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In search of experimental evidence on Scratch programming and students’ achievements in the first-year college computing class? Consider these datasets
No full textThis article presents datasets representing the demographics and achievements of computer science students in their first programming courses (CS1). They were collected from a research project comparing the effects of a constructionist Scratch programming and the conventional instructions on the achievements of CS1 students from selected Nigerian public colleges. The project consisted of two consecutive quasi-experiments. In both cases, we adopted a non-equivalent pretest-posttest control group design and multistage sampling. Institutions were selected following purposive sampling, and those selected were randomly assigned to the Scratch programming class (experimental) and the conventional (comparison) class. A questionnaire and pre- and post-introductory programming achievement tests were used to collect data. To strengthen the research design, we used the Coarsened Exact Matching (CEM) algorithm to create matched samples from the unmatched data obtained from both experiments.
Future studies can use these data to identify the factors influencing CS1 students' performance, investigate how programming pedagogies or tools affect CS1 students' achievements in higher education, identify important trends using machine learning techniques, and address additional research ideas.Institute for Science and Technology Education (ISTE)TETFund, Nigeria & UNISA M n D research gran
Analysis of international students' health determinants in Australia
No full textThe purpose of this study was to explore immigration and the vulnerability of
immigrants to mental health problems with a focus on international students in a
small town in Australia. A sample of 97 international students in the town enrolled in
the study. This research question was examined using data obtained from
questionnaires to explore the students’ perspectives on migration and its
implications on mental health. In-depth interviews were utilised to ensure the
collection of narratives to help explain the conclusions gathered from quantitative
data. Major findings of the study include that students suffer from multiple forms of
mental conditions which stem from the challenges of adapting to a new environment
and lack of social support. The study found that there are multiple causes for mental
health problems among international students. International students face a more
stressful lifestyle than their native counterparts because of the stressors they
encounter during adaptation and assimilation. It also showed that there is a strong
correlation between a lack of acculturation, socio-economic support, self-esteem,
and mental health. In terms of recommendations, universities should commit to
enhancing acculturation, social support, and self-esteem among international
students to reduce isolation and improve and preserve their health, according to the
recommendations. Future research on social isolation of subcultures is also
recommended to increase acculturation and stress, as well as their effects on
international students.M.P.H.Health Studie
Adsorption mechanism and modeling of radionuclides and heavy metals onto ZnO nanoparticles: a review
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The contamination of environmental waters with heavy metals and radionuclides is increasing because of rapid industrial and population growth. The removal of these contaminants from water via adsorption onto metal nanoparticles is an efficient and promising technique to abate the toxic effects associated with these pollutants. Among metal nanoparticle adsorbents, zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnONPs) have received tremendous attention owing to their biocompatibility, affordability, long-term stability, surface characteristics, nontoxicity, and powerful antibacterial activity against microbes found in water. In this review, we considered the adsorption of heavy metals and radionuclides onto ZnONPs. We examined the isotherm, kinetic, and thermodynamic modeling of the process as well as the adsorption mechanism to provide significant insights into the interactions between the pollutants and the nanoparticles. The ZnONPs with surface areas (3.93 to 58.0 m2/g) synthesized by different methods exhibited different adsorption capacities (0.30 to 1500 mg/g) for the pollutants. The Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms were most suitable for the adsorption process. The Langmuir separation factor indicated favorable adsorption of all the pollutants on ZnONPs. The pseudo-second-order kinetics presented the best for the adsorption of the adsorbates with regression values in the range of 0.986–1.000. Spontaneous adsorption was obtained in most of the studies involving endothermic and exothermic processes. The complexation, precipitation, ion exchange, and electrostatic interactions are the probable mechanisms in the adsorption onto ZnONPs with a predominance of complexation. The desorption process, reusability of ZnONPs as well as direction for future investigations were also presented
The acquisition of the English prepositional phrase by South African English second language learners
