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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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541

The combination of technical assistance with development finance : does it work?

Vutula, Luthando 12 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MDF (Business Management))--University of Stellenbosch, 2007. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Tegniese bystand bly steeds ’n aktuele kwessie in die meeste ontwikkelende lande. Tegniese samewerking is vir baie dekades gebruik as ’n werktuig vir die opbou van toenemende kapasiteit en, van groter belang, as ’n manier om projekte te implementeer. Werkskrag is nodig sodat ontwikkeling kan plaasvind. Dit is ’n uitdaging om te bepaal hoe tegniese bystand voorsien moet word, en of sodanige bystand wél aan die ontvanger se behoeftes voldoen. Sommige is van mening dat Westerse lande geneig was om aan ontwikkelende lande voor te skryf watter soort tegniese bystand hulle sou benodig. Dit het daartoe gelei dat die meeste ontvangers nie verantwoordelikheid vir produksie aanvaar het nie. Navorsing verwys na die behoefte vir tegniese bystand asook die sukses wat tot nou toe behaal is op dié terrein, alhoewel dit gering was. Die meeste ontwikkelende finansiële instansies, insluitende die Wêreldbank, lewer bewys van tegniese bystandsprogramme. Hierdie programme dien as ondersteuning vir instansies in die uitbetaling van verdere fondse vir ontwikkeling. Die verslag dui aan dat, alhoewel tegniese bystand en ontwikkelingsfinansiering wél werk, vooruitgang steeds nodig is. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Technical assistance continues to be a topical issue in most developing countries. For many decades, technical cooperation has been used as a vehicle to build capacity building and, more importantly, as a way to implement projects. Capacity is required for development to take place. The challenge is how the technical assistance is provided, and whether such assistance is what the recipient needs. Western countries have tended to prescribe to the developing countries in terms of the kind of technical assistance they need, which has resulted in many recipients not taking responsibility for the output. The research alludes to the need for technical assistance and the successes that have been achieved until now in the field, even though they have been marginal. Most development finance institutions, including the World Bank, are shown to have technical assistance programmes. Such programmes assist the institutions in disbursing more development funds. The Report indicates that, although technical assistance and development finance do work, improvement is still required.
542

