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Die inligtingsbehoeftes van ingenieursdosente verbonde aan die Vaal Universiteit van Tegnologie / Karien du BruynDe Bruyn, Karien January 2004 (has links)
Information technology gradually started to play a major role in the service
rendering of academic libraries since 1994. Large amounts of money became
necessary to enable libraries to provide the latest formats of information sources, as
well as access to quality electronic databases. Prices of printed information sources
also increased dramatically over recent years, along with a high South African
inflation rate. Government subsidies for academic institutions also started to decline
annually (De Kock, 1997).
User needs, and information seeking patterns of library users also changed over
recent years because of major information technology developments. Many authors
performed studies on changing user needs in recent years, of which five were
chosen to form the basis of this study. It became of utmost importance for libraries
to monitor user needs regularly, to be able to identify changing needs and
expectations. This will enable academic libraries with tight budgets to render more
relevant and appropriate information services to specific user groups.
Research procedures and methodology:
A literature study was done in order to determine which information rendering
models currently exist, as well as to find prior research on the information needs of
engineers. This was followed by a qualitative study by means of semi-structured
interviews. Personal interviews is a flexible method. which enables the researcher to
ask follow-up questions, as well as to ask respondents to explain certain issues in
detail (Huysamen, 1993 :15 1).
The interview schedule contained thirty-three questions, based on eleven theoretical
hypotheses constructed throughout the study. The following engineering
departments were included in this study: Electronics, Applied Electronics &
Electronic communication, Process instrumentation and Control, Power,
Mechanical, Civil & Building, Metallurgy, Industrial & Production, and Computer
Systems engineering.
The aim of the study:
This study is aimed at determining the information needs of engineering lecturers in
particular, and also to determine if the Gold Fields library currently satisfies their
information needs. All engineering lecturers have access to electronic databases as
well as internet from their offices, and in many cases don't need to make use the
physical library building any more. This study aims at finding out what their current
information needs are, and which avenues they are currently being used to acquire
relevant subject related information. Lecturers will also be probed about the role of
the Gold Fields Library in their information needs.
Conclusion:
This study reveals that the information needs of engineering lecturers revolve
primarily around their personal research interests, as well as changing lecturing
methods. Printed and electronic information sources are currently complementing
each other, and in no way is one replacing the other. This study also showed that the
Gold Fields Library is currently not satisfying engineering lecturer's information
needs, with specific reference to the intranet; some printed and electronic resources;
training on electronic databases; packaging of information; personalized
information services, and the subject knowledge of information librarians.
Engineering lecturers were satisfied with the following: information interviews
conducted by information librarians; personal attributes of information librarians;
information technology competency of information librarians, and ethics. It became
evident that the Gold Fields Library should consider certain changes and expansions
to the information services currently rendered to engineering lecturers. / Thesis (M.Bibl.)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2005.
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Die inligtingsbehoeftes van ingenieursdosente verbonde aan die Vaal Universiteit van Tegnologie / Karien du BruynDe Bruyn, Karien January 2004 (has links)
Information technology gradually started to play a major role in the service
rendering of academic libraries since 1994. Large amounts of money became
necessary to enable libraries to provide the latest formats of information sources, as
well as access to quality electronic databases. Prices of printed information sources
also increased dramatically over recent years, along with a high South African
inflation rate. Government subsidies for academic institutions also started to decline
annually (De Kock, 1997).
User needs, and information seeking patterns of library users also changed over
recent years because of major information technology developments. Many authors
performed studies on changing user needs in recent years, of which five were
chosen to form the basis of this study. It became of utmost importance for libraries
to monitor user needs regularly, to be able to identify changing needs and
expectations. This will enable academic libraries with tight budgets to render more
relevant and appropriate information services to specific user groups.
Research procedures and methodology:
A literature study was done in order to determine which information rendering
models currently exist, as well as to find prior research on the information needs of
engineers. This was followed by a qualitative study by means of semi-structured
interviews. Personal interviews is a flexible method. which enables the researcher to
ask follow-up questions, as well as to ask respondents to explain certain issues in
detail (Huysamen, 1993 :15 1).
The interview schedule contained thirty-three questions, based on eleven theoretical
hypotheses constructed throughout the study. The following engineering
departments were included in this study: Electronics, Applied Electronics &
Electronic communication, Process instrumentation and Control, Power,
Mechanical, Civil & Building, Metallurgy, Industrial & Production, and Computer
Systems engineering.
The aim of the study:
This study is aimed at determining the information needs of engineering lecturers in
particular, and also to determine if the Gold Fields library currently satisfies their
information needs. All engineering lecturers have access to electronic databases as
well as internet from their offices, and in many cases don't need to make use the
physical library building any more. This study aims at finding out what their current
information needs are, and which avenues they are currently being used to acquire
relevant subject related information. Lecturers will also be probed about the role of
the Gold Fields Library in their information needs.
