30 research outputs found
DIE AARD EN ROL VAN DIE MAATSKAPLIKE WERKER SE PERSOONLIKHEID ASOOK DIE EKSTERNE OMGEWING IN DIE SUKSESVOLLE BESTUUR VAN ’N PRIVAATPRAKTYK
No full textBinne die Suid-Afrikaanse konteks het die toetrede van maatskaplike werkers tot privaatpraktyk die afgelope dekade toegeneem. Tans bestaan daar geen betroubare statistiek om te bepaal hoeveel maatskaplike werkers wel binne privaatpraktyk funksioneer nie, maar vanuit die databank van die Suid-Afrikaanse Vereniging vir maatskaplike werkers in Privaatpraktyk blyk dit dat tot 10% van geregistreerde maatskaplike werkers in privaatpraktyk werksaam is (SAASWIPP, CDROM, 2003)
Contents of a transformative developmental social work curriculum.
No full textJournal Article. Community Psychosocial Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, North-West University, PotchefstroomSouth Africa is recognized as the most unequal society in the world. In the National Development Plan 2030 in 2012 the South African government has called on social workers to participate in transformation by addressing inequality. A pursuit of social justice highlights the need for a social work curriculum that is transformative in nature and cultivates an anti-colonial Global South approach. Transformative developmental social work based on social development theory is a modality of choice when it comes to practicing social work in Global South countries. It empowers social workers to contribute to social justice in societies that are plagued by inequality. Although South Africa has incorporated developmental social work into its social welfare policies, a knowledge gap still exists that hampers social workers in bridging the gap between theoretical training and practicing in Global South countries. It is, therefore, necessary for South Africa to develop social development training, and practice which answers to its own socio-political, cultural, and economic environment. To reach this objective, a curriculum is crucial in which social justice, human rights, and equality are pursued. The aim of the study was to develop a curriculum for undergraduate social work training in transformative developmental social work to enable social workers to contribute to social justice. A multi-method and multi-phased study approach were used for the purpose of curriculum and programme development. In phase one, a scoping review was done about current social development teaching in the Global South. During phase two, a quantitative cross-sectional study with newly graduated social workers was done. They completed the Social Justice Scales of Torres-Harding et al. Phase three was a qualitative descriptive study with young South Africans that were used to describe their experience of social justice in South Africa. These phases were used to gather information to guide the process of curriculum development. Curriculum contents were then verified using the Delphi Technique by social work teaching experts. The research study produced a curriculum for transformative developmental social work training for undergraduate social work students
A study of the educational personnel in the Negro public elementary schools of Bibb County, Georgia, 1941 through 1953, 1954
No full textEXPLORING THE ROLE OF JOB RESOURCES IN THE WELL-BEING OF WOMEN ACADEMICS IN THE WORKPLACE
No full textDespite several changes in the workplace, women still face unique challenges with harmful effects on their well-being. Job resources are a crucial buffer between job demands and workplace well-being. The aim of this article is to present the findings of a qualitative study on women academics’ experiences of workplace well-being in relation to job resources. An exploratory and descriptive research design was used to investigate in what ways job resources contribute to women academics’ perceptions of workplace well-being. Purposive sampling was conducted at a top-rated university in South Africa. Data were gathered through twelve semi-structured interviews. Findings revealed that women academics value a variety of job resources associated with psychological, social, physical, and organisational resources. The study also revealed the inherent job resources creating strains on women’s well-being in the workplace. It is recommended that higher education institutions focus on workplace well-being from a practice, organisational, and policy perspective
Die bruikbaarheid van bibliografiese klassifikasie in intydse katalogi
No full textThesis (MBibl)--PU vir CHO, 1996THE USEFULNESS OF BIBLIOGRAPHIC CLASSIFICATION IN THE ONLINE CATALOGUE: Classification was used in libraries of ancient times, but a specific scientific method of arrangement was not in general use. The foundation of modern bibliographic classification was laid in 1876 with the publication of the Dewey decimal classification. The development of classification systems reflects the dual purpose role thereof namely, the arrangement of documents on library shelves and entries in catalogues, bibliographies and indexes. The subject approach to documents as opposed to external methods like size, colour, author etcetera, seems to be the most practicable arrangement for books as well as catalogue entries. Classification according to subject brings related subjects together and also shows the relationship that exists between those subjects. This feature is important for the arrangement of documents on shelves as well as for catalogue entries. Classification systems are important bibliographic tools for subject indexing in a library. A classification system consists of three essential components namely schedules, notation and index. The OPAC is an online catalogue which allows the end user to gain access to the information system without the help of a mediator. The OPAC allows much more search facilities and in dephts searches such as keyword searches in any fields. It is also easier to manipulate a search when using the OPAC than was the case with the traditional catalogue like a card catalogue. Subject access via class numbers, browsing of class numbers (combined with title or subject heading) and the use of class numbers as a pivot, results in a higher relevance during searches. The classification principles of bringing together related documents and entries, and showing the relationship between subjects, are equally important in today's catalogues (like the OPAC) as it has been in the past. The conclusion can be made that bibliographic classification is still useful in the modern library and in online catalogues.Master
Navigation, Trade, and Consumption in Seventeenth Century Oxfordshire
No full textabstract: "Navigation, Trade, and Consumption in Seventeenth Century Oxfordshire" investigates how the inhabitants of Oxfordshire transitioned from an agricultural to a consumer community during the Jacobean and post-Restoration eras. In agrarian England, this reconfigured landscape was most clearly embodied in the struggle over the access to available land. Focusing on the gentleman farmer's understanding of the fiscal benefits of enclosure and land acquisition, I argue that the growth in agricultural markets within Oxfordshire led to a growing prosperity, which was most clearly articulated in the community's rise as viable luxury goods consumers. By juxtaposing probate documents, inventories, pamphlets, and diaries from the market towns of Burford, Chipping Norton, and Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire, this study examines the process by which these late sixteenth and early seventeenth century agricultural communities began to embrace the consumption of luxury goods, and, most importantly, purely market-based understanding of agrarian life.Dissertation/ThesisPh.D. Interdisciplinary Studies 201
Who am I Now? The Value of Metis in the Construction of the Disabled Identity
No full textMy dissertation is written as a reflexive or narrative ethnography. I examine my own life experiences and interactions as part of a disabled subculture. This extends previous scholarship, reflecting on how society has propagated lies or myths about disability. Using my experiences and interactions I create a counterstory (Martinez) by using rhetoric as Jay Dolmage, author of Disability Rhetoric, suggests: by moving sideways instead of back and forth. Dolmage sees mētis as a rhetorical move which can or is used by disabled people. He defines mētis as “wise and wily intelligence.” Expanding on his definition, Lois Bragg describes a weaving motion in which métis loops back on itself. Using this definition, I metaphorically compare the way métis moves to snakes, Tai chi, and trickster figures to generate a new understanding of how métis works. This processed is contrasted with ableist rhetoric, which is often seen as marching forward in a straight and uniform line.
