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Cultural background and Bender Visual Motor Gestalt test performance : comparison of the performance of Xhosa and white South African adolescents using the Pascal-Suttell scoring system

- Horn, Stuart George

  • Authors: Horn, Stuart George
  • Date: 2013-09-09
  • Subjects: Bender-Gestalt Test Teenagers -- Psychological testing -- South Africa Xhosa (African people) -- Psychology Black people -- Psychological testing -- South Africa
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
  • Identifier: vital:3194 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008564
  • Description: The quality of the Bender-Gestalt performance of 22, normal, white South African male adolescents and 22, normal, Xhosa male adolescents, aged between 17 and 22 years, was investigated. The Pascal-Suttell scoring system was used. The mean score of the white adolescents was significantly below that of the Xhosa adolescents. It was found that while the mean score of the Xhosa adolescents was within one standard deviation of Pascal and Suttell's normative 'high school' mean, the mean score of the white adolescents was below that of the normative mean and not within one standard deviation of the mean. The results lend support to the findings that Bender performance is related to cultural background. It is suggested that the Pascal-Suttell tables may be in need of revision. The advisability of standardising tables, which are culture specific, for clinical use· in the Southern African context, is indicated. , KMBT_363 , Adobe Acrobat 9.54 Paper Capture Plug-in
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Apolemichthys kingi, a new species of angelfish (Pomacanthidae) from South Africa : with comments on the classification of angelfishes and a checklist of the Pomacanthids of the western Indian Ocean

- Heemstra, Phillip C, J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology

  • Authors: Heemstra, Phillip C , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
  • Date: 1984-05
  • Subjects: Angelfish -- South Africa -- Classification
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , book
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70083 , vital:29612 , Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)) Periodicals Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB))
  • Description: Online version of original print edition of the Special Publication of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 35 , A new species of angelfish is described from three specimens collected in 30 m off Durban, South Africa. The distinction of the genus Apolemichthys is discussed, and an annotated checklist of the pomacanthids of the Western Indian Ocean is presented. The first positive record of Centropyge bispinosus (Gunther, 1860) from southern Africa is reported, based on a specimen collected at Sodwana Bay (27°30’S).
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  • Date Issued: 1984-05

Halicampus zavorensis and H. marquesensis, new species of pipefishes (Syngnathidae) from Mozambique and the Marquesas Islands

- Dawson, C E (Charles E.), 1922-, J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology

  • Authors: Dawson, C E (Charles E.), 1922- , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
  • Date: 1984-02
  • Subjects: Pipefishes -- Mozambique -- Classification , Pipefishes -- French Polynesia -- Marquesas Islands -- Classification
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , book
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70061 , vital:29611 , Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)) Periodicals Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB))
  • Description: Online version of original print edition of the Special Publication of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 34 , Two new species of syngnathine (tail-pouch) pipefishes sharing a continuous median dorsal snout ridge, a short snout (its length more than 2 in HL), presence of lateral spines or ridges on the snout, dermal flaps on the eye, 14 trunk rings and ca. 21-23 dorsal-fin rays are described and illustrated. Halicampus zavorensis is distinguished by a linear and distally spinulose dorsal snout ridge, two lateral spines on the snout and 36-37 tail rings. In H. marquesensis, the arcuate and partly denticulate dorsal snout ridge is paralleled distally by a bilateral pair of ridges which originate on the interorbital, there is a vestigial lateral ridge on the snout, and there are 39-40 tail rings. These pipefishes are compared to other species presently referred to the genus Halicampus Kaup.
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  • Date Issued: 1984-02

'Me Maria, re adora

- Performer not specified, Ramashapole, Michael Naper, Juliet, S. C. O., Sister, Dargie, Dave

'n Sintaktiese ondersoek na die gebruik van onderskikkende voegwoorde en sinsverbindende woorde in Afrikaans