Conclusion:
This study reveals that the information needs of engineering lecturers revolve
primarily around their personal research interests, as well as changing lecturing
methods. Printed and electronic information sources are currently complementing
each other, and in no way is one replacing the other. This study also showed that the
Gold Fields Library is currently not satisfying engineering lecturer's information
needs, with specific reference to the intranet; some printed and electronic resources;
training on electronic databases; packaging of information; personalized
information services, and the subject knowledge of information librarians.
Engineering lecturers were satisfied with the following: information interviews
conducted by information librarians; personal attributes of information librarians;
information technology competency of information librarians, and ethics. It became
evident that the Gold Fields Library should consider certain changes and expansions
to the information services currently rendered to engineering lecturers. / Thesis (M.Bibl.)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2005.
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Identity, place and displacement in the visual art of female artists at the Vaal University of Technology (VUT), 1994-2004Ramgolam, Judy 24 May 2011 (has links)
The first ten years of democracy (1994-2004) in South Africa was an important period marked by a plethora of research activities in South Africa. The 2004 exhibition of artworks by academic staff from the Vaal University of Technology (VUT) was an example of one such event. A critical reading of these artworks exhibited diverse representations of their world views and also informed the initial research for this study. All the artworks on exhibition illustrated a commonality of purpose in the artists’ interrogation and representation of their fragmented identities in a transforming political landscape. Therefore, this thesis considers a political reading of the ideas of identity, place and displacement in the artworks of thirteen female artists at VUT from 1994 to 2004. The rationale of this thesis was to examine in what way the artists’ construction and representations of identity, place and displacement were influenced by the environmental factors of the historical, political and academic culture in the microcosm of the Vaal region. However, the inclusion of Tracey Rose in this study extended the discourses of identity, place and displacement to consider the disjunctures and continuities of cultural practices in ethnicities in South Africa. This thesis furthermore proposed to address the gendered omissions of female artists from contemporary literature and therefore focuses on the creative productions of female artists from VUT. The significance of this study lies in the contribution of knowledge on the existing body of literature of art and artists in South Africa and in initiating the exercise of documenting the visual history of the Vaal region. The theoretical underpinnings are informed by the discourses of cultural studies, postcolonial studies and feminism/s. The thesis delimits the political and historical events of South Africa from pre-history to contemporary South Africa. A postcolonial reading of history is carried out in order to draw attention to inconsistencies and fallacies inherent in the colonial recording of historical events relevant to this study. The influential historical and political events in the discourse of place and displacement have been included in view of their depiction or references made by the artists discussed in this study and to contextualise the geopolitical space of the Vaal Triangle. The political events before and after the decline of apartheid were included to frame the strategy of decolonisation of the new political dispensation. A context for the shifting identities of the artists in a neoliberal democracy, namely the political and historical events germane to the Vaal Triangle and to the artists dealt with in this study, is provided to position the ideological divide between Afrikaner nationalism and a neoliberal democracy. The thesis provides a brief overview of South African art in order to delineate a national perspective and framework for the discussion of the artworks later in the study that are located predominantly in the Vaal Triangle. An average of three artworks per artist were selected for discussion. The selected artworks reflect heterogeneous interpretations of the discursive themes of landscape, the positions of women, shifting timelines and contemporary politics in South African social and cultural practice. There was an observable divide in the artworks that displayed explicit and implicit signifiers referring to the constructs of identity, place and displacement. Identities formed in the spaces of colonisation and in the dislocated, displaced, raced and gendered identities, inform the world views of the artists selected for this study. / Thesis (DPhil)--University of Pretoria, 2011. / Visual Arts / unrestricted
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The assessment of work-integrated learning (WIL) at a university of technologyKundasami, Vinayagum 12 September 2008 (has links)
This case study is based on the Assessment of Work-integrated Learning at the Vaal University of Technology, Vanderbijl Park, South Africa. It explores the possible conditions that affect the final assessment of work-integrated learning. Work-integrated learning in the South African context of Higher Education is considered to be an integral part of a programme. It not only allows students to incorporate theory into practice but it also prepares students for the world of work. It is for this reason that work-integrated learning becomes the focus of all Universities of Technology in South Africa. The Universities of Technology’s success or failure to integrate quality work-integrated learning effectively will either promote or retard the South African economy. / Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2008. / Curriculum Studies / unrestricted
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A curriculum framework for an introductory programme in the national diploma: Engineering at the Vaal University of TechnologySutherland, G. 12 1900 (has links)
Thesis (PhD (Curriculum Studies))-- University of Stellenbosch, 2009 / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to develop a curriculum framework for engineering
introduction programmes offered at a higher education institution, using a case study
design.
The South African government is attempting to redress the social inequalities which
prevailed in the education sector during the apartheid era. One of their efforts has
involved the widening of access to diverse groups in society in order to increase
participation within the higher education sector. However, many students attempting
their higher education studies are academically under prepared. This is mainly due
to insufficient life skills, communication skills, numeric skills and literacy skills. The
lack of these skills has inspired various international and national higher education
institutions to develop academic programmes aimed at bridging the gap that exists
between secondary schooling and higher education. Introduction programmes for
prospective engineering students have to ensure high-quality curriculum
development procedures in order to secure these students’ academic success
throughout their engineering studies. This, in turn, leads to quality graduates and
addresses the huge shortage experienced by the industry.