Even when not attempting to perform, disabled people are always using rhetoric. Influences which can change the way disabled people rhetorically present themselves are examined through historical context and the medical and social models of disability. In this dissertation, I show how disability and disability studies are affected by rhetoric. I explore how ability (able-bodied people) and disability (disabled people) use rhetoric to their advantage, associating four types of ableist rhetoric with Tae Kwon Do, and the flowing, weaving motion of métis with Tai Chi and snakes. Third, I introduce a new definition of métis, which shows a way to embody disability and disability rhetoric. I make connections between the disabled experience and gender, using Kimberlee Crenshaw’s theory of intersectionality. To demonstrate how these theories might be put into practice, I present two courses—one undergraduate and one graduate—which connect counterstory, métis, disability, and rhetoric. I conclude with plans for further research.Ph.D
We Render Services, We Endure Pains, We Receive Praise: Eléazar Mauvillon, Charles-Joseph de Ligne, and the Literary History of Prince Eugene of Savoy
No full textabstract: In 1809 the Memoirs of Prince Eugene, of Savoy was published in Vienna. The book was written by Charles-Joseph de Ligne, a Flemish prince who lived seventy years after Eugene of Savoy, the general who commanded the army of the Holy Roman Empire in the War of the Spanish Succession. Eugene's military career spanned fifty years and five wars, yet he is less known than his English counterpart, John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough. The memoirs were only attributed to Eugene for a short period and then tossed aside as the creative musings of a cultured prince who left quite the written legacy. Though attributed to the prince, a contemporary reader would not have thought that the manuscript had been penned by Eugene. The memoirs were heavily inspired by a biography by Eléazar Mauvillon, which was published only six years after Eugene's death. Few of Eugene's own letters survived his death, and he never wrote the memoirs of his own campaigns. Marlborough, by contrast, was a prolific letter writer, and the two generals spent some of the major campaigns of the war together with the result that Eugene has featured in much of the research done on Marlborough as a secondary character. Charles-Joseph de Ligne desired to be as good a writer as he was a soldier. His legacy included his own memoirs, which reflected the desire to be as successful as Eugene and to raise Eugene to the proper level of acknowledgement in military history. This thesis explores the historical memory of Eugene as perpetuated by Ligne's literary creation as well as the historical context in which Eugene rose to fame for his military genius and proves the historical accuracy of Ligne's mystification of Mauvillon's biography.Dissertation/ThesisM.A. History 201
Tobias Smollett, or How a Gentleman of Scotland and London Experienced the Formation of the British Identity
No full textabstract: Tobias Smollett was an eighteenth-century surgeon, writer, novelist, and editor. He was a Scotsman who sought his fortune in south Briton. Throughout his life and career he experienced many of the cultural and political influences that helped to shape the British identity. His youth as a Lowland Scot, student and apprentice, and naval surgeon enabled him to embrace this new identity. His involvement in nearly every aspect of the publishing process in London enabled him to shape, define, and encourage this identity. His legacy, through his works and his life story, illustrates the different ways in which the United Kingdom and its inhabitants have been perceived throughout the centuries. As a prominent man of his time and an enduring literary figure to this day, Smollett offers an ideal prism through which to view the formation of the British identity.Dissertation/ThesisM.A. History 201
Beyond Bradford's Journal: The Scrooby Puritans in Context
No full textabstract: This dissertation explores the claims, put forth by William Bradford in his journal Of Plimoth Plantation, that persecution was the primary motivation for removal from England to Holland by the Scrooby Puritans in 1608, and challenges the historiographical acceptance of those claims. The dissertation examines monarchical, ecclesiastical and historical records from 1590-1620 to determine if there was any evidence to support Bradford’s claims of persecution. Finding scant evidence of physical persecution at the hands of royal, civil, or ecclesiastical authorities, the dissertation turns to the socioeconomic factors which may have contributed to the Scrooby Puritans decision to leave England and take up residence in Holland for twelve years. Finding no significant socioeconomic push factors, attention is then turned to the theological underpinnings of the group to determine if theology may have driven their persecution narrative. It concludes that the Scrooby Puritans may not have been fleeing from authorities trying to confine them for their religious beliefs, but from the corruption of their very souls, had they remained in England and under the theological influences of the Church of England.Dissertation/ThesisDoctoral Dissertation History 201
