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Submitted in accordance with the requirements of the degree of MASTER OF EDUCATION in the Department of SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION of the UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND, 1993. / In this study the reasons why some Black parents send their children to multi-racial schools in Natal are investigated. The primary aim of this research is to find out what attracts these parents to these schools. Data was collected from parents by means of a questionnaire. The survey revealed that Black parents want ^best education for their children. The study found that parents could not get the best education for their children from schools that cater for Blacks only "because of the inferior education offered in such schools". Parents said that they therefore resorted to sending their children to multi-racial schools, as the government appears to be unwilling to seriously address the crisis in Black education. There is however a drawback with the open private schools. The fees charged by these schools as the study revealed, are so exhorbitant that only the wealthy or middle class Black families could afford them. On the other hand, a number of white schools are experiencing a serious crisis - student numbers were declining, drastically. This means that these schools were to wind up their business. The announcement that certain former white schools were to be open to Blacks has also to be seen in this light. To control this process, these schools were labelled Model A, B and C and later on Model D was added. Each model has its own requirements for admitting Black students. The study revealed that Black politicians and educationists have rejected these models. They reckon that these models do not come near to solving the crisis in Black education. Furthermore, the government did not consult the Black community when introducing these models. The fact that these schools have clearly shown that they are not a solution to the crisis in Black education, strengthen the call for a single education ministry. It is hoped that such a ministry can facilitate the integration of schools in South Africa. / University of Zululand

The study explores the subjects of organizational change and management of intercultural teams. The goal of the study is to spread knowledge about how an intercultural team should be managed in order to assure the best possible success of an organizational change initiative. It has long been recognized that organizations constantly need to change in order to stay competitive. At the same time it has also been recognized that organizations today operate on the global arena with operations spread to many different parts of the world. It is thus important to understand how an intercultural team should be managed in order to assure the success of an organizational change initiative.The aim of this study has been to provide information and guidelines that may be used by academia as well as professionals to better understand how to manage an intercultural team that conducts an organizational change. A total of six different guidelines have been presented in this research - each one important in assuring an effective teamwork and a successful organizational change.The study has been conducted using a qualitative research approach and the method used for gathering data has been interviews as well as literature studies. / Program: Magisterutbildning i informatik

<p>The study is a qualitative survey with the purpose to through interviews with Employment Office social workers examine their perception of possibilities and obstacles in the employment market for immigrants. This purpose is specified through two specific problems; how are cultural and ethnic affiliations portrayed in relation to what is perceived as Swedish in the communication with Employment Office social workers and whether they reckon that the specifications in the employment market are pragmatically or normatively motivated. The materials are presented using a social constructivist perspective and in relation to previously conducted research and our chosen theory. The results are presented and analyzed in themes. The main conclusions drawn from the interviews are that it primarily is the individual prerequisites that are central, but that structural factors also affect the entry into the employment market. The interviewees refer to the specifications as being reasonably formulated, but that there are also implicit norms that determines the outcome of the recruitment process. Moreover, the Employment Office social workers are affected by the Swedish cultural context they work within, and that they experience ambivalence around the fact that employers assume a Swedish norm. This could conceal the competences of the unemployed and thus be excluding.</p>

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The study is a qualitative survey with the purpose to through interviews with Employment Office social workers examine their perception of possibilities and obstacles in the employment market for immigrants. This purpose is specified through two specific problems; how are cultural and ethnic affiliations portrayed in relation to what is perceived as Swedish in the communication with Employment Office social workers and whether they reckon that the specifications in the employment market are pragmatically or normatively motivated. The materials are presented using a social constructivist perspective and in relation to previously conducted research and our chosen theory. The results are presented and analyzed in themes. The main conclusions drawn from the interviews are that it primarily is the individual prerequisites that are central, but that structural factors also affect the entry into the employment market. The interviewees refer to the specifications as being reasonably formulated, but that there are also implicit norms that determines the outcome of the recruitment process. Moreover, the Employment Office social workers are affected by the Swedish cultural context they work within, and that they experience ambivalence around the fact that employers assume a Swedish norm. This could conceal the competences of the unemployed and thus be excluding.

