traditional rural communities. The study is situated within
the broader concerns of the levels of impoverishment amongst South Africa’s rural
poor and the urgent need to expand the forestry industry and address the looming
timber shortage. It examines small-scale communal forest projects at the intersection
of the rural development discourse, people-centredness and community participation.
Descriptive analyses were used to determine the socio-economic characteristics and
demographics of households and community participants in the study areas; the
multinomial regression model was used to determine the benefits, challenges and
risks experienced by households across all four projects (i.e., Mkhambathi, Sinawo,
and Ntywenka in the Eastern Cape Province and Mabandla in KwaZulu-Natal).
The main challenges highlighted in the household interviews, focus group and key
informants’ discussions revealed five major challenges: fires (i.e., forest fires [79%]),
crime (timber theft [70%]), reduction of grazing land (45%), water shortages (4%) and
lack of employment (32%).
The study further indicates that there are opportunities as 80% of the sampled
households perceived participation in the forest communal projects as a means to
alleviating poverty. This is confirmed by the significant relationship (p<0.001) in the
perceptions of household respondents on job creation. In the Sinawo project, 99% of the households perceived that job creation was due to the establishment of forest
plantations in their area, the highest when compared to the other projects (i.e., 74%
for Mkhambathi; 61% for Mabandla; and 39% for Ntywenka).
The experience of community owned plantations in the Mabandla project clearly
indicates that with adequate support, local communities can run plantation enterprises
generating year-round employment and sustainable annual incomes. The study recommends as key ingredients for success: access to grant funding to leverage loans
from a development finance institution such as the IDC; providing new entrants with
the necessary technical and managerial support; and mentorship arrangements such
as those provided by SAPPI, ECRDA and PG-Bison.D. Sc. (Geography)Geograph
To infinity and beyond : an auto-ethnographic journey through the development and implementation of a self-coaching support programme for social work students
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Evaluation of a structured phonics programme to assist with reading acquisition in grade 1 English submersion classrooms
No full textAbstract in English with Afrikaans and Zulu translationsThe aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a structured phonics inter-vention programme to assist with reading acquisition in Grade 1 English submersion classrooms. The intervention programme included a teacher’s guide as well as a pho-netic reading book to assist learners in English on Grade 1 level. These learners have a different mother tongue than English and are referred to as English language learn-ers (ELLs). The research further investigated teacher perspectives on the effective-ness of the CAPS for English Home Language in relation to reading acquisition.
The study adopted an intervention mixed method research approach to collect quali-tative and quantitative data. Data were collected in three phases: Data gathering meth-ods included interviews, a quasi-experiment, and a questionnaire. A total of 219 par-ticipants were involved in the study. Purposive sampling was used to select the par-ticipants for the interviews and questionnaires while cluster sampling was used to iden-tify the participants for the quasi-experiment to provide data. The participants were selected from three schools situated in different socio-economic areas in Mpuma-langa, South Africa. The conceptual framework of the study expounded the concept of English submersion classrooms and evaluated the current curriculum followed by ELLs in regard to reading acquisition. Three theories also underpinned the study: The social cognitive theory guided the psychological perspective, the complex dynamic systems theory guided the linguistic perspective while the componential model of reading guided the educational perspec-tive of the study. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the qualitative data while a software programme called SAS JMP (version 16) was used to analyse the quantita-tive data of the study.