Get PDFBibliography: pages 121-132Documented evidence indicates that South African learners, including university students, experience problems in using English as an academic language. In particular, reading and writing levels are below expected levels. Some scholars have attributed learners’ inability to acquire Cognitive and Academic Language Proficiency to an overreliance on Communicative Language Teaching and are of the view that problems in reading and writing, at least in part, stem from English Second Language (ESL) learners’ poor command of English grammar. The problem of underperformance in English is exacerbated by underqualified teachers and inadequate resources, which translate to a lack of information. This study focused on the acquisition of one particular aspect of English grammar, namely prepositions, and on how prepositions could be instructed to English First Additional Language (EFAL) learners in the South African context. The study was motivated by the researcher’s own observations as an English teacher, that EFAL learners struggle to acquire English prepositions, and by the absence of information on how to teach prepositions, even though the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement includes prepositions that ought to be taught at different stages. This lack of information compounds the identified problem, given that teachers struggle to teach specific aspects of English grammar without clear guidance. The present study utilised a quasi-experimental design (a pre-test – post-test design) to compare the effectiveness of explicit versus implicit grammar instruction in teaching English prepositions. The study also considered the effect of learners’ first language (Sesotho or isiZulu) on the acquisition of English prepositions. The data were analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences. The results suggest that learners benefited more from explicit grammar instruction than from implicit grammar instruction, and that the first language had no significant effect on learning outcomes. The study contributes to the field of Applied Linguistics in that it increases our understanding of the constructive role that explicit grammar instruction can play in the South African context and in that it provides practical examples of how EFAL teachers can instruct prepositions to their learners.Gedokumenteerde bewyse dui daarop dat Suid Afrikaanse leerders, insluitende universiteitsstudente, probleme ondervind in hul gebruik van Engels as akademiese taal. Vlakke in lees- en skryfvaardighede is spesifiek onder standaard. Leerders se onvermoë om Kognitiewe Akademiese Taalvaardigheid te verwerf word dikwels geassosieer met die beklemtoning van Kommunikatiewe Taalonderring in die Suid Afrikaanse kurrikulum, en verskeie navorsers reken dat probleme in lees en skryf deur leerders se swak kennis van Engelse grammatika veroorsaak word. Die probleem word vererger deur swak gekwalifiseerde onderwysers, onvoldoende hulpbronne, en ‘n tekort aan informasie oor hoe leerders onderrig moet word. Hierdie studie fokus op die verwerwing van ‘n spesifieke aspek van Engelse grammatika, naamlik voorsetsels, en op hoe hierdie aspek van die grammatika aan Engels Eerste Addisionele Taal leerders in Suid Afrika aangebied moet word. Die motivering vir die studie was die navorser se eie observasie as Engelse onderwyser dat leerders probleme ondervind met die aanleer van Engelse voorsetsels en deur die afwesigheid van inligting oor hoe voorsetsels onderrig moet word op verskillende vlakke. Hierdie gebrek aan inligting beteken dat onderwysers dikwels nie weet hoe om leerders te ondersteun nie. Die studie het ‘n kwasi-eksperimentele ontwerp (‘n pre-toets – post-toets ontwerp) gevolg om die effektiwiteit van eksplisiete versus implisiete grammatika onderrig van Engelse voorsetsels te vergelyk. Die studie het ook die invloed van leerders se eerste taal (Sesotho of isiZulu) op die verwerwing van Engelse voorsetsels ondersoek. Die data is statisties geanaliseer met behulp van die ‘Statistical Package for Social Sciences’. Die resultate suggereer dat leerders eerder baat by eksplisiete grammatika instruksie, en dat die eerste taal geen beduidende invloed op die uitkoms van die leerproses het nie. Die studie dra by tot kennisgenerering in die veld van Toegepaste Linguistiek, in die sin dat die resultate ons begrip ten opsigte van die konstruktiewe rol van explisiete grammatika instruksie in die Suid Afrikaanse konteks verbreed. Die studie bied ook praktiese voorbeelde aan onderwysers oor hoe voorsetsels suksesvol onderrig kan word in Engels Eeste Addisionele Taal.M.A. (Applied Linguistics)Linguistics and Modern Language
Ufuduko lwezinto ezingafani ezikulandelayo zamajuda
No full textText in English, with title, abstract and keywords in English, Afrikaans and ZuluIn this research, both discursive and in practice, I give account of my Judaic family dispersal, which requires a particular interaction and interrelationship between the past and the present. This interrelationship forms a dialectic that holds two positions: first, the past, represented as a haunting through the intergenerational transference of traumatic postmemory and, second, the present as a manifestation of cultural hybridity. I attempt to reconcile these seemingly opposite polarities in a manner that gives agency to a traumatic Judaic familial diasporic narrative rooted in the context of the Holocaust. This is made especially complicated, given the intricate histories both personal and collective that intersect in my family’s diasporic journey in Poland, America and South Africa. These include
the Holocaust, Polish-Jewish relations, pre- and during WWII, and apartheid in South Africa.