Decision-making factors of German tourists travelling to South Africa

Faulhaber, Felix 12 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MBA (Business Management))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this report is to provide detailed insights into the marketing of services, specifically in the airline and travel agency industries. Therefore, the report firstly presents the existing literature, narrowing down the view from the traditional marketing approach with the 4P to the 7P approach for service marketing. As a final step, the few sources on airline and travel agency marketing are evaluated to identify gaps in the current research. Following this overview, the report explains the current situation within the airline and travel agency industries. The players in these markets currently face significant challenges, namely the competitive structure, changing booking behaviours, increasing competition of low-cost airlines, the rise of oil prices, increasing activities for environmental protection, structural problems of the major aircraft manufacturers, the open skies agreement between Europe and the US, and the current economic crisis. In order to successfully compete in this challenging environment, airlines as well as travel agencies need to understand the needs and preferences of their potential customers very clearly. Consequently, the researcher conducted a survey amongst passengers from Germany to South Africa in order to gain information on these preferences. This questionnaire aims to clearly identify the major decision-making factors of the passengers when choosing an airline or booking channel. Knowledge regarding these decision-making factors enables companies to design their offering in a way that the needs and preferences of passengers are optimally met, while the airline or travel agency can still operate profitably. The survey was posted online and 185 respondents across all age groups participated. The main insights of the results are that the price clearly is the dominant decision-making factor for both the choice of the airline and the choice of the booking channel. Furthermore, several hypotheses, which could be extracted from the literature, are tested. It is found that for travel agencies, the consulting services do not have any significant impact on the decision of the passengers. Their perceived competency, however, does play a reasonably important role and is consequently a factor that needs to be considered by travel agencies when designing the offer. For airlines, the flight schedule clearly constitutes the second most important factor. While the brand is at least considered fairly important, frequent flyer programmes, as well as the membership in an alliance, are not considered to be important at all for the decision of the airline. The report nevertheless explains why the membership in an alliance does, in reality, have significant positive effects on the performance of an airline, specifically through the positive impact on operating cost and improvements in the flight schedule. As a final step, the results are compared to a similar survey conducted by Wise Research Ltd. (2008: 3) and Lufthansa (Euler, 2005: 8). It is found that there are only slight variances between the results. A possible explanation for the variances could be that the economic environment has changed. Also cultural differences and differences between short- and long-haul flights are considered. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie verslag het die verskaffing van gedetailleerde insig in die bemarking van dienste ten doel, spesifiek in die lugredery- en reisagentskapbedrywe. Daarom bied die verslag eerstens die bestaande literatuur aan, terwyl die beskouing van die tradisionele bemarkingsbenadering met die 4P- tot die 7P-benadering vir diensbemarking vernou word. Laastens word die enkele bronne wat lugredery- en reisagentskapbemarking behandel, geëvalueer om leemtes in die bestaande literatuur te identifiseer. Na hierdie oorsig, verduidelik die verslag die huidige situasie in die lugredery- en reisagentskapbedrywe. Die rolspelers in hierdie markte kom voor beduidende uitdagings te staan, naamlik veranderende besprekingsgedrag, toenemende mededinging van laekoste-lugrederye, stygende oliepryse, toenemende optrede vir omgewingsbeskerming, strukturele probleme van die vername vliegtuigvervaardigers, die Oop Lugruimooreenkoms (Engels: Open Skies agreement) tussen Europa en die VSA, en die huidige ekonomiese krisis. Om suksesvol in hierdie uitdagende milieu mee te ding, moet lugrederye en reisagentskappe die behoeftes en voorkeure van hul moontlike kliënte baie duidelik begryp. Gevolglik het die navorser ʼn opname gemaak onder passasiers onderweg van Duitsland na Suid-Afrika om inligting omtrent hierdie voorkeure in te samel. Hierdie vraelys het beoog om die vername besluitnemingsfaktore van passasiers te identifiseer wanneer hulle ʼn lugredery of besprekingskanaal kies. Kennis omtrent hierdie besluitnemingsfaktore stel maatskappye in staat om hul aanbieding so te ontwerp dat die behoeftes en voorkeure van passasiers optimaal nagekom word, terwyl die lugredery of reisagentskap steeds winsgewend bedryf kan word. Die opname is aanlyn geplaas en 185 mense vanuit alle ouderdomsgroepe het deelgeneem. Die hoofinsigte van die resultate is dat prys duidelik die oorheersende besluitnemingsfaktor in beide die keuse van lugredery én die keuse van besprekingskanaal is. Verder is verskeie hipoteses wat vanuit die literatuur onttrek kon word, getoets. Vir reisagentskappe word daar bevind dat die konsultasiedienste geen beduidende invloed op die besluitneming van passasiers het nie. Daarteenoor speel hul vermeende bekwaamheid ʼn redelik belangrike rol en is gevolglik ʼn faktor wat deur reisagentskappe oorweeg moet word wanneer die aanbieding ontwerp word. Vir lugrederye is die vlugskedule duidelik die tweede belangrikste faktor. Terwyl die handelsmerk as minstens redelik belangrik beskou word, word gereëlde vlieërprogramme, asook die lidmaatskap van ʼn assosiasie, glad nie as belangrik beskou vir die keuse van lugredery nie. Die verslag verduidelik hoekom die lidmaatskap van ʼn assosiasie nieteenstaande in werklikheid beduidende voordelige invloede op die prestasie van ʼn lugredery het, spesifiek deur die voordelige invloed op bedryfskostes en verbeterings aan die vlugskedule. In ʼn finale stap word die resultate vergelyk met dié van ʼn soortgelyke opnames gemaak deur Wise Research Ltd. (2008: 3) en Lufthansa (Euler, 2005: 8). Daar word bevind dat daar slegs klein verskille in die bevindinge voorkom. ʼn Moontlike verduideliking van die verskille is dat die ekonomiese milieu verander het. Kulturele verskille tussen kort en lang afstand vlugte word ook oorweeg.
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Self-management : an intervention to facilitate optimum growth during management development