- Bosch, Agnes Barbara

'Rhodesians' in South Africa : a study of immigrants from Zimbabwe

- Simon, Alan

  • Authors: Simon, Alan
  • Date: 1984
  • Subjects: Zimbabweans South Africa -- Foreign population Zimbabwe -- Emigration and immigration South Africa -- Emigration and immigration
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
  • Identifier: vital:3345 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1005630
  • Description: Although most whites have remained in Zimbabwe after independence and not all who have emigrated came to South Africa, large numbers established themselves as an immigrant community in this country. The aim of this study is to "sociologically capture" this community's views about their past experiences in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe and their present experiences in South Africa. This is done by employing a generative methodological procedure whereby members of the target population themselves generated issues considered to be of importance to their previous and new situational contexts. As it was not possible to obtain a random sample of all Zimbabwean immigrants in South Africa, questionnaire data were collected from four separate categories of respondents. In addition, depth interviews were conducted and thus responses have been analysed both qualitatively and quantitatively. The findings demonstrate that for the most part, few "Zimbabweans" - whites who are reasonably accepting of the new socio-political order in independent Zimbabwe - have come to South Africa. Rather, most of the immigrants, whose views were canvassed in this research investigation, seem to be bitter "Rhodesians" who have been unable to accept change and integration and the consequent loss of white privilege in the new Zimbabwe. These recent immigrants have not found all things to their satisfaction in South Africa moreover, despite the similar socio-political structures in former Rhodesia and contemporary South Africa.
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  • Date Issued: 1984

A critical edition of the Memoirs of Amelia de Henningsen (Notre Mère)

- Young, Margaret

  • Authors: Young, Margaret
  • Date: 1984
  • Subjects: Henningsen family , Henningsen family -- History , Autobiography
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
  • Identifier: vital:2575 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003067 , Henningsen family , Henningsen family -- History , Autobiography
  • Description: The chief purpose in editing the Memoirs of Amelia de Henningsen (Notre Mère) is to place on record the role played by this remarkable woman in laying the foundations of Catholic Education in southern Africa and in the building up of the Catholic Church in the Eastern Vicariate of the Cape of Good Hope and beyond. Emphasis has been placed on her achievements in these fields of labour.
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A critical investigation of the semantic and morphological aspects of terminological incompetence (with special reference to the English-speaking student of Physical Science and History in the Cape Education Department high school)

- Venter, Malcolm Gordon

  • Authors: Venter, Malcolm Gordon
  • Date: 1984
  • Subjects: English language -- Semantics English language -- Morphology
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
  • Identifier: vital:2369 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003810
  • Description: From Background to the thesis: It has been said that 'educational failure is language failure'. It can be argued here that there are many other factors which could cause educational failure and that language failure does not necessarily result in lack of academic success. However, it is no doubt true that the schoolchild who does not attain a certain type of language competence will be handicapped as regards academic performance. The underlying reason for this is the fact that our educational system is heavily reliant on language - and espacially the written language - as a medium of learning as opposed to the 'direct learning' experiences advocated by certain educationists today such as Ivan Illich in America and John Holt in Britain. Language is the basis both of learning and of communicating what has been learnt. From the moment the child steps into his first period class in the morning till he leaves the last five hours later the child is involved in what is primarily a verbal experience.
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A geohydrological evaluation of the coastal area between Bushmans River Mouth and Cape Mouth and Cape Padrone, Eastern Cape, South Africa

- Jolly, J L

A period of transition: a history of Grahamstown, 1902-1918

- Southey, Nicholas

  • Authors: Southey, Nicholas
  • Date: 1984
  • Subjects: Grahamstown (South Africa) -- History
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
  • Identifier: vital:2558 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002411 , Grahamstown (South Africa) -- History
  • Description: A Period of Transition : A History of Grahamstown 1902-1918 attempts to show that the trends begun in the nineteenth century were confirmed by developments in the first two decades of the twentieth century. In this period, Grahamstown was forced to abandon ideas of economic recovery and political importance, as it adapted to its role in the post-Union dispensation. The city has been firmly grounded in the wider environment, though comparison with towns of similar position and outlook has been impossible because of a lack of source material.4 It is clearly evident that Grahamstown was under pressure from the macrocosm; nonetheless, local initiatives and developments also lent clarity to broader trends. This is particularly clear in the emerging pattern of racial segregation in the City, to cope with the economic and social problems posed by a burgeoning black population. The limited financial resources of a corporation the size of Grahamstown restricted its effectiveness to improve schemes of public works and public health, and further underlined the dependence of the city on the government for assistance. Grahamstown's transition was predominantly one of acceptance of a changed political, social and economic environment.
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  • Date Issued: 1984