I combine and interconnect these diverse historical, cultural and spatial locations to form what I term ’entanglements‘: the interweaving of the past and the present, folkloric and mythological narratives. My practice-led research is approached from a Bricolage perspective, which incorporates an autoethnographic and subjective stance, supported by
literature and textual comparison. These include notions of nostalgia, explicated by Svetlana Boym (2001), and empathic imagination, as examined in the writings of Caroline Pedwell (2016) and Dominik La Capra (1999, 2001). Through re-contextualisation of existing family
documentation, my research problematises haunting trauma to become an affective and affirmative representation of postmemory narratives. I refer to the pivotal texts concerning postmemory and hybridity in relation to Marianne Hirsch (1997, 2012) and Homi Bhabha
(1994, 2004.). In addition, the theories of Eva Kosofsky Sedgwick (2003) and Jill Bennett (2005) provide a reparative reading of this exegesis. By way of comparison, Mirta Kupferminc, Firelei Baez and Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum are selected as artists who
challenge representation of diasporic hybrid hauntings through their own cultural heritage and mythological constructs. The outcome enabled a dialogical conversation with my own practice, developing innovative narratives of haunting.In hierdie navorsing – sowel diskursief as in die praktyk – beskryf ek my Joodse familieverspreiding, wat ’n ondersoek na die interaksie met en onderlinge verwantskap tussen die hede en die verlede vereis. Hierdie onderlinge verwantskap het ’n dialektiek gevorm wat twee posisies behels: eerstens, die verlede, wat voorgestel word as ’n
herinneringstog deur die intergenerasie-oordrag van traumatiese postherinnering en, tweedens, die hede as ’n manifestasie van kulturele hibriditeit. Ek het probeer om hierdie
skynbaar teenoorgestelde polariteite te verenig op ’n manier wat mag gee aan ’n traumatiese Joodsefamilie- diasporiese verhaal wat in die konteks van die Joodse volksmoord gewortel is. Hierdie poging was veral ingewikkeld, vanweë die verwikkelde geskiedenisse, persoonlik sowel as gemeenskaplik, wat mekaar kruis in my familie se
diasporiese reis in Pole, Amerika en Suid-Afrika. Hierdie geskiedenisse sluit die Joodse volksmoord, Pools-Joodse verwantskappe, die pre-WWII- en WWII-tydperke en apartheid in Suid-Afrika in. Ek het hierdie uiteenlopende historiese, kulturele en ruimtelike liggings
gekombineer en onderling verbind om te vorm wat ek “verwikkelings” noem: die vervlegting van die verlede en die hede, en folkloristiese en mitologiese verhale. My praktykgedrewe navorsing is benader vanuit die perspektief van bricolage, wat ’n outo-etnografiese en
subjektiewe standpunt inkorporeer – gesteun deur literatuur en teksvergelyking. Hierdie tekste sluit begrippe van nostalgie in, soos ontleed deur Svetlana Boym (2001), en empatiese verbeelding, soos bestudeer in die skryfwerk van Caroline Pedwell (2016) en
Dominick LaCapra (1999, 2001). Deur die herkontekstualisering van bestaande familiedokumentasie het my navorsing herinneringstrauma geproblematiseer en dit omskep in ’n affektiewe en affirmatiewe voorstelling van postherinneringsverhale. Ek het verwys na
die sleuteltekste oor postherinnering en hibriditeit met betrekking tot Marianne Hirsch (1997, 2012) en Homi Bhabha (1994, 2004). Die teorieë van Eva Kosofsky Sedgwick (2003) en Jill Bennett (2005) het ’n herstellende lesing van hierdie eksegese gebied. By wyse van
vergelyking is Mirta Kupferminc, Firelei Báez en Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum gekies as kunstenaars wat die voorstelling van diasporiese hibriede herinneringstogte deur hul kulturele nalatenskap en mitologiese konstrukte in twyfel trek. Die uitkoms het ’n dialogiese
gesprek met my eie praktyk moontlik gemaak deur die ontwikkeling van innoverende verhale oor herinneringstogte.Kulolu cwaningo, kokubili ukuxoxisana kanye nokusebenza, nginikeze ukulandelana kwezahlakalo zokuhlakazeka komndeni wami wamaJuda, okwakudinga ukuhlola ukusebenzelana nokuhlobana phakathi kwesikhathi esedlule nesamanje. Lokhu kuhlobana
kwakha ulimi lwesifunda elihlanganisa izikhundla ezimbili: eyokuqala, eyedlule, emelwe njengesixakaxaka ngokudluliswa kwezizukulwane ngezizukulwane zenkumbulo ebuhlungu futhi, okwesibili, okwamanje njengokubonakaliswa kokuhlanganiswa kwamasiko.. Ngizamile
ukuhlanganisa lezi zinkolelo-mbono ezibonakala ziphambene ngendlela enikeza i-ejensi indaba edabukisayo yomndeni wamaJuda nolimi lwesigodi esekelwe kumongo wokuQothulwa Kwesizwe. Lo mzamo wawunzima kakhulu, uma kubhekwa imilando
eyinkimbinkimbi, yomuntu siqu kanye neqoqo elididyelwe ndawonye, ehlangana ohambweni lomndeni wami lofuduko ePoland, eMelika kanye naseNingizimu Afrika. Le milando ihlanganisa ukuQothulwa Kwesizwe, ubudlelwano bamaPholishi namaJuda, izikhathi
zangaphambi kweMpi II kanye neyesi-II, kanye nobandlululo eNingizimu Afrika.