Groenewald, Greta 03 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2003. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The changing environment has had an influence on managerial skills and competencies. The question is what will be expected from the millennium manager? Thus what competencies would be needed to cope in the now faster changing era and how must training interventions be adapted to ensure optimum development opportunities? Although management is found at all levels and in all functions of an organisation, each level and each role requires different personal skills for the performance of the management task. However conceptual skills which involves the manager's thinking and planning abilities and interpersonal skills which refer to the ability to work with people, are mutually inclusive to all managerial positions. From literature it is clear that there are many methodologies available for management development such as corporate universities, outsourcing to local accredited colleges and universities for specialised programs such as a formal MBA, mentoring programs, leadership development programs, self-directed learning and career development. Critical evaluation of these interventions however indicate that conceptual skills are addressed but that the social and emotional dimensions are lacking. The focus of development interventions must shift to a more holistic, integrated approach of employee well-being. Another question to be asked is do educators take cognisance of the fact that personality and or psychological types are learning in different ways under different circumstances. In literature there seems to be very little evidence that programs are adapted to cater for these differences. From the literature sufficient information regarding learning theories, andragogy, learning styles and management development models is available. The challenge however is to incorporate and integrate the available information effectively to address the needs of a psychological, culturally diverse population. The trend in management development is moving towards incorporation of emotional intelligence as one of the components of development programmes. The emotional competence framework focus on personal competence which determines how we manage ourselves, and on social competence which determines how we handle relationships. In order to be able to effectively manage ourselves we have to focus on self-awareness, self-regulation and motivation. Therefore the need exists for a selfmanagement intervention in management development programmes. Very little information is available in existing literature on self-management programmes. The outcome of this literature survey is a suggested framework for a self-management module. The framework suggests three phases namely phase 1: Self-discovery which entails the gathering of information regarding personality and learning styles, brain dominance and the emotional intelligence (EO) map. Phase 2: Self-transforming which starts with the analysis of the self-discovery interventions, followed up by a guided process of self-transforming which entails personal goal setting and action plans. Phase 3: Self-mastery which is an active working towards the goals in all spheres of one's life, and celebrating "victories" to reinforce newly acquired skills or competencies. A follow-up on this study would be to develop a detailed module, integrating all the principles, theories and models to ensure a management development intervention that succeeds in providing "self-managing managers"! / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die veranderende omgewing en tye het 'n invloed gehad op bestuursvernuf en bekwaamheid. Die vraag is dus: Wat sal verwag word van die "Millennium Bestuurder"? Dit wil sê, watter bekwaamhede sal nodig wees om aan te pas by dié vinniger veranderende era en hoe moet beroepsopleiding aangepas word vir optimum ontwikkelingsgeleenthede. Alhoewel bestuur gevind word op alle vlakke en in alle funksies van 'n organisasie, vereis elke vlak en elke rol verskillende persoonlike kundighede vir die uitvoer van die bestuurstaak. Konsepsuele kundigheid, wat na die bestuurder se denkvermoë, beplanningsvernuf en interpersoonlike vaardighede verwys, is wedersyds ingeslote by alle bestuursvlakke. Vanuit die literatuur is dit duidelik dat daar baie metodes van studie beskikbaar is vir bestuursontwikkeling soos korporatiewe universiteite, plaaslike ge-akkrediteerde kolleges en universiteite vir gespesialiseerde programme soos 'n formele MBA, mentorskapprogramme, leierskapontwikkelingsprogramme, self-gedrewe leeraktiwiteite en beroepsontwikkeling. Kritiese evaluasie van die intervensies wys daarop dat konsepsuele kundighede wel geadresseer word, maar dat die sosiale en emosionele dimensies ontbreek. Die fokus van ontwikkelingsintervensies moet skuif na 'n meer holistiese geïntegreede benadering in terme van werknemersgesondheid. Ons kan die vraag afvra of opvoeders wel kennis neem van die feit dat persoonlikheids- en sielkundige tipes verskillend leer onder verskillende omstandighede. In die literatuur blyk daar min bewyse te wees van programme wat aangepas is om vir dié verskille voorsiening te maak. In die literatuur is daar wel genoegsame inligting oor leerteorieë, andragogie, leerstyle en bestuursontwikkelingsmodelle. Die uitdaging is dus om die beskikbare inligting te inkorporeer, integreer en die behoeftes van 'n sielkundig, kulturele diverse populasie effektief te adresseer. Die neiging in bestuursontwikkeling is die inkorporering van emosionele intelligensie as een van die komponente van ontwikkelingsprogramme. Die emosionelevaardigheidsraamwerk fokus op persoonlike vaardigheid, wat bepaal hoe individue hulself bestuur, en op sosiale vaardigheid, wat bepaal hoe individue verhoudings hanteer. Dus die behoefte bestaan vir 'n self-bestuurs intervensie in bestuursontwikkelingsprogramme. Baie min informasie in Suid-Afrikaanse navorsing is beskikbaar in bestaande literatuur op self-bestuursprogramme. Die uitkoms van dié literatuurstudie is 'n voorgestelde raamwerk vir 'n self-bestuurs module. Die raamwerk stel drie fases voor naamlik, Fase 1: Self-ontdekking wat insluit die invordering van informasie aangaande persoonlikheids-en-Ieerstyle, brein dominansie en die emosionele intelligensie kartering. Fase 2: Self-transformasie wat begin by die analise van die self-ontdekkings intervensies, gevolg deur 'n gereguleerde proses van selftransformasie wat omvat persoonlike doelstellings en aksie planne. Fase 3: Selfbemeestering wat 'n aktiewe strewe is na die bereiking van doelstellings in alle sfere van 'n individu se lewe en die viering van "oorwinnings" om nuutgevonde vaardigede en kundighede te versterk. 'n Opvolg op dié studie sou wees om 'n gedetailleerde module saam te stel wat al die beginsels, teorieë en modelle integreer om sodoende 'n bestuursontwikkelings intervensie te verseker met "self-besturende bestuurders" as uitkoms!
544