An overview of the contextual and conceptual views on curriculum development is
given against the backdrop of the current higher education legislation in South Africa.
The overview regarding curriculum development links the introduction programme
curriculum to generic learning outcomes specifically set at the National Qualification
Framework Level 4. It suggests the application of continuous assessments, in line
with outcomes-based education criteria, together with quality assurance in order to fit
the Higher Education Quality Committee and the Engineering Council of South
Africa’s accreditation criteria applicable to higher education institutions.
During the design and methodological stages, it was established, by means of a
theoretical investigation, that the first phase of this study determines whether
students that successfully completed the introduction programme perform
academically better than students entering the diploma programmes directly. The
theoretical investigation also established that the second phase of this study
determines if the diploma students dropped out of the programme for reasons other
than academic performance.
A triangulation approach was used to increase the validity of the empirical part of the
study and to enhance the rigorous use of both quantitative and qualitative data. The
study results shed light on the need for introduction programmes. In addition, it
proposed a curriculum framework for improved engineering introduction programmes
at the Vaal University of Technology. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van hierdie studie was om kurrikulumraamwerk vir
oorbruggingsprogram vir ingenieurswese-studente in hoër onderwys te ontwikkel.
Die kurrikulumraamwerk is ontwikkel deur middel van gevallestudie wat die
implementering van oorbruggingskursusse in die ingenieurswese indringend
ondersoek het.
Die huidige Suid-Afrikaanse regering poog om die sosio-politieke wanbalanse as
nalatenskap van apartheid, uit te wis. Dit word gedoen deur middel van inisiatiewe
waarin onder meer hoër onderwys prominente vennoot is wat aan diverse
samelewing gelyke geleenthede bied. Die huidige, meer toeganklike bedeling in hoër
onderwys in Suid-Afrika het groot toename van studente uit histories agtergeblewe
gemeenskappe tot gevolg gehad. Die meeste studente wat in hierdie konteks die
hoëronderwyssektor betree, blyk in groot mate onvoorbereid te wees vir hoër
onderwys vanweë hul gebrek aan lewens-, kommunikasie-, numeriese en
taalvaardighede. Hierdie tendens kom ook op internasionale vlak voor. Dit het
inisiatiewe ten opsigte van akademiese ontwikkeling op nasionale sowel as
internasionale vlak genoodsaak. Die doel van akademiese ontwikkeling is primêr om
die gaping tussen die skool en hoër onderwys te oorbrug.
Oorbruggingskursusse moet van hoë gehalte wees om sodoende te kan verseker
dat voornemende studente vir hoër onderwys, en vir die doel van hierdie studie meer
spesifiek ingenieurstudente, van groter akademiese sukses verseker kan wees. Die
suksesvolle implementering van oorbruggingskursusse vir ingenieurswese-studente
behoort in groot mate tot beter gehalte gegradueerde te lei en bydrae te lewer
tot die vraag na ingenieurswese-studente vir die nywerheidswêreld.
Kontekstuele en konsepsuele beskouings ten opsigte van kurrikulumontwikkeling in
die hoër onderwys in Suid-Afrika word deur generiese leeruitkomste bepaal. Hierdie
uitkomste is op vlak 4 van die land se Nasionale Kwalifikasieraamwerk vasgepen. Dit
het ook tot gevolg dat alle programme volgens amptelike Departement van
Onderwys-dokumente aan deurlopende assessering onderwerp moet word, dat die
gehalte van die kursus onderworpe is aan die gehalteversekeringskriteria van die
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Hoëronderwys se Gehaltekomitee (‘HEQC’) en dat dit moet voldoen aan die
vereistes van die Ingenieursraad van Suid-Afrika.
Teoretiese raamwerk is tydens die ontwerp- en metodiekstadium van die studie
daargestel. Die doel van hierdie eerste fase van die studie was om te bepaal of
diplomastudente wat die oorbruggingskursusse suksesvol voltooi het, akademies
beter gepresteer het as daardie studente wat nie die oorbruggingskursus gevolg het
nie. Die tweede studiefase het bepaal of die diplomastudente hul studies vir redes
gestaak het wat moontlik nie met akademiese sukses verband hou nie.
Die navorsing het van triangulasie gebruik gemaak, ten einde die doeltreffende
gebruik van sowel kwantitatiewe as kwalitatiewe data te verhoog. Die resultate van
die studie werp lig op en onderstreep die behoefte aan oorbruggingskursusse. Die
navorsing beveel kurrikulumraamwerk aan vir die ontwerp van verbeterde
oorbruggingskursusse in die ingenieurswese aan die Vaal Universiteit van
Tegnologie.
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