Ngihlanganise futhi ngaxhumanisa lezi zindawo ezihlukene zomlando, zamasiko nezendawo ukuze ngenze lokho engikubiza ngokuthi 'ukubopha': ukwelukwa kwesikhathi esedlule nesamanje, kanye nokulandisa ngezinganekwane. Ucwaningo lwami oluholwa umkhuba
wokuzijwayeza lwasondelwa ngokombono webrayikholeji, ohlanganisa isimo seothnonografi kanye nokuzicabangela , esisekelwa izincwadi nokuqhathanisa umbhalo. Le mibhalo ihlanganisa imibono yokukhumbula ekahaya, njengoba ichazwe ngu-Svetlana Boym
(2001), kanye nemicabango yokuzwela, njengoba ihlolwe emibhalweni kaCaroline Pedwell (2016) kanye no-Dominick LaCapra (1999, 2001).. Ngomsebenzi wokwakhiwa kabusha kwemibhalo ekhona yomndeni, ucwaningo lwami lwaba nenkinga yokuhlukumezeka
okudabukisayo, ukuyiguqula ibe ukumelwa okuthintekayo nokuqinisekisayo kokulandisa kwenkumbulo, ukuyiguqula ibe ukumelwa okuthintekayo nokuqinisekisayo kokulandisa
kwenkumbulo eza ngemuva. Ngibhekisele emibhalweni ebalulekile ephathelene nenkumbulo yangemuva kanye nengxubevange ngokuhlobene no-Marianne Hirsch (1997, 2012) kanye no-Homi Bhabha (1994, 2004). Izinkolelo-mbono zika-Eva Kosofsky Sedgwick
(2003) kanye noJill Bennett (2005) zinikeze ukufundwa okuphindaphindiwe kwalesi sichazamazwi. Ngokuqhathanisa, u-Mirta Kupferminc, uFirelei Báez no-Pamela Phatsimo
Sunstrum baqokwe njengamaciko abekela inselele ukumelwa ufuduko lwezinto ezingafani ezikulandelayo ngokusebenzisa amagugu abo amasiko kanye nezinganekwane.
Umphumela unike amandla udaba oluyingxoxo nokuzijwayeza kwami ekuthuthukiseni izindaba eziqanjiwe ezikulandela njalo nje.Ph. D. (Art)Art and Musi
Knowledge, attitude and practices among female high school teachers towards early detection of breast cancer
Get PDFBackground: Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in females and a leading
cause of annual deaths. Health education and early detection of breast cancer may
reduce and prevent death, and teachers could be the key.
Objectives: To determine the knowledge, attitude and describe the practices of female
high school teachers towards early detection of breast cancer.
Methods: A quantitative descriptive study was conducted in public high schools in Addis
Ababa. A self-administered questionnaire collected responses from a sample of 195
respondents. Data analysis used the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS)
(2019), Version 22.0 program, and presented as descriptive and inferential statistics.
Results: Results revealed a low level of knowledge and practice of, and a negative
attitude towards the early detection of breast cancer by female high school teachers.
Conclusion: The knowledge, attitude and practice related to breast cancer needs to be
improved among female high school teachers.M.P.H.Health Studie
Transmogrification at a South African group relations conference : what does this mean for the individual and the organisation?
