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Multikulturele beradingsmodel vir tersiêre opleiding in die professionele diensberoepeVan der Hoven, Marianne 31 October 2006 (has links)
Text in Afrikaans / This study was aimed at the development of a multicultural counselling model for tertiary education with the emphasis on experiential learning and integration on all levels. Although the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) is prescriptive about the outcomes concerning multicultural involvement it does not clearly prescribe experiential learning - causing educational institutions to underplay experiential learning.
Ignorance exists about multiculturalism in training programmes. Educational institutions often implement programmes randomly without proper consideration of the multicultural needs of the student population. People from different cultures often experience the caregiver as having little understanding and respect for diverse cultures, often leading to the early termination and inaccessibility of professional services.
To provide guidelines to educational institutions about multicultural counselling training, the researcher provided a paradigmatic perspective as foundation to the drafting of a counselling model for training. The Grounded Theory was used to obtain scientifically based information about the multicultural counselling training phenomenon in South Africa as well as the development of a multicultural counselling model for tertiary education.
People in professional services were interviewed and compared to literature, whereafter all applicable concepts, principles, processes and elements grounded in the paradigmatic perspective were examined, identified and coded as components of the multicultural counselling model, with the aid of a core category, categories and subcategories. Henceforth a multicultural counselling model for training was developed.
The central thesis of the research is that the multicultural counsellor has certain skills that stem from the training received at South African educational institutions, which does not necessarily encompass the concept of multiculturalism. It therefore does not equip the student to successfully help patients from a diverse culture. This problem can be intercepted through a training model with appropriate components of multiculturalism in the curriculum of educational institutions in South Africa.
Conclusions and recommendations were made according to the Grounded Theory. The findings of the scientific procedure were evaluated according to reliability as well as the criteria of Chinn en Kramer (1991). Answers were obtained through scientific reasoning and empirical research to produce a model for the implementation of multicultural training within the context of South African educational institutions. / Social Work / D. Diac. (Play Therapy)
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Burnout, work engagement and sense of coherence in female academics at two tertiary education institutions in South AfricaBezuidenhout, Adéle 11 1900 (has links)
Female academics in higher education institutions face numerous challenges
in the continuously ch~nging landscape of South African Higher Education.
Numerous mergers between different institutions, increasing job demands,
ever increasing class sizes and the unique demands of role conflict, inherent
to the female role, contribute to the manifestation of stress and burnout (80)
in this population group.
The research is conducted from a salutogenic paradigm, seeking to find ways
of avoiding the negative consequences of 80 and contributing towards the
positive experience of Work Engagement (WE) for the female academic. The
research also explores the effect of the individual academics' Sense of
Cohrence (SOC) on the experience of BO and WE.
The research is quantitative in nature. A psychometric instrument was sent to
all the permanently employed female academics employed by Unisa and TUT,
measuring their levels of 80, WE and SOC. The completed questionnaires
were statisticaily analysed.
The findings included average levels of 80, with definite signs that the
experience of 80 is on the increase. The Cy sub-dimension of BO showed
increased levels. The WE scores of the female academics were just above
average. The SOC scores of the female academics were low.
The main recommendations were that University management need to take
cognisance of the symptoms of BO that are present in this population.
