Thesis (Master)--University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, 2002. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 101-105).

Thesis (Master)--University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, 2002. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 101-105)

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Bryn Mawr College, 1928. / Vita. Bibliography: p. 104-107.

Zugleich: Diss. Köln, 2008. / Literaturverz.

Original hand-written caption "Sheer vandalism at East London. The road through the beautiful Fort Grey Forest Reserve, Buffalo Pan at east London. Only a strip of 50 yards wide has been left at the right. All the beautiful forest has been removed to make way for a pineapple research station. This is a public scandal”.

Original hand-written caption "This is the only forest in the world where the species of tree known as Mtisa [Umtisa] grows. A prominent member of parliament secured the contract for removing and selling sneezewood and birchwood trees”.

Medicine unavailability, also known as stock-outs is a global problem. South Africa is not exempt from this problem which impacts negatively on the way in which healthcare services are rendered, more especially in the public sector. Communities are complaining about the unavailability of medicines at public health facilities particularly in primary health care clinics. In an effort to address this problem, the Minister of Health has declared medicine availability as one of the six priorities of the Department of Health. The aim of this study was to explore and describe the experiences and perceptions of healthcare professionals practicing at primary healthcare clinics in a peri-urban area of the Eastern Cape regarding the unavailability of medicines. Understanding the experiences and perceptions was expected to assist in addressing the problem at hand and help management in developing ways to address the problem and support the employees. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with healthcare professionals working at primary health care clinics in and around Mdantsane Township in the Eastern Cape. The main findings of the study can be divided into the following topics: perceived causes of medicine stock-outs, the implications of stock shortages, actions taken in the case of stock-outs and the role to play by in mitigating the impact of stock shortages. The limitations of the study include the research sample which was not truly representative of all healthcare professionals working at Mdantsane sub-district primary healthcare clinics. The study recommends various strategies that management should follow to assist in addressing medicine shortages. The researcher recommends further research to describe the experiences of healthcare professional regarding medicine unavailability.

From Introduction: As headmaster of a technical high school it is my responsibility to admit standard six pupils to this school. Often the refrain from parents is heard: "My son is weak in mathematics but good with his hands." These parents desperately seek a secondary education for their non-academic children. To what extent has the vicious circle of low achievement - negative attitude - lower achievement - despair already been established in these pupils as far as mathematics is concerned? How does this low self-concept in mathematics ability serve as a factor in deciding upon which career to follow, which type of high school to attend? Parents and the public at large seem to be ill-informed about the subjects offered at technical high schools. The mathematical character of these schools is especially undervalued. People often seem to think that the mathematics at a technical high school is easier than at other high schools. Furthermore, people do not realize that mathematics forms the cornerstone of any technical field of study. Failure in mathematics will inevitably lead to low marks or failure in technical subjects. It seems that many pupils who have already developed a defeatist attitude towards mathematics, seek entry into this type of high school. If so, then why? This study aims to elucidate the mathematical cognitive demands made by mathematically related subjects in a technical high school. At the same time possible relationships will be investigated between choice of type of high school (technical vs non-technical) and : i) attitudes to mathematics; ii) achievement in mathematics; iii) general academic achievement; iv) attitude to school. Pupils at standard five level have already established their attitudes towards subjects. For this study standard five boys from East London English and Afrikaans-speaking primary schools were involved. The reason why girls were not considered was to eliminate the variables of sex-related behaviours. Also, girls do not report in any large numbers for technical education as yet. The results of this study should be of use to those advising standard five pupils on their choice of type of high school. If satisfactory relationships are found between affective-cognitive variables and choice of high school, future researchers may use this towards the construction of a required profile for prospective pupils of technical high schools. There are of course, many other factors in the issue. Variables like social status, parents' own experiences, vested interests of academic high schools and many more are not considered in this study. It is conceded that any in-depth study into attitudes towards mathematics or into choice of type of high school is a many-faceted problem, the scope of which lies beyond this thesis. Suffice to admit that attitudes are complex dispositions resulting from the interactions between a number of affective, cognitive and psychomotor variables.

Esta dissertação analisa duas obras não ficcionais de Jack London: O povo do abismo (publicada em 1903) e O cruzeiro do Snark (publicada em 1911). Escritas em um período cuja construção da etnografia não havia sido ainda sistematicamente pensada, buscamos interpretar nessas obras algumas características de narrativas etnográficas, a partir da antropologia interpretativa. São observados, como suporte teórico, os preceitos do exercício etnográfico, segundo autores como Clifford Geertz, James Clifford, Franz Boas, Bronislaw Malinowski e Roberto DaMatta. Para que contextualizemos esta pesquisa, são abordadas as realidades socioculturais dos Estados Unidos durante o período de vida de Jack London (1876 – 1916), assim como as características da antropologia no final do século XIX e início do século XX. / Submitted by Ana Guimarães Pereira (agpereir@ucs.br) on 2015-11-12T17:04:27Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Marcos Mantovani.pdf: 8345127 bytes, checksum: db1b4a86f0e08f59fd3d57c972891ad5 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-11-12T17:04:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Marcos Mantovani.pdf: 8345127 bytes, checksum: db1b4a86f0e08f59fd3d57c972891ad5 (MD5) / This dissertation analyses two non-fiction books written by Jack London: The people of the abyss (published in 1903) and The cruise of the Snark (published in 1911). Written over a period during which ethnography’s construction hadn’t been systematically elaborated yet, we aim to interpret these books as having some characteristics of ethnographic narratives, according to the interpretative anthropology. As theoretical support, the precepts of ethnographic exercise are observed, according to authors like Clifford Geertz, James Clifford, Franz Boas, Bronislaw Malinowski and Roberto DaMatta. To establish the context of this research, we analyze the socio-cultural realities of the USA during the life of Jack London (1876 – 1916), as well as the characteristics of anthropology at the end of the 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th.

Esta dissertação analisa duas obras não ficcionais de Jack London: O povo do abismo (publicada em 1903) e O cruzeiro do Snark (publicada em 1911). Escritas em um período cuja construção da etnografia não havia sido ainda sistematicamente pensada, buscamos interpretar nessas obras algumas características de narrativas etnográficas, a partir da antropologia interpretativa. São observados, como suporte teórico, os preceitos do exercício etnográfico, segundo autores como Clifford Geertz, James Clifford, Franz Boas, Bronislaw Malinowski e Roberto DaMatta. Para que contextualizemos esta pesquisa, são abordadas as realidades socioculturais dos Estados Unidos durante o período de vida de Jack London (1876 – 1916), assim como as características da antropologia no final do século XIX e início do século XX. / This dissertation analyses two non-fiction books written by Jack London: The people of the abyss (published in 1903) and The cruise of the Snark (published in 1911). Written over a period during which ethnography’s construction hadn’t been systematically elaborated yet, we aim to interpret these books as having some characteristics of ethnographic narratives, according to the interpretative anthropology. As theoretical support, the precepts of ethnographic exercise are observed, according to authors like Clifford Geertz, James Clifford, Franz Boas, Bronislaw Malinowski and Roberto DaMatta. To establish the context of this research, we analyze the socio-cultural realities of the USA during the life of Jack London (1876 – 1916), as well as the characteristics of anthropology at the end of the 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th.