No full textText in English, abstract in English, Afrikaans and Northern SothoGroup Relations Conferences provide adult learners opportunities to study above and below the surface dynamics of organisational and community life. An effective pedagogy in developing complex world views when exploring challenges of managing different social systems. Yet the literature suggested there is a hatred of learning by experience and lack of faith in such learning. The focus of this research is on a group relations conference named the Robben Island diversity experience (RIDE) held annually in South Africa. What prompted this research was the paucity of research on members experiences of group relations conferences.
An emerging qualitative approach was applied within an interpretive framework in the meta theoretical post-positivistic paradigm of Critical Realism. The research strategy leads an inquiry into the RIDE participants experiences of transmogrification within Hermeneutic Phenomenology. A non-probability sampling strategy, of eight individuals enabled a multi-method research strategy of face-to-face interviews and a focus group. Data were analysed by means of Braun and Clarke six-step thematic data analysis method, applying a Systems Psychodynamic lens.
Manifesting themes of a five-day revolution, the dangerous and delirious zero-sub game, a new dawn one of those with vampires and keep moving safety first no fires on the ship, indicate that the RIDE was a complex system containing individual differences of an inner struggle to preserve, transform and to transmogrify. While experiencing a five-day revolution, described as a tale of the vampires, excuse me but your teeth are in my neck.
A new concept of preservation and transmogrification was conceptualised to extend the body of knowledge of what transformation may look like at group relations conferences. Leveraging participants and researcher as defended subjects enabled describing the RIDE participants experience of the group relations conference, despite meaning making being difficult for themselves. The rationalised myth in the literature that these events cannot be researched was tested. The value of group relations conferences as an intervention tool was confirmed.Groepbetrekkingskonferensies bied volwasse leerders die geleentheid om bo en onder die oppervlakdinamika van organisasie- en gemeenskapslewe te studeer. Dit is ʼn doeltreffende pedagogie om komplekse wêreldbeskouings te ontwikkel wanneer die uitdagings om verskillende sosiale stelsels te bestuur, ondersoek word. Nogtans gee die literatuur te kenne dat daar haat én ʼn gebrek aan vertroue bestaan om deur ervaring te leer. Die fokus van hierdie navorsing is ʼn groepbetrekkingskonferensie, die Robbeneiland-diversiteitservaring (RIDE) genoem, wat jaarliks in Suid-Afrika gehou word. Die skaarste aan navorsing oor lede se ervarings van groepbetrekkings-konferensies het aanleiding tot hierdie navorsing gegee.
ʼn Ontluikende, kwalitatiewe benadering is binne ʼn verklarende raamwerk in die metateoretiese, postpositivistiese paradigma van Kritiese realisme gebruik. Die navorsingstrategie lei ʼn ondersoek na die RIDE-deelnemers se ervarings van gedaanteverandering binne Hermeneutiese fenomenologie. ʼn Onwaarskynlike steek-proefstrategie van agt individue het ʼn multimetode navorsingstrategie van aangesig tot aangesig onderhoude en ʼn fokusgroep moontlik gemaak. Data is deur middel van Braun en Clarke se sesstap, tematiese data-ontledingsmetode ontleed met gebruik van ʼn Psigodinamikasisteem-lens.
Duidelike temas van ʼn vyfdagrevolusie, die gevaarlike en deurmekaar zero-sub spel – ʼn nuwe daeraad een van daardie met vampiere en bly aan die beweeg veiligheid eerste geen vure op die skip – dui aan dat die RIDE ʼn komplekse stelsel is wat individuele verskille van ʼn innerlike stryd om te bewaar, transformeer en van gedaante te verander, insluit. ʼn Vyfdagrevolusie word beleef en as ʼn storie van vampiere beskryf – verskoon my maar jou tande is in my nek.