A phenomenological explication of dream interpretation among rural and urban Nguni people

- Schweitzer, Robert David

  • Authors: Schweitzer, Robert David
  • Date: 1984
  • Subjects: Nguni (African people) -- Religion Nguni (African people) -- Psychology Dreams Dreams -- Psychological aspects Healing -- South Africa -- Religious aspects
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
  • Identifier: vital:3125 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006189
  • Description: Psychologists investigating dreams in non-Western cultures have generally not considered the meanings of dreams within the unique meaning-structure of the person in his or her societal context. The majority of dream studies in African societies are no exception. Researchers approaching dreams within rural Xhosa and Zulu speaking societies have either adopted an anthropological or a psychodynamic orientation. The latter approach particularly imposes a Western perspective in the interpretation of dream material. There have been no comparable studies of dream interpretation among urban blacks participating in the African Independent Church Movement. The present study focuses on the rural Xhosa speaking people and the urban black population who speak one of the Nguni languages and identify with the African Independent Church Movement. The study is concerned with understanding the meanings of dreams within the cultural context in which they occur. The specific aims of the study are: 1. To explicate the indigenous system of dream interpretation as revealed by acknowledged dream experts. 2. To examine the commonalities and the differences between the interpretation of dreams in two groups, drawn from a rural and urban setting respectively. 3. To elaborate upon the life-world of the participants by the interpretations gained from the above investigation. One hundred dreams and interpretations are collected from two categories of participants referred to as the Rural Group and the Urban Group. The Rural Group is made up of amagqira [traditional healers] and their clients, while the Urban Group consists of prophets and members of the African Independent Churches. Each group includes acknowledged dream experts. A phenomenological methodology is adopted in explicating the data. The methodological precedure involves a number of rigorous stages of explication whereby the original data is reduced to Constituent Profiles leading to the construction of a Thematic Index File. By searching and reflecting upon the data, interpretative themes are identified. These themes are explicated to provide a rigorous description of the interpretative-reality of each group. Themes explicated within the Rural Group are: the physiognomy of the dreamer's life- world as revealed by ithongo, the interpretation of ithongo as revealed through action, the dream relationship as an anticipatory mode-of-existence, iphupha as disclosing a vulnerable mode-of-being, human bodiliness as revealed in dream interpretations and the legitimation of the interpretative-reality within the life-world. Themes explicated within the Urban Group are : the physiognomy of the dreamer's life-world revealed in their dream-existence, the interpretative-reality revealed through the enaction of dreams, tension between the newer Christian-based cosomology and the traditional cultural-based cosmology, a moral imperative, prophetic perception and human bodiliness, as revealed in dream interpretations and the legitimation of the interpretative-reality within the life-world. The essence of the interpretative-reality of both groups is very similar and is expressed in the notion of relatedness to a cosmic mode-of-being. The cosmic mode-of-being includes a numinous dimension which is expressed through divine presence in the form of ancestors, Holy Spirit or God. These notions cannot be apprehended by theoretical constructs alone but may be grasped and given form in meaning-disclosing intuitions which are expressed in the lifeworld in terms of bodiliness, revelatory knowledge, action and healing. Some differences between the two groups are evident and reveal some conflict between the monotheistic Christian cosmology and the traditional cosmology. Unique aspects of the interpetative-reality of the Urban Group are expressed in terms of difficulties in the urban social environment and the notion of a moral imperative. It is observed that cultural self-expression based upon traditional ideas continues to play a significant role in the urban environment. The apparent conflict revealed between the respective cosmologies underlies an integration of traditional meanings with Christian concepts. This finding is consistent with the literature suggesting that the African Independent Church is a syncretic movement. The life-world is based upon the immediate and vivid experience of the numinous as revealed in the dream phenomenon. The participants' approach to dreams is not based upon an explicit theory, but upon an immediate and pathic understanding of the dream phenomenon. The understanding is based upon the interpreter's concrete understanding of the life-world, which includes the possibility of cosmic integration and continuity between the personal and transpersonal realms of being. The approach is characterized as an expression of man's primordial attunement with the cosmos. The approach of the participants to dreams may not be consistent with a Western rational orientation, but nevertheless, it is a valid approach. The validity is based upon the immediate life-world of experience which is intelligible, coherent, and above all, it is meaning-giving in revealing life-possibility within the context of human existence.
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  • Date Issued: 1984