Strategies need to be put in place to address these issues and the experience
of WE need to be treasured and grown through definite actions from
Management. Female academics also need to take personal responsibility for
their own wellness and act on the initial signs of 80, rather than dismissing it
as mere tiredness or lack of energy. There are also a number of
recommendations on actions to be taken to experience WE in the academic
work that the population undertake on a daily basis / Industrial and Organizational Psychology / D.Litt. et Phil. (Industrial & Organizational psychology)
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Resilience in intimate relationshipsVenter, Nerine 02 1900 (has links)
This is a qualitative study that researches the definition and meaning of resilience in intimate
relationships. A constructivist perspective guides the theoretical framework of this study and a
systemic approach to intimate relationships provides a theoretical foundation. Apart from an
extensive literature survey, three different sources of information were included in this study on
relational resilience. Three family therapists were interviewed to gain some understanding of
their experiences with couples in distress. Three participant couples examined visual stimuli
(excerpts of couple interactions from five films) and discussed their responses and personal
experiences in semi-structured interviews. The participants’ themes were analysed through
thematic network analysis in order to explore their definitions of resilience in light of their own
experiences. It was found that resilience in intimate relationships can be defined as the ability of
the couple to endure adversity. It involves the relational capacity to adapt, grow, and recover
from adversities and it includes relational processes that allow the couple as a system to
rebound from shared difficulties and become more resourceful. / Psychology / M.A. (Clinical Psychology))
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On the sacramentality of marriage : the divergence of canon law and theology and the inability to maintain the presumption of facere quod facit ecclesiaPothier, Glen Joseph 11 1900 (has links)
The CIC/83, the living law (ius vigens) of the Latin Catholic Church,
contains 110 canons on marriage in cc. 1055 – 1165. [The 1990 Code of Canons of
the Eastern Churches contains a similar section, cc. 776 – 866]. The sacred
canons, in general, are a compilation of theological statements that are
presented in juridical terms. The canons on marriage, like those of the other
sacraments, commence with a theological statement defining the essence of
the sacrament. The first canon, c. 1055, states that (§1) the marriage covenant,
for the baptized, has been raised to the dignity of a sacrament by Christ the
Lord and that (§2) a valid marriage contract cannot exist between baptized
persons without being a sacrament.
A requirement of c. 1099 is that one must not be in error (error iuris)
concerning the unity, indissolubility, or the sacramental dignity of marriage.
Additionally, c. 1101, §2 states that when by a positive act of the will one
excludes marriage itself or an essential element or an essential property, that
marriage is invalid. The expectation of cc. 1099 and 1101, therefore, is that
sacramentality be included at the time of exchange of consent.
From the time of the scholastics, contract and sacrament have been
identified as one for the baptized, hearkening to a time when civil legislation
attempted to subvert the authority and oversight of the Church regarding
(sacramental) marriage.
At the Second Vatican Council, the constitution Gaudium et spes reinterpreted
marriage as a covenantal relationship between man and woman.
A covenant and a contract are not identical terms. More importantly,
marriage was again seen as a covenant, and as a covenant, for the baptized, it
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is sacramental. Sacrosanctum Concilium, which set forth principles for the
reform of the sacramental and liturgical life of the Latin Church, stated that
sacraments presuppose faith. The International Theological Commission
identified that there are members of the baptized faithful, Catholic or non-
Catholic, who are unbelievers, who may have been baptized as children but
have had no further faith elucidation, or, as members of non-Catholic
ecclesial communities, do not believe in the seven sacraments of the Catholic
Church, or, in particular, that marriage is a sacrament. Such persons would
not, then, understand that sacramentality must be exchanged on the day of
marriage. Rotal jurisprudence has reflected this change.
In addition to the presumption that sacraments require faith, another
presumption exists when the Church expects that the baptized marry
according to the mind of the Church (the mens Ecclesiae), that is, facere quod facit
Ecclesia, ([by] doing what the Church does). But in a society that is weakened by
divorce, secularism, and a lack of understanding of what the Catholic Church
understands by the sacrament of marriage, this presumption needs to be reexamined.
Through research on the historical development of theological and
canonical principles, and by means of independent studies of large groups of
baptized Catholics and non-Catholics, it becomes increasingly clear that the
theologico-juridico principles of c. 1055 and the sacramentality of marriage
must be revisited. / Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology / D. Th. (Systematic Theology & Theological Ethics)
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A belief-desire-intention architechture with a logic-based planner for agents in stochastic domainsRens, Gavin B. 02 1900 (has links)
This dissertation investigates high-level decision making for agents that are both goal and utility
driven. We develop a partially observable Markov decision process (POMDP) planner which
is an extension of an agent programming language called DTGolog, itself an extension of the
Golog language. Golog is based on a logic for reasoning about action—the situation calculus.