ʼn Nuwe begrip van bewaring en gedaanteverandering is gekonseptualiseer om die gesamentlike kennis van hoe transformasie by groepbetrekkingskonferensies mag lyk, uit te brei. Deur die deelnemers en navorser as beskermde persone te bemagtig, is die geleentheid gebied om RIDE-deelnemers se ervaring van die groepbetrekkings-konferensies te beskryf, hoewel dat dit vir hulle moeilik is om te verstaan. Die rasionele mite in die literatuur dat hierdie gebeure nie nagevors kan word nie, is getoets. Die waarde van groepbetrekkingskonferensies as ingrypingsinstrument is bevestig.Dikhonferetshe tša ditlemagano tša dihlopha di fa baithuti ba bagolo menyetla go ithuta godimo le ka fase ga diphetogo tša maemo a mokgahlo le bophelo bja setšhaba. Thuto ye maatla mo go tšweletšong ya dikgopolo tše bothata tša lefase ge go fatišišwa dikgwehlo tša go swaragana le sistemo tša go fapana tša leago. Le ge go le bjalo dipuku di šišintše gore go na le lehloyo la go ithuta ka tsebo yeo o nago le yona le go hloka tshepho go ithuteng moo. Ntlha tebelelo ya diphatišišo e mo go conferentshe ya dikgokagano tša dihlopha tšeo di bitšwago tsebo yeo e phatlaletšego ya sehlakahlaka sa Robben (RIDE) yeo e swarwago ngwaga ka ngwaga ya Afrika Borwa. Seo se hlohleleditšego diphatišišong tše e be e le tlhokego ya diphatišišo tše mo go maloko ya maitemogelo a dikgokagano tša dihlopha tša dikhonferentse.
Go tšweletšwa ga lemanoga la khwaitetive e ile ya dirišwa ka gare ga frameworke ya go hlatholla mo go meta paradigm ya teori ya post-positive ya Critical Ralism. Mokgwa wo wa diphatišišo o iša go potšišo mo go ba šea karolo (RIDE) ba ditsebo tša transemogrifike ka gare ga Phenomonogy ya Hermeneutiki. Sampling setrategy sa go se kgonege, batho ba seswai e kgontšhiše setrategy sa mokgwa wa go lekola e kgontštiše mokgwa wa go lekola ka bontši wa go botšišago ka mokgwa wa dipotšišo go lebelelwane thwii le sehlopha lebantšhwa. Tshedimošo yeo e lekolotšwego ka mokgwa wa Braun le Clarke wa dikgato tše tshela tša mokgwa wa go sekaseka tshedimo, le go diriša Disistemo tša leihlo la Pshychodynamic.
Go laetša ditheme tša diphetogo tša matšatši a mahlano, tše kotse le zero-sub game ya godimo, e tee e ntshwa e thomago ya divempire tšeo gape le go sepediša polokego pele go sego gwa swanelwa ga mello sekepeng tša phetogo di laetša gore RIDE e be e le sisitimo e thata yeo e nago le go se swane ga batho mo go dithulano tša ka gare tšeo di lwelago go lotwa, go fetolwa le go transemografiwa. Ge go dutšwe go lemogwa phetogo ya matšatši phetogo, ao a hlalošwago bjalo ka nonwane ya divampire, ntshwarele e fela meno a gago a ka gare ga molala waka.
Kgopolo ye mpsha ya go lota le transemografikheišene e ile ya dirwa kgopolo go otlolla mmele wa tsebo wa seo phetogo e ka bago yona e ka bonagala bjalo ka dikhonferentshe tša ditlemagano tša sehlopha.
Go lekanyetša batšea karolo le mofatišiši bjalo ka bašireletši ba badiri ba kgonne go hlaloša boitemogelo bja batšea karolo ba khonferentshe ya dikgokagano tša sehlopa, ntle le go dira tlhalošo ya seo se lego bothata mo go bona. Go se be nnete go filwe mabaka ke dingwalo gore ditiragalo tšeo di ka se fatolwego di lekotšwe. Bohlokwa bja dikhonferentshe tša ditlemagano tša sehlopha bjalo ka setlabakanelo sa botsenelelo bo kgonthišitšwe.Ph. D. (Psychology)Industrial and Organisational Psycholog
A Quantitative Inquiry into South African Undergraduate University Students’ Perceptions of Religiously Sanctioned Homophobia
No full textThe paper investigates the factors that inform university undergraduate students’ perceptions of religiously sanctioned homophobia. Data was drawn from a quantitative survey conducted in 2017 on students’ perceptions of social norms, heteronormativity, and homophobia at a South African urban-based university. A total of 330 undergraduate students completed the survey. The study found statistically significant correlations between the factors of sex, degree of religiosity and family socialization and the undergraduate students’ perceptions of religiously sanctioned homophobia. Male students demonstrated more support for religiously sanctioned homophobia than did female students. Students with a higher degree of religiosity were more likely to support statements that enforced homophobia than did students with a lower degree of religiosity. Students who had been socialized in homophobic families were more likely to support religiously sanctioned homophobia than were students who had grown up in more tolerant families. The study did not find statistically significant correlations between the factors of frequency of exposure to religious services and place of origin and the undergraduate students’ perceptions of religiously sanctioned homophobia. The paper makes a substantive contribution to the limited South African studies that focus on the broader student population’s perceptions of religiously sanctioned homophobiaSociolog
Enhancing services provided by small- and medium accounting practitioners in South Africa
No full textAbstracts in English, Zulu and Northern SothoThis study responded to a worldwide call by the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC), a global advocacy body for the accountancy profession, for more research into small and medium practices (SMPs). SMPs, which employ a large number of professional accountants, represent the majority of accountancy practices in the world.