A phenomenological explication of the male alcoholic's experience of existence with mother and father

- Singer, Stanley

  • Authors: Singer, Stanley
  • Date: 1984
  • Subjects: Alcoholism -- Psychological aspects
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MSocSc
  • Identifier: vital:3124 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006143
  • Description: Much is written, especially in psychodynamically oriented literature, about the unduly close dependency relationship male alcoholics have with their mothers. Whilst not disputing this it became apparent to myself when working with them that they also expressed strong attachments to their fathers who were described as absent or punitive. The literature goes on to theorize that a repressed homosexual element is often at work in the male alcoholic. Not much more of substance is said about the father other than he may be absent or punitive - even less is mentioned of the male alcoholic's experience with his father. It appears that this relationship has remained largely unexplored as a result of an uncritical imposition of theory, especially psychodynamic, upon the complex phenomenon of alcoholism. These theories generally posit the mother's influence over all problems in living be they neuroses, psychoses or alcoholism. It is possible that a dialogue exists between mother, father and alcoholic son which is more extensive and complex than that currently described in the literature, with father playing a greater role than previously believed.
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  • Date Issued: 1984

A preliminary investigation into the development of computer ability, mathematics concepts and problem solving techniques using turtle geometry

- Stoker, John

  • Authors: Stoker, John
  • Date: 1984
  • Subjects: Mathematics -- Computer-assisted instruction Geometry -- Computer-assisted instruction Computer-assisted instruction Geometry -- Study and teaching LOGO (Computer program language) Mathematics -- Study and teaching
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MEd
  • Identifier: vital:1865 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004598
  • Description: From Introduction: The impact of computer technology has not yet been felt in South African primary schools. Yet it is believed that the effect of microelectronics on society will cause a revolution as significant as the industrial revolution. Whereas the industrial revolution amplified and extended the power of human muscles, the new microcomputer technology will mostly be concerned with amplifying and extending the power of the human mind. In order that the future generation might come to terms with the rapidly changing conditions, it is suggested that children of school age benefit by gaining experience with the new technology. It was against this background of challenge that I began to explore various uses of the new technology. The Cockcroft Committee (1982) investigation considered many aspects of mathematics teaching in primary and secondary schools in England. They gave a clear indication of the place of the microcomputer in mathematics teaching when they made this significant observation, "There can be no doubt that the increasing availability of microcomputers in schools offers considerable opportunity to teachers of mathematics to enhance their existing practice and also to work in ways which have not hitherto been possible." (para. 402). The aspect of 'doing' mathematics 'in ways which have not hitherto been possible' caught my attention. I saw the microcomputer as a powerful tool which would extend the children's range of mathematical experiences through the use of simulations. Seymour Papert (1980) propounds an exciting vision of education for the future which consists of collaboration between computers and children. His philosophy does not allow for computers programming children through drill and practice methods. He envisages the child programming the computer and mastering the powerful technology by using a highly active problem solving method. Besides learning problem solving skills, the aspect most emphasized by Papert (1971, 1972, 1980) is that through building and experimenting with computer programs, a child ought to gain new mathematical insights in the topic under investigation.
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  • Date Issued: 1984

A review of developments in cartography with special reference to cartographic education and training in South Africa

- West, Walter Oakley

  • Authors: West, Walter Oakley
  • Date: 1984
  • Subjects: Cartography , Cartography -- Study and teaching
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
  • Identifier: vital:4806 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003295 , Cartography , Cartography -- Study and teaching
  • Description: Preface: The study presents a review of the history and development of cartography, as it has occurred almost throughout the westernized world, with particular reference to developments in education and training over the last three decades. The intention is to relate these developments to the present state of cartography, cartographic education and training in South Africa.
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  • Date Issued: 1984

