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Social Realism in Vannanilavan’s ‘Kamba Nathi’
No full textThe novel of Vannanilavan portrays the lifestyles and habits of the people living in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu. In the novel Kampa Nathi, the author expresses the superstitions, relationship problems and birth imbalances of the rural people by the characters of the novel. He also describes the practices which are found in Tamil Nadu such as religion based job placement, collection of Dowry and Bribe, the reality of some corps and the thoughts of elders about young generation through several novel characters. Thus, this article seeks to uncover the reality found in the Tamil society by taking the lines and thoughts from Kamba Nathi novel
Envisioning Inclusive and Open Educational Practices through Teacher Education: A Constructivist Inquiry in South Africa schools
No full textThis theoretical paper discussed the potential of social cognitive learning theory as an effective tool to re-enact inclusive education in South African schools. The paper is based on envisioning envisioning inclusive and open educational practices through teacher education in South Africa. The paper responded to the fundamental objectives of the theory of social constructivism. It analysed and interpreted the assumptions (tenets) of the theory in line with how they could be used to respond to inclusive teacher training and open education practices. The accuracy of social constructivism using observations and literature to justify inclusive and open education in South African schools. The paper examined the background of the theory of social constructivism and its ability to provide a means of unveiling inclusive education practices. The paper used conceptual and theoretical review as methodology. Among other strategies employed for the study, teacher training curricula should be redesigned to incorporate collaborative learning techniques, such as peer teaching, problem-based learning, and cooperative group work, reflecting the principles of social constructivism. The study indicated that teacher training can be improved to better improve inclusive and open education practices in South Africa, which is useful for educators, policymakers and researchers interested in promoting inclusive education in South Africa and beyond Africa.
PCF11 Sub-Theme: Changing Mindsets for Inclusive Open Education
Paper ID: 707
Sitthi nathi lae kanmi suan ruam khong phonlamuang
No full textIn this article, the author criticizes democracy in Thailand. He points out how the poor were deprived of chances in political participation and also comments on the unfair treatment found in the democracy of the US
Chaochom manda Wat chaochom phu tham nathi khap rong phleng klom phrabanthom
No full textThe article features the biography of Chaochom Wat, one of the consorts of King Chulalongkorn. She was in charge of the king's outfits and according to the author, a good singer. She and the king had one son, Prince Kamphaengphet
Kanchatbaeng pharakit (amnat nathi) rawang ratthaban radap chat kap ongkon kanpokkhrong thongthin lae rawang ongkon kanpokkhrong thongthin praphet tang tang
No full textIn the article, the author illustrates the strategies in dividing the responsibilities between central and local governments and their relations in administering and providing public service
Scheduled water delivery
No full textPresented at Meeting irrigation demands in a water-challenged environment: SCADA and technology: tools to improve production: a USCID water management conference held on September 28 - October 1, 2010 in Fort Collins, Colorado.Scheduled water delivery (SWD) provides the opportunity to increase overall irrigation system performance and define legitimate water use in regions without adjudication. A well-managed program of scheduled water delivery is able to fulfill seasonal crop water requirements in a timely manner, but requires less water than on-demand water delivery. In order to successfully realize SWD in an irrigation district, several components need to be addressed and developed simultaneously. This paper will present results of on-going research in the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District (MRGCD) related to implementation of scheduled water delivery supported by a decision-support system (DSS) and modernization of irrigation infrastructure. A DSS developed over the last four years uses linear programming to find an optimum water delivery schedule for all canal service areas in the MRGCD irrigation system. The DSS has been developed for the entire MRGCD and a significant validation effort of input parameters and model logic has been completed. The second component for implementing scheduled water delivery is a program of irrigation infrastructure modernization with Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system. Over the past six years, the MRGCD has modernized canal infrastructure and developed a SCADA system with the focus being to improve water use efficiency. The third component in implementing scheduled water delivery is its acceptance by all water users as a matter of district policy and practice. To gain acceptance and disseminate information regarding SWD, a public outreach program was formulated that includes providing water users information through newsletters, websites, and public meetings. It also included training related MRGCD staff in the concepts and practice of scheduled water delivery and the use of related decision-support systems
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History in the literary imagination: the telling of Nongqawuse and the Xhosa Cattle-Killing in South African literature and culture (1891-1937)
No full textThis thesis takes as its subject the millenarian movement of 1856–7, commonly known as the Xhosa Cattle-Killing. My project examines a range of literary representations of this seminal moment in South African history: novels, plays, and short stories in English or English translation. The period under consideration encompasses the earliest literary responses to the Cattle-Killing and includes critical historical-political moments such as: the incorporation of the last independent black territory into the Cape Colony, the creation of the Union of South Africa, the passing of the Land Act, the enfranchisement of white women and the enactment of Hertzog’s ‘native bills’. The project consists of close, contextual readings, and the approach is cross-cultural and interdisciplinary.
In this dissertation I examine the meaning that has accrued to the Cattle-Killing, and the role that literary accounts have played in interpreting and defining this pivotal event in the historical consciousness of their sometimes considerable audiences. In some cases, these creative works have anticipated trends in formal historiography and suggested new ways to interrogate the evidence. But the accounts do more than creatively reconstruct the past. They are also implicated in their respective presents and use the Cattle-Killing to ‘write out’ contemporaneous concerns: be it female emancipation, ‘native education’ or Black Nationalism. The various manifestations of the Cattle-Killing story chart not only the shifting ‘truth’ of the event but also the ways in which it has been made relevant and useable for different communities at various points in South Africa’s history. To read these accounts of the Cattle-Killing, I argue, is to ‘read’ the history of this period.
While taking as its subject an event from 150 years ago, and literary responses from shortly after, my project contributes to wider, on-going conversations relating to history as a field of argument and literature as a social and historical force. A related aim is to contribute to the revaluation of early South African literature, which has been neglected or homogenized in recent years. My dissertation seeks to recuperate and complicate by representing a variety of subject positions and resuscitating voices discarded or forgotten