The findings of the study indicate that a structured phonics programme may be bene-ficial to assist ELLs with reading. The programme may also assist Grade 1 teachers in teaching Grade 1 learners how to read in English submersion classrooms. The re-search contributes a suggested phonics programme to be used in English submersion classrooms. This study is significant in that it contributes a model to consider when revising the curriculum to accommodate ELLs. The strucutured phonics programme is highly relevant for policy makers and curriculum designers to assist with reading ac-quisition in Grade 1 English submersion classrooms.Inhloso yocwaningo bekuwukuhlola ukusebenza kahle kohlelo lokungenelela lwemis-indo oluhlelekile ukusiza ngokutholakala kokufunda egumbini lokufundela lokuhlalisa isiNgisi ebangeni lokuqala (1). Uhlelo lokungenelela lubandakanya umhlahlandlela kathisha kanye nencwadi yokufunda imisindo ukusiza abafundi abafunda ngesiNgisi kusukela ebangeni lokuqala (1). Laba bafundi banolimi lokuzalwa oluhlukile kunesi- Ngisi futhi babizwa ngokuthi ngabafundi bolimi lwesiNgisi (ELLs). Uhlelo lokungene-lela lwethulwe umncwaningi ngemuva kokuthola ukuthi izinsiza ezikhona ezinikezwa othisha azanele ukufundisa ama-ELL ukufunda. Umncwaningi uphinde waphenya ngemibono yothisha ngokusebenza ngempumelelo kwe-CAPS yolimi lwasekhaya lwesiNgisi maqondana nokutholakala kokufunda, njengoba lolu wuhlelo lwezifundo olulandelwayo ezindlini zokufundela zesiNgisi. Ucwaningo lwamukele indlela yokun-genelela yocwaningo lwezindlela ezixubile ukuze kuqoqwe ulwazi olusezingeni kanye nenani. Ulwazi luqoqwe ngezigaba ezintathu. Izindlela zokuqoqa ulwazi zazihlanga-nisa izingxoxo, i-quasi-experiment, kanye nohlu lwemibuzo. Bangu-219 sebebonke ababambe iqhaza kulolu cwaningo. Kwasetshenziswa isampula elihlosiwe ukuze ku-khethwe ababambiqhaza benhlolokhono kanye nohlu lwemibuzo, kube sekusetshen-ziswa ukusampula kweqoqo ukuhlonza abazobambabiqhaza ukuze kuhlinzekwe ul-wazi lwe-quasi-experiment. Abahlanganyeli bakhethwe ezikoleni ezintathu ezisezin-daweni ezihlukene zenhlalo-mnotho esifundazweni saseMpumalanga, eNingizimu Af-rika. Uhlaka lomqondo wocwaningo luchaze umqondo wamagumbi okufundisa isiNgisi kwabafundi okungelona ulimi lwebele, futhi lwahlola nenqubo yezemfundo yamanje elandelwa ngabafundi bolimi lwesiNgisi mayelana nekhono lokufunda ukufunda ulimi. Lezindlela zemicabango ezintathu nazo zisekela ucwaningo. Izindlela zemicabango yokuqonda komphakathi iqondise umbono ngokwengqondo, imicabango yezinhlelo eziguqukayo eyinkimbinkimbi yaqondisa umbono wolimi kanye nemodeli yengxenye yokufunda (CMR) yaqondisa umbono wocwaningo lwezemfundo. Ukuhlaziywa kweth-ematic kusetshenziswe ukuhlaziya ulwazi lwezinga kanye nohlelo lwesofthiwe (soft-ware) olubizwa nge-(SAS- JMP) lwasetshenziswa ukuhlaziya ulwazi lobuningi locwan-ingo. Okutholwe ocwaningweni kubonisa ukuthi uhlelo ehlelekile lokufundisa imisindo lungaba usizo ukusiza ama-ELLs ngokufunda. Lolu hlelo lungasiza nothisha beBanga lokuqala ekufundiseni abafundi ukufunda. Ucwaningo lunikela isiphakamiso sokuthi uhlelo lwemisindo oluhambisana nekharikhulamu elandelwa abenza i-ELL, okuwu-hlelo lokufunda nokufundisa lolwlimi lwasekhaya lwesiNgisi. Ocwaningweni olwethu-liwe kuyabonakala ukuthi ayikho imiyalelo ekhethekile noma imihlahlandlela okumele ilandelwe kuCAPS yolimi lwasekhaya lwesiNgisi lapho kufundiswa ama-ELLs. Lolu cwaningo lubalulekile ngoba lunikela ngemodeli okufanele icatshangelwe lapho ku-buyekezwa uhlelo lokufunda nokufundisa ukuze kuhambisane nabafundi bolimi lwesi-Ngisi phecelezi ama-ELLs. Uhlelo lwemisindo ehlelekile luhambisana kakhulu nabenzi bezinqubomgomo nabaklami bohlelo lwezifundo ukuze basize ekutholeni ukufunda emagumbini okufundela esiNgisi ebanga lokuqala. Izifundo ezengeziwe kufanele zibheke ukufaneleka kwezinto zokufunda ezinikezwe kwamanye amabanga esigabeni eyisesekeloDie navorser het verder die onderwysers se perspektief ten opsigte van die effektiwiteit van die Engels-huistaal kurrikulum en assesseringsbeleid ondersoek, aangesien dit die kurrikulum is wat deur Engelse taalleerders gevolg word. Die studie het ’n ge-mengde intervensiemetode gebruik om kwantitatiewe en kwalitatiewe data te versa-mel. Data is in drie fases versamel, naamlik by wyse van onderhoude, ’n kwasi-eks-periment en ’n vraelys. Die studie het ’n totaal van 219 deelnemers betrek. Die navorser het gebruikgemaak van doelgerigte steekproefneming vir die onderhoude en die vraelys, terwyl sy van bondel-steekproefneming gebruikgemaak het vir die kwasi-eksperiment. Die deelnemers is gekies uit drie skole van verskillende sosio-ekono-miese gebiede in Mpumalanga. Die konseptuele basis van die studie bevat ’n bespre-king oor klaskamers met slegs Engels as voertaal, asook ’n evaluasie van die huidige kurrikulum wat die leerders volg.
Die drie teorieë wat in die studie gebruik is, is die sosiale kognitiewe teorie wat die sielkundige perspektief van die studie gevorm het, die kompleks-dinamiese sisteemte-orie wat die taalkundige perspektief gevorm het en die “komponent model tot lees” wat die opvoedkundige perspektief beskryf het. Temas is gebruik om die kwalitatiewe data te analiseer en ’n sagtewareprogram (SAS JMP – weergawe 16) is gebruik om die kwantitatiewe data te analiseer.
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