Abstract
This research investigates how Facebook guides its users to characterize
themselves. By using Jane Austen, and specifically her characterization
techniques in Emma as a framework, Facebook is shown to use many ...
This paper will report on the findings of the research that was conducted in a private school in Johannesburg about mathematics teachers’ identities described in policy and how these are demonstrated in practice. The central ...
Background: Joint attention (JA) is selectively and pervasively impaired in
children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and has been found to link to later
outcomes in language, theory of mind, play and social development. ...
Accelerating technological and social innovation drives the need for graduates ready for self-directed lifelong learning. Self-directed learning (SDL) projects are now an integral part of many formal undergraduate programs ...
The study investigated the facilitation strategies that three Life Science teachers use to implement learner-centred teaching and learning within the context of the National Curriculum Statement (NCS). The following research ...
In typical higher education institutions the Facilities Management Unit develop, operate and manage the support facilities for teaching and research. Different Facilities Management structures have been experimented with ...
This research sought to present Facebook from an alternative perspective, one not
typically engaged with. Just as architecture, design and other modes have been
identified as contributors to meaning, so too does their ...
The South African government that was elected in 1994 made tremendous changes in the
Education system. The new government came up with the new curriculum for Basic Education
(grade R- 12). The new curriculum had new ...
BACKGROUND Until recent years, uptake of voluntary counselling and testing for HIV (VCT) and enrolment into the programme of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) was very poor among pregnant women. ...
Introduction
Rotator cuff tears can cause great impairment of the shoulder joint with debilitating pain and dysfunction. The surgical repair of rotator cuff tears result in an extensive rehabilitation being required. This ...
The concern of this study is the slow uptake of online learning at the Institute of Distance Education (IDE) in Swaziland.
The Institute of Distance Education in Swaziland was set up in 1996 (Sukati, 2010) to offer distance ...
Following earlier worldwide trends in school science curricula, Lesotho revised its Junior Secondary Science curriculum as the new millennium started, moving towards a learner-centred approach, focusing more on activities, ...
ABSTRACT: Worldwide, social responses to the HIV/AIDS epidemic have been largely
negative, with widespread revulsion to the illness manifesting in hatred,
discrimination, rejection, exclusion, marginalisation and fear ...
Introduction
Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) play a crucial role in the control and management of the
HIV/AIDS epidemic. It is essential to understand the factors that influence the utilisation of VCT to
improve ...
Introduction: Cervical cancer is caused by persistent infection with high-risk Human
Papilloma Virus (HPV) and is a leading cause of cancer deaths in South African women
aged 15-65years. We estimated prevalence of abnormal ...
Worldwide, an estimated 34 million people were living with HIV, but only 47% of the people in low- and middle-income countries eligible for antiretroviral therapy (ART) were receiving treatment at the end of 2010. The aim ...
Most leading causes of death and disability in developing countries can be prevented,
treated, or at least alleviated with cost effective essential drugs. However, hundreds of
millions of people do not have regular access ...
Introduction: Lead metal toxicity in children is a major public concern internationally.
In South Africa, January 2006 was the date set for the complete phase-out of leaded
petrol, a well known major source of environmental ...
Introduction: The spread and prevalence of the HIV epidemic has resulted in extensive social, cultural and economic consequences in sub-Saharan Africa. It is estimated that about 60% of adults living with HIV in sub-Saharan ...
Introduction
Hookah pipe smoking has experienced a prodigious growth in popularity during the past two decades resulting in the adoption of this centuries old practice by scores of new, and often young, smokers. This ...