Sur quelques problèmes d'optimisation combinatoire

Sakarovitch, Michel 14 March 1975 (has links) (PDF)
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545

Computing with sequents and diagrams in classical logic - calculi *X, dX and ©X

Zunic, Dragisa 21 December 2007 (has links) (PDF)
Cette thèse de doctorat étudie l'interprétation calculatoire des preuves de la logique classique. Elle présente trois calculs reflétant trois approches différentes de la question. <br /><br /> Cette thèse est donc composée de trois parties. <br /><br /> La première partie introduit le *X calcul, dont les termes représentent des preuves dans le calcul des séquents classique. Les règles de réduction du *X calcul capture la plupart des caractéristiques de l'élimination des coupures du calcul des séquents. Ce calcul introduit des termes permettant une<br />implémentation implicite de l'effacement et de la duplication. Pour autant que nous sachions, c'est le premier tel calcul pour la logique classique. <br /><br /> La deuxième partie étudie la possibilité de représenter les calculs classiques au moyen de diagrammes. Nous présentons le dX calcul, qui est le calcul diagrammatique de la logique classique, et dont les diagrammes sont issus des<br />*X-termes. La différence principale réside dans le fait que dX fonctionne à un niveau supérieur d'abstraction. Il capture l'essence des preuves du calcul des séquents ainsi que l'essence de l'élimination classique des coupures. <br /><br /> La troisième partie relie les deux premières. Elle présente le $copy;X calcul qui est une version unidimensionnelle du calcul par diagramme. Nous commencons par le *X, où nous identifions explicitement les termes qui doivent l'être. Ceux-ci<br />sont les termes qui encodent les preuves des séquents qui sont équivalentes modulo permutation de règles d'inférence indépendantes. Ces termes ont également la même représentation par diagramme. Une telle identification induit une relation de congruence sur les termes. La relation de réduction est définie modulo la congruence, et les règles de réduction correspondent à celle du dX calcul.
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Šiuolaikinio šokio profesionalų rengimo ypatumai / Features of education of contemporary dance professionals

Jankauskas, Vytis 07 July 2010 (has links)
Baigiamajame magistro darbe „Šiuolaikinio šokio profesionalų rengimo ypatumai“ siekiama nustatyti šiuolaikinio šokio profesionalų rengimo ypatumus. Pirmoje darbo dalyje, remiantis mokslinės literatūros analize, atskleidžiama šiuolaikinio šokio samprata bei raidos ypatumai, taip pat šiuolaikinio šokio raiška Lietuvos kultūroje. Antroje darbo dalyje, remiantis mokslinės literatūros analize, apibrėžiami šiuolaikinio šokio atlikėjų, choreografų bei šokio mokytojų profesinės veiklos ypatumai ir tai veiklai atlikti būtinos kompetencijos. Trečiojoje darbo dalyje analizuojami empirinio tyrimo rezultatai – JAV ir Vakarų Europos aukštųjų šiuolaikinio šokio mokyklų studijų programos, taip pat šiuolaikinio šokio profesionalų požiūris į šiuolaikinio šokio specialistų rengimą, studijų galimybes bei kokybę Lietuvoje. Darbo pabaigoje pateikiamas, mokslinės literatūros, studijų programų bei profesionalų požiūrio į specialistų rengimą analizės pagrindu, sukurtas šiuolaikinio šokio profesionalų rengimo modelis. / Final MA thesis “Features of Education of Contemporary Dance Professionals” aims to discover and describe features of education of contemporary dance professionals. By analyzing theoretic literature in the first section of this thesis author tries to reveal concept and traits of development of contemporary dance as well as contemporary dance in Lithuania. By analyzing theoretic literature the second section of this thesis describes features of contemporary dance professions such as dancer, choreographer and teacher along with necessary competences for these careers. The third part of the thesis analyzes the results of empirical research – contents and structure of study programmes of higher education institutions in USA and Western Europe as well as opinion of Lithuanian contemporary dance professionals about options of contemporary dance studies in Lithuania and their quality. In accordance with analysis of theoretic literature, study programmes of foreign institutions and opinions of contemporary dance professionals about studies in Lithuania the final section proposes a new model for education of contemporary dance professionals.
547

Investigation of virtual learning behaviour in an Eastern Cape high school biology course.

