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Item The use of tobacco in Johannesburg high school youth(1996-03-28) Goldstein, Susan, JaneTobacco is a major cause of morbidity and mortality world-wide. Smoking rates in South Africa have been increasing over the past decade. The promotion of health by targeting anti smoking campaigns at school going children is a common strategy throughout the world. The aim of this study was to examines the extent and nature of cigarette smoking in high schools in Greater Johannesburg in 1994, in order to inform health promotion programmes dealing with tobacco controItem Comparing facility management strategies in public secondary schools in Gauteng: a comparative case study of former Model C schools and previously disadvantaged schools in South Africa(2015-05-26) Nkuta, Lungile D.South Africa is a country that has been plagued by many social ills of the past due to its history that segregated the nation in terms of race. The impacts of this have been seen in many sectors within the country and one of such areas is education. School systems in many countries especially those in extreme poverty areas experience a substantial amount of building decay as compared to schools with excellent building conditions normally found in suburban areas. There is value in maintaining these structures. “The racially discriminatory system of education spending under the apartheid system, has bequeathed to this country and the Gauteng province in particular a public school system in which some schools are much better resourced than most other schools in the system.” (Judge Mbha, 2011, per comm.) The review of literature showed that there are variances within the public school system in South Africa especially those relating to the building conditions and the impact that they could ultimately have on the learner’s outcomes. Hence in order to offer solutions to one of South Africa’s most important commodity “education”, this research aims to examine the current policies and compare facilities management maintenance methods utilized in former “Model C” and former Department of Education (disadvantaged) public schools, and to identify and recommend the methods utilized in schools with a higher standard of maintenance and physical facilities management (FM) policies. Using the case study method of qualitative research, data were collected through semi-structured questionnaires complemented with interviews. The principals and custodians of school facilities conveyed various levels of understanding of school facilities management policies and implemented them similarly in certain aspects and differently in areas of management. These are visible in the physical fabric condition of the school. Former Model C schools facilities are still managed more efficiently. The recommendations are that the DBE finalizes the maintenance document that will guide schools on how to manage their facilities efficiently. Benchmarking and bestpractice of FM methods should be used in schools, and lastly equipping the general workers of schools with various building trades allows school facilities to be managed more effectively. Keywords: Facilities Management, Facilities Management Strategies, Former Model C, Previously Disadvantaged, South African Ordinary Public Schools.Item The methods of assessment used by speech-language therapists for learners with multiple disabilities in schools in Gauteng.(2013-02-19) Parsot, SimaSchool-based speech-language therapists play a significant role in terms of education and rehabilitation in the lives of learners with multiple disabilities. Assessment forms a critical part of a speech-language therapist’s post description and is the cornerstone of any type of intervention. The assessment of learners with multiple disabilities poses as a great challenge to speech-language therapists. These challenges include a lack of guidelines, resources, appropriate standardized tests and the heterogeneity of the group of learners labelled as multiply disabled. This research project aimed at describing the methods of assessment that school-based speech-language therapists use when assessing learners with multiple disabilities. Additionally, these methods were compared to international best practice. The first phase of the study consisted of compiling a set of guidelines with the purpose of providing a framework for a proposed set of guidelines for the assessment of learners. These guidelines were based on the principles as recommended by the literature regarding best practice. Because a qualitative approach was adopted for this research project, the second phases consisted of data collection, utilising eight focus groups as well as document reviews. On average, each focus group consisted of two to four participants. The data was then analysed thematically and compared to a checklist. The results indicated that speech-language therapists encountered many obstacles when assessing learners with multiple disabilities. It was evident that the participating speech-language therapists assessed within a multidisciplinary team and that they used formal as well as informal methods of assessment with learners with multiple disabilities. Discrepancies were found between the collected data and the guidelines. The guidelines were then used to propose a way forward for speechlanguage therapists when assessing learners with multiple disabilities in schools in Gauteng.