South Africa’s National Development Plan indicates that new jobs are likely to be created by growing small and medium enterprises (SMEs). SMPs, as trusted advisors to SMEs, provide important professional services that assist SMEs to become sustainable businesses, and create the jobs required by the local economy. The business advisory needs of SMEs are mainly fulfilled by SMPs, which somehow appear not to understand the former’s needs. Developing an understanding of the relationship between SMPs and SMEs is crucial for the accounting profession, policy makers and the academic community.
The study sought to propose a framework for SMPs, to enhance the services they provide to SMEs, viewed through the lens of the theory of the business. A pragmatist paradigm was employed to provide a philosophical foundation for the empirical study, which was mainly inductive and exploratory, as little information on this topic is available in the literature. A mixed methods methodology was used, comprising a literature review, an Interactive Qualitative Analysis (IQA) survey, and the analysis of secondary data.
The challenges preventing SMPs from enhancing the services they provide to SMEs were identified via a literature study and explored by means of a survey which garnered the views of SMP owner-practitioners regarding the drivers of these obstacles, while the needs of SMEs were determined by analysing secondary data.
The findings of the literature study, IQA survey and secondary analysis were triangulated to inform the development of a framework, with inputs being received from SMP owner-practitioners on the relevance and completeness of the 55 statements included in that framework. This work contributes to the scholarly body of knowledge, the practice of SMPs, and the theory of business, with the identified areas of concern for SMPs being 1) automation/artificial intelligence; 2) keeping up with new regulations and standards; and 3) competition from unqualified accountants/new entrants to the industry.Dinyakišišo tše di arabetše boipiletšo bja lefase ka bophara bjo bo dirilwego ke Mokgatlo wa Boditšhabatšhaba wa Bašomi ba Tekodišišo ya Ditšhelete (IFAC), e lego setheo sa lefase ka bophara sa tšwetšopele ya phrofešene ya balekodišiši ba ditšhelete, go dira dinyakišišo tše ntši ka ga dikhamphanipotlana le tša magareng (di-SMP). Di-SMP, tšeo di thwetšego bašomi ba bantši ba diphrofešenale ba tekodišišo ya ditšhelete, di emetše bontši bja mešomo ye mentši ya ditiro tša bolekodi bja ditšhelete mo lefaseng.
Leanotlhabollo la Bosetšhaba la Afrika Borwa le laetša gore go na le kgonagalo ya gore mešomo ye meswa e ka hlongwa ke dikgwebopotlana le dikgwebo tša magareng tšeo di golago (di-SME). Di-SMP, bjalo ka baeletši bao ba tshephagalago ba di-SME, di fana ka ditirelo tše bohlokwa tše di thušago di-SME go ba dikgwebo tša go ya go ile, le go hloma mešomo ye e nyakwago ke ekonomi ya ka mo nageng. Dinyakwa tša keletšo ka ga kgwebo tša di-SME di phethagatšwa kudu ke di-SMP, tšeo ka dinako tše dingwe di bonalago di sa kgone go kwešiša dinyakwa tša di-SME. Go ba le kwešišo ya kamano magareng ga di-SMP le di-SME go bohlokwa go phrofešene ya tekodišišo ya ditšhelete, go bao ba beago melao le go setšhaba sa dirutegi.
Dinyakišišo di be di nyaka go šišinya motheo wa di-SMP, go maatlafatša ditirelo tšeo di fanago ka tšona go di-SME, tšeo di bonwago ka leihlo la teori ya kgwebo. Seemo sa ditiragalo ka fao di lego ka gona se dirišitšwe go fana ka motheo wa filosofi ya dinyakišišo tše di fanago ka bohlatse, tšeo kudu di bego di le na le mabaka ebile di utolla, ka ge tshedimošo ye nnyane ka ga hlogotaba ye e hwetšagala ka dingwalong. Mekgwa ye e kopantšwego e šomišitšwe, gomme yona e akaretša tekodišišo ya dingwalo, diphatišišo tša Tshekatsheko ya Boleng bja Kamano (IQA), le tshekatsheko ya tshedimošo ye e kgobokeditšwego ke ba bangwe.