Kavuma, Henry. January 2003 (has links)
Transformation in education over the decades has failed to keep abreast of the rapidly advancing technological environment of modern society. This implies that curricula, learning paradigms and tools employed by educational institutions are not in sync with the technologically oriented lifestyle of modern society. Learners are therefore unable to apply and assimilate their daily life experiences into the learning process. This disparity warrants radical transformation in education, so as to furnish the appropriate education system where learners are able to construct their knowledge on the basis of pre-existing ideas and experiences. However, any transformation in the e~ucation approach should essentially be complemented by the adoption of appropriate learning environments and paradigms that can capitalize on learners' life experiences as well as elicit the appropriate learning behaviour and attitudes for effective and life-long learning. Much of the literature reviewed affirms the efficacy of virtual learning environments as mediums that can facilitate effective learner-centred electronic-learning suitable for modern society. They are asserted as liberators of learning in respect of instructivist ideals, information access and the confines of the physical classroom. This is confirmed by findings of this research, which are generally in favour of the virtual learning environment's ability to enhance the learning experiences of learners but remained inconclusive on their learning outcomes. / Thesis (M.Sc.)-University of Natal, Durban, 2003.
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The predictive power of two measures on academic success of first year B Ed English major students / Rhelda Krügel

Krügel, Rhelda January 2011 (has links)
The research focused on the importance of and the problem of English proficiency/literacy regarding Grade 12 learners exiting the school system and seeking entry at Institutions of Higher Learning (IHLs). Grade 12 learners’ final results have been used as a benchmark for admission into tertiary education for many years. These results have come under scrutiny over the past few years. IHLs are faced with the problem to generate ways to address the access of ill-prepared learners exiting Grade 12 and then to solve the problem of low levels of throughput and high drop-out rates among first year students, therefore the multi-faceted nature of access into South African IHLs was discussed, as well as alternative routes to enter IHLs. The researcher has experienced that the dropout rates of first year BEd English major students have been rather high. The purpose of this research was to determine what the predictive power of two measures, the English matric results of the National Senior Certificate (NSC) and the English Literacy Skills Assessment (ELSA) were on the academic success of first year BEd English major students of the North-West University on the Vaal Triangle Campus. This was primarily done to improve first year BEd English major students’ English proficiency/literacy, as well as to increase their throughput rate. The major findings of this study pointed to the lack of English language proficiency/literacy of first year BEd English major students and the low throughput rate of these students. Although the ELSA proved to be the best predictor of academic success for first year BEd English major students, the Grade 12 English results also showed a statistical significant prediction capability. The results showed that there was no significant difference between ELSA 1 (which was used as pre-test) and ELSA 2 (which was used as post-test). An improvement in the ELSA 2 results was expected, as it was written as a post-test at the end of the first year BEd English major modules, indicating that the curriculum of the first year BEd English major students had little or no positive influence on the results of the ELSA 2. This resulted in the recommendation that it would be to the advantage of first year BEd English major students to change the current first year BEd English major curriculum in order to improve students’ English proficiency/literacy, as well as their throughput rate, which will result in improved academic success. / PhD, Teaching and Learning, North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2012
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Aktyvios klasės modelis: fizinio ugdymo programos „Netradicinis fizinis aktyvumas“ veiksmingumas / Active class model: the effectiveness of physical education programme "Non-traditional physical activity“