A POMDP planner on its own cannot cope well with dynamically changing environments
and complicated goals. This is exactly a strength of the belief-desire-intention (BDI) model:
BDI theory has been developed to design agents that can select goals intelligently, dynamically
abandon and adopt new goals, and yet commit to intentions for achieving goals. The contribution
of this research is twofold: (1) developing a relational POMDP planner for cognitive
robotics, (2) specifying a preliminary BDI architecture that can deal with stochasticity in action
and perception, by employing the planner. / Computing / M. Sc. (Computer Science)
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An Analytic-critical reflection on an integrated arts education curriculum in a multicultural South AfricaNevhutanda, Ntshengedzeni Alfred 12 1900 (has links)
The structure of an education system and its curricula reflects the influence of a specific
paradigm. Since the onset of colonial rule and apartheid in South Africa about
everything in the South African society, including the education system and curricular
issues in particular, have been shaped in accordance with the macro paradigm: the
modern Western paradigm.
The emergence of a new paradigm: the postmodern paradigm, created the possibility
of a new order of thinking which influenced all societal domains and aspects and
propelled the society into the new millennium. Since 1994 a new approach forms the
corner stone of all the new South African policy documents on education. It is for this
reason that the issue of an arts education curriculum is investigated from a
paradigmatic point of view with reference to the modern, the postmodern and the
African paradigms.
Various components, roles and dynamics of educational curricula cast in the modern
paradigm framework are compared with characteristics of their counterparts in the
postmodern paradigm framework, and how they can influence the design of curricula,
especially arts education. The contribution of an African paradigmatic perspective is
accounted for.
A new approach to curriculum development based on the ideals of a learner-centred
education approach, an outcomes-based education approach and the integration of
subjects into specific learning areas has officially been adopted as the approach for
transforming education and curricular issues, resulting in the present Curriculum 2005.
Within the context of the Arts and Culture learning area of this Curriculum, the study
concentrates on and emphasises the integration of the four art forms of dance, drama,
music and visual art in order to overcome the legacy of fragmentation of a curriculum.
The study culminates in a proposed integrated arts education outline for curriculum
development that defines the rationale and vision for South African arts education. The
researcher contends that there is sufficient scope for arts education to contribute its
unique aesthetic values to the new national curriculum in South Africa and that
integration of these art forms does not in any way diminish the unique character of
each. / Didactics / D. Ed. (Didactics)
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The sacred and the secular with special reference to Francis Schaeffer's thinkingPotgieter, Raymond Michiel 11 1900 (has links)
Francis Schaeffer presented a Christian world and life-view encompassing the totality of
reality as an alternative to a fragmented view of reality. Refinements of dualism are
examined from within a theological context giving substance to his understanding of
modern world and life-view trends. Dualisms may be traced from the dawn of history of
religion. It was Thomas Aquinas who profoundly influenced Western thought into a
secular compartment through a synthesis of Christian dogma with Aristotelian
presuppositions. The reign of the sacred diminished and a predominantly secular
pathway may be traced through disciplines such as philosophy, arts, science and
theology. This dissertation suggests that a dualistic analysis of reality is limited in its
application. A model is suggested which traces all of reality to its ultimate source, God.
The Fall brought about a dialectic which is found within the totality of a Christian world
and life-view. / Philosophy, Practical and Sytematic Theology / M. Th. (Systematic Theology.