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In Sweden exist a Swedish institute for children’s book which is a national information center. They have an annual "Book tasting" where they present statistics and trends from the latest publications of literature for youth and children. In their “book tasting’’ from 2010 a number of picture books had, as they say, children who descend from non-Swedish culture (Swedish institute for children’s book, 2010).  The aim of this thesis is to investigate how the ethnical diversity describes in these picture books from 2010. To understand how the ethnical diversity describes in these books I had two questions which helped me in my research. The questions were: Do these picture books have some features which are ethnic stereotype? Do the ethnical diversity in the picture books describes as multi-cultural or intercultural condition? The thesis is based upon a qualitative text analysis and from this main group did I choose discourse analytical approach to analyze my picture books. My working model is inspired by associate professor Pil Dahlerup and professor Maria Nikolajeva. In the theoretical framework do I assume from PhD student Hassan Sharif (2008) who separate the term multi-cultural from the intercultural term. He says that the multi-cultural term can sees as descriptive, which means that the multi-cultural term work as a description of the society’s condition while the intercultural term sees like a process where all cultures in the society gives space to interact and cooperate with each other on equal terms. My first conclusion is that several of the picture books describe ethnical diversity stereotyped. An example is the stereotype of the dark man as black and with black curly hair. Another example is the stereotype of people with darker skin color as happy and affective. One picture book didn’t have stereotype persons or characteristics. My second conclusion is that only one picture book did describe the ethnical diversity as an intercultural condition. The other picture books describe the ethnical diversity as a descriptive multi-cultural condition.

The aim of this study is to investigate the place of the students&amp / #8223 / native culture in the English language classrooms in the context of the English 101 course at Middle East Technical University. In accordance with this aim, the study is concerned with revealing the opinions and beliefs of language teachers regarding the importance of integrating the students&amp / #8223 / native cultures into their classes and their attitudes about practicing culturally responsive teaching in multi-cultural classrooms. During the process of data collection, various methods were utilized: Five teachers working in the Department of Modern Languages were interviewed to learn their ideas about the topic from different aspects of language instruction, and two teachers were observed while teaching to better understand the classroom application of their ideas and the principles of culturally responsive teaching. Further post-observation interviews and stimulated recalls were also carried out to make an in-depth analysis. The results of the study show that although the teachers believe in the importance of making use of the students&amp / #8223 / native cultures in their classrooms through different means, they usually neglect to do so. The study also shows that what the teachers associate with the term &ldquo / culture&rdquo / in the context of language teaching is the target culture rather than the native cultures. It is also found that while the individual cultures of the foreign students are made use of to a greater degree (but still in a very limited fashion), the native cultures of the Turkish students are ignored during the instruction.

In developed regions, the body of knowledge of general entrepreneurship in the sales, services and technology-based business domains, is well researched and established. This is not the case with technological entrepreneurship in developing regions. Little is known about the entrepreneur, new venture creation and growth processes of technology-based enterprises in emerging regions. This research project studied a sample frame of practising technological entrepreneurs in a multi-cultural province within an emerging economic region. Data was collected from 210 entrepreneurs who have founded and still manage a technology-based enterprise in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Over 25,000 data points were collected through questionnaires and were statistically analysed, using multiple regression and model building analysis techniques. A control study of 167 post-graduate students at the University of Pretoria was also done. A representative profile was developed from a frequency distribution analysis of the survey sample. This profile was compared with that of a similar survey sample of entrepreneurs in high-technology spin-off companies in a developed region. The results culminated in a three-part model that identifies the most prominent external influences on the technological entrepreneur, the new venture creation process and the mature enterprise. Inferences of hypotheses, as well as several conclusions, were made from the results on the following contemporary issues: 1) cultural heritage; 2) the first-born debate; 3) the self-employed status of parents; 4) financing of the new technological enterprise and 5) training in entrepreneurship. Policy makers could use these results to develop technological entrepreneurship in emerging regions. / Thesis (PhD (Engineering Management))--University of Pretoria, 2006. / Graduate School of Technology Management (GSTM) / unrestricted