Dzimanavičienė, Raimonda 20 June 2014 (has links)
Tyrimo objektas: jaunesnio mokyklinio amžiaus moksleivių fizinio ugdymo programos „Netradicinis fizinis aktyvumas“ veiksmingumas. Tyrimo aktualumas. Kūno kultūros pamokų vengimas ir mažėjantis fizinis aktyvumas mokyklinio (ypač vyresnio) amžiaus moksleivių tarpe skatina specialistus rengti tikslingas fizinio ugdymo programas, siekiant sudominti vaikus ir paauglius būti fiziškai aktyviais ne tik mokykloje, bet ir laisvalaikiu. Mokyklos, kurios bendradarbiauja įgyvendinant įvairias programas, skatinančias vaikų ir paauglių fizinį aktyvumą ir teigiamai keičia mokinių požiūrį į jį, yra vadinamos „aktyviomis mokyklomis“ (Mitchell et al., 2013). Kūno kultūra ir fizinio ugdymo programos sudaro galimybių vaikams realizuoti daugelį asmenybės poreikių (Malinauskas ir Klizas, 2009). Mokykla yra palanki vieta puoselėti vaikų sveikatą, formuoti gyvenimo įgūdžius, tarp jų - ir sveikos gyvensenos, bei plėtoti veiklą, atsižvelgiant į vaiko raidos ypatumus (Jociūtė ir kt., 2008). Tyrimo tikslas. Nustatyti jaunesnio mokyklinio amžiaus moksleivių fizinio ugdymo programos „Netradicinis fizinis aktyvumas“ veiksmingumą. Baigiamojo darbo uždaviniai 1. Išanalizuoti fizinio ugdymo programų mokyklinio amžiaus vaikams veiksmingumo teorinius aspektus. 2. Palyginti 6-os (eksperimentinės gr.) ir 7-os (kontrolinės gr.) klasės moksleivių fizinio pajėgumo rezultatus prieš ir po fizinio ugdymo programos „Netradicinis fizinis aktyvumas“. 3. Nustatyti eksperimentinės grupės moksleivių požiūrį į fizinio... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Object of the investigation: the effectiveness of pupils’ physical education programme "Non-traditional physical activity”. Relevance: Physical Education lessons avoidance and declining physical activity in school (especially older) students among encourages practitioners to develop appropriate physical education programs to engage children and adolescents to be physically active not only in school, but also leisure. Schools are cooperating in the implementation of various programs to promote child and adolescent physical activity and positively changing students' attitudes to it are called "active schools" (Mitchell et al., 2013). Physical education and physical education programs as an opportunity for children to realize many personal needs (Malinauskas and Klizas, 2009). The school is a favorable place for foster children's health, form of life skills among them - and a healthy lifestyle, and to develop activities according to the peculiarities of child development (Jociūtė et al., 2008). Aim of the investigation: to identify 6-7 grade students physical education programme’s "Non-traditional physical activity” effectiveness. Tasks of the final work: 1. To analyze the theoretical aspects of effectiveness of the physical education programmes for school-aged children; 2. To compare 6 th (experimental gr.) and 7th (control group) grade students’ physical fitness performance before and after physical education program "Non-traditional physical activity”. 3. To investigate the... [to full text]
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An evaluation of the "Healthy lifestyle" and "Coping with change" personnel capacity building programmes of the S.A. Police Service / by Anna J.E. Jansen van Vuuren

Jansen van Vuuren, Anna Johanna Elizabeth January 2006 (has links)
Background: Due to various factors, such as the restructuring of the South African Police Service (SAPS) in 1996, Police Social Work Services decided to broaden the scope of its services by developing and introducing proactive personnel capacity building programmes (PCBP's). Fifteen PCB programmes had been developed by 1999, which gave rise to the need for a comprehensive impact assessment of these programmes. This resulted in the Evaluation of Personnel Capacity Building Programmes (EPCBP) research project that was launched in 2001. The evaluation of the Healthy Lifestyle and Coping with Change programmes formed part of this comprehensive study. Objectives: The primary aim of the study was to determine the effect of the Healthy Lifestyle (HLS) and Coping with Change (CWC) programmes on the knowledge, attitude and behaviour of SAPS personnel. Method: The comparison group pre-test and post-test design and triangulation were used during this research. Six measuring scales and a presenter's evaluation questionnaire were developed and completed by 196 (HLS) and 184 (CWC) experimental group respondents, 38 (HLS) and 41 (CWC) comparison group members and 10 (HLS) and 7 (CWC) presenters. Results: With the help of various measuring instruments and the triangulation of measurements, it was determined that the Healthy Lifestyle and Coping with Change programmes had a practical significant effect on the knowledge, attitude and behaviour of the respondents. It was concluded that these programmes were effective tools in the hands of Police Social Work Service (PSWS) because they not only empowered SAPS personnel to lead more productive professional lives, but also enhanced their personal well-being. / Thesis (M.A. (MW))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2006.

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