A study of kitsch in South African suburban society

- Page, Lindsay Ann

  • Authors: Page, Lindsay Ann
  • Date: 1984
  • Subjects: Kitsch -- South Africa Decorative arts -- South Africa Popular culture -- South Africa
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MFA
  • Identifier: vital:2458 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007673
  • Description: Consider the possibility of the remnants of our present day society being excavated and studied in centuries to come. Imagine the craftsmanship, the art, artifacts and architecture that will then be compared to those of the past centuries. Our entire culture will be labelled by the endless array of rubbish that has become an integral part of our lives. The increasing prevalence of kitsch in the society goes almost unnoticed where it should be causing concern. Few people are aware of its existence, or the permanent aesthetic scars induced by this prevalence. How has this cult of sheer awfulness come about and why has it become prevalent? It is impossible to pursue all the avenues of kitsch - so vast is it but it is the purpose of this study to try and answer some of the questions, in order to make people more aware of what has crept into our society, to help them become more discriminating, and not merely to level criticism at the perpetrators of kitsch.
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  • Date Issued: 1984

A study of piano pedagogy : its history, theory, psychology and practical application

- Keeves, June Kelk

  • Authors: Keeves, June Kelk
  • Date: 1984
  • Subjects: Piano -- Instruction and study Piano -- Methods
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MMus
  • Identifier: vital:2662 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004571
  • Description: A discourse concerning the importance followed by a study of piano pedagogy; of piano teaching method, its history and general aspects of piano technique; a fully comprehensive method of piano teaching from the very earliest stages to the advanced; a discussion of various important selected concepts incorporated in the method which require particular emphasis; the application of certain concepts in the various style periods, such as dynamics, tempo, tempo rubato, pedalling, ornamentation, to the teaching of a piece; a discussion of the psychology of piano teaching and practising. All of these various branches of study are imperative in the training of the prospective piano teacher. (Preface)
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  • Date Issued: 1984

A Xhosa Profession of Faith

- Vallem, Umlambi, Mixed Church Choir and Queenstown Cathedral Congregation, Composer Not Specified, Dargie, Dave, Huwiler, Kurt

Acclamation

- Mixed Church Choir and Queenstown Cathedral Congregation, Vallem, Umlambi, Composer Not Specified, Dargie, Dave, Huwiler, Kurt

Adam uphina? = Adam where are you?

- Ntsikana Memorial Church Congregation, Composer not specified, Dargie, Dave

Administrasierade: enkele knelpunte in die lewering van gesondheidsdienste

- Marais, Sandra

  • Authors: Marais, Sandra
  • Date: 1984
  • Subjects: Clinics -- South Africa Public health -- South Africa Medical care -- South Africa Health services administration -- South Africa
  • Language: Afrikaans
  • Type: Book , Text
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2205 , vital:20265 , ISBN 0868101133
  • Description: Hierdie Studie het die volgende oogmerke ten doel: (l) Die identifisering van die verdeling van outoriteit tussen verskillende- gesondheidsinstellings en die uitvoerende magte vir hierdie instellings - Munisipalitiete en Administrasierade in die besonder. (2) Identifisering van die finansiele opset en ooreenkoms tussen bogenoemde instellings en plaaslike owerhede vir die lewering van gesondheidsdienste. (3) Gepaardgaande met bogenoemde, die identifisering van spesifiek waarvoor instellings en plaaslike owerhede verantwoordelikheid dra ten opsigte van die lewering van gesondheidsdienste. (4) Identifisering van kwessies wat mag ontstaan as gevolg van die gedeeltelike oordrag van dienste van die een plaaslike owerheid na ’n ander. So ’n situasie van gedeeltelike oordrag van dienste nood- saak skakeling en kooperasie om doeltreffende lewering van dienste te verseker. Hiermee saam is inligting ook ingewin oor moontlike wrywingspunte soos geartikuleer deur amptenare van beide Munisipaliteite asook Administrasierade. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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