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The missiological dimensions of African ecclesiologyAndriatsimialomananarivo, Solomon 11 1900 (has links)
The growth of the Church in Africa, namely at numerical level, is tremendous. However, we notice that her impact on society and public life is not so visible as the growth is, since Christian values are embodied by Christians. Yet, the Church has huge human resources, pastors, missionaries, lay leaders and theologians. The challenge for the Church in Africa is to incarnate and inculturate these values and the living message of the Gospel. In this thesis we question the co-operation between the Church and mission agencies, between native pastors and western missionaries. We notice that since 150 years, there has been a huge gap between these two entities. This is due to the fact that Theology and Missiology look like two lines that never meet. This situation leads us to revisit not only the current paradigm Church-Mission but also the current link between Theology and Missiology. / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / D.Th. (Missiology)
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Ouderdom en geslag as veranderlikes in die salutogenese paradigma / Age and gender as variables in the salutogenesis paradigmWilmans, Luna Jean 11 1900 (has links)
Text in Afrikaans / Hierdie navorsing handel oor ouderdom en geslag as veranderlikes in die salutogenese paradigma. Die salutogenese paradigma het sy ontstaan en ontwikkeling aan verskeie navorsingsperspektiewe te danke. Daar is reeds op internasionale gebied breedvoerig navorsing oor hierdie paradigma gedoen. In die Suid-Afrika is die navorsing van Strumpfer en Wissing goed bekend. In hierdie navorsing is daar deur middel van faktorontleding gepoog om die onderliggende dimensies van die konstrukte gevoel van koherensie en geharde persoonlikheid bloot te le. Daar is onderskeidelik twee duidelike faktore vir beide konstrukte bepaal. Die faktore op die Lewensorientasievraelys (OLQ) het noue ooreenstemming getoon met die komponente betekenisvolheid en
hanteerbaarheid (OLQ1 ), en verstaanbaarheid (OLQ2) soos deur Antonovsky (1987) bespreek. Die faktore op die "Personal Views Survey" (PVS) het ooreenstemming getoon met die komponente verbintenis en beheer (PVS1) en uitdaging (PVS2), soos deur Kobasa (1979) daargestel. Hierdie navorsingsresultate toon verder dat ouderdom wel die mate van gevoel van koherensie wat 'n individu mag ervaar, kan be"invloed. Alhoewel geslag in 'n mindere mate 'n invloed op die mate van gevoel van koherensie getoon het, behoort geslag (in perspektief van die totale steekproef beskou) nie 'n bepalende invloed uit te oefen nie. In terme van die mate van geharde
persoonlikheid wat 'n individu mag ervaar, het ouderdom en geslag geen invloed getoon nie. Daar is ook geen interaksie-effek tussen ouderdom en geslag en die onderskeie konstrukte vasgestel nie. / This research project deals with age and gender as variables in the salutogenesis paradigm. The salutogenesis paradigm owes its origin and development to various research projects. Research in the international field
has already been done on this paradigm on a wide sphere. The research of Strumpfer and Wissing is well known in South Africa. In this area of research an attempt is made through the analysis of factors to expose the underlying dimensions of the construct sense of coherence and the construct hardy personality. Two certain factors for both constructs have been indicated. The factors influencing the Orientation to Life Questionnaire indicated a close resemblance with the components of meaningfulness and manageability (OLQ1), and comprehensibility (OLQ2), discussed by Antonovsky (1987). The factors of the Personal Views Survey (PVS) demonstrated a similarity with the components commitment and control (PVS 1) and challenge (PVS2), as stated
by Kobasa (1979). The results of this research demonstrates that age may well influence the measure of the sense of coherence which an individual may experience. Although gender indicated a minor measure of influence on the degree of sense of coherence, gender should not (in perspective of this research findings) have
a deciding influence. Age and gender indicated no deciding influence in the measure of hardy personality experienced by an individual. Age and gender did not manifest any interaction in the various constructs. / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / M. Com. (Bedryfsielkunde)
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The journey of a trainee therapist : from an intrapsychic to an ecosystemic descriptionAarons, Zahava 11 1900 (has links)
This is a postmodernist dissertation contextualised within the new
epistemology.
The dissertation's descriptive methodology mirrors a personal journey
from intrapsychic to ecosystemic psychology which operates within the
domain of language and narrative discourse. As such it is founded on the
principles of ecosystemic rather than Newtonian thinking.
A conversation between various participants constructs the dissertatioi1
through polyphony and academic dialogue. This is then deconstructed through
the use of metalogue thereby allowing the dissertation to operate
simultaneously on a number of different levels.
As it is a postmodernist text, the structure is in a sense an 'anti-structure'
in that it is indirect while it is still acknowledged as a construction. In this
way it is constructed and deconstructed in terms of its own premises.
Expectations in terms of conventional dissertation formulae are challenged
without negating academic requirements. / Psychology / M.A. (Clinical Psychology)
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