Ditlhohlo tše di thibelago di-SMP go maatlafatša ditirelo tša tšona tšeo di di abelago di-SME di ile tša hlathwa ka go dirwa ga dinyakišišo tša dingwalwa le go lekodišišwa ka diphatišišo tšeo di ilego tša hwetša maikutlo a beng le bašomi ba di-SMP mabapi le dilo tšeo di hlohleletšago mapheko a, mola e le gore dinyakwa tša di-SME di ile tša tsebja ka go sekaseka tshedimošo ye e kgobokeditšwego ke ba bangwe.
Dikutollo tša dinyakišišo tša dingwalo, diphatišišo tša IQA le tshekatsheko ya dingwalo tše dingwe di ile tša arolwa ka makala a mararo go hlama motheo, fao e lego gore maikutlo ao a hweditšwego go beng le bašomi ba di-SMP mabapi le go ba maleba le go felela ga ditatamente tše 55 di akareditšwego ka fao tlhakong yeo. Mošomo wo o tsenya letsogo go tsebo ya dirutegi, go tiro ya di-SMP, le go teori ya kgwebo, fao makala ao a hlobago boroko a di-SMP e lego 1) bohlale bja maitirišo/bja batho; 2) go sepelelana le melawana le melaotshepedišo ye meswa; le 3) phenkgišano go tšwa go bašomi ba tekodišišo ya ditšhelete bao ba hlokago mangwalo a dithuto/bao ba sa tšwago go tsena ka mo intastering ye.Thutopatlisiso eno e ne e tsibogela pitso ya lefatshe ka bophara ya Mokgatlho wa Boditšhabatšhaba wa Babalatlotlo (IFAC), mokgatlho wa lefatshe o o buelelang porofešene ya bobalatlotlo, ya gore go nne le dipatlisiso tse dingwe mo difemeng tse di potlanana (diSMP). DiSMP tse di thapang palo e e kwa godimo ya babalatlotlo ba porofešenale, di emela bontsi jwa difeme tsa bobalatlotlo mo lefatsheng.
Thulaganyo ya Bosetšhaba ya Tlhabololo ya Aforikaborwa e kaya gore go na le kgonagalo ya gore ditiro tse dintšhwa di tlaa tlhamiwa ka go godisa dikgwebopotlana (diSME). DiSMP, jaaka bagokolodi ba ba ikanngwang ke diSME, di tlamela ka ditirelo tsa botlhokwa tsa porofešenale tse di thusang diSME go nna dikgwebo tse di tsweledisegang, gore di tlhame ditiro tse di tlhokegang mo ikonoming ya selegae. Ditlhokego tsa kgakololo ya kgwebo tsa diSME di fitlhelelwa thata ke diSMP, tse go lebegang di sa tlhaloganye ditlhokego tsa diSME mo go kalo. Go tlhaloganya kamano magareng ga diSMP le diSME go botlhokwa mo porofešeneng ya bobalatlotlo, mo go ba ba dirang dipholisi le mo baruteging.
Thutopatlisiso e ne e batla go tshitshinya letlhomeso go thusa diSMP go tokafatsa ditirelo tse ba di tlamelang diSME, mme seno se lebeletswe ka leitlho la tiori ya kgwebo. Go dirisitswe molebo o o lebelelang katlego ya tiriso go tlamela ka motheo wa filosofi wa thutopatlisiso eno ya maitemogelo, e e neng e ikaegile thata ka kelotlhoko le tlhotlhomiso, ka ntlha ya fa go se na tshedimosetso e e kalo mo setlhogong seno mo dikwalong. Go dirisitswe mokgwa o o tswakantsweng o o akareditseng tshekatsheko ya dikwalo, tshekatsheko ya Tirisano ya Tokololo e e Lebelelang mabaka (IQA), le tokololo ya data ya bobedi. Dikgwetlho tse di thibelang diSMP go tokafatsa ditirelo tse di di tlamelwang diSME di supilwe ka go buisa dikwalo le go tlhotlhomisiwa ka tshekatsheko e e boneng megopolo ya beng/badiri ba diSMP malebana le gore dikgoreletsi tseno di bakwa ke eng, fa ditlhokego tsa diSME di supilwe ka go lokolola data ya bobedi.
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