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Women's dance Song

- Venda Group, Composer Not Specified, Dargie, Dave

Ri a haya Jerusalem

- Venda Group, Composer Not Specified, Dargie, Dave

Yesu o vuwa

- Venda Group, Composer Not Specified, Dargie, Dave

Yesu o vuwa

- Venda Group, Composer Not Specified, Dargie, Dave

Women's dance Song

- Venda Group, Composer Not Specified, Dargie, Dave

Nga hu Khodwe Mudzima washu

- Venda Group, Composer Not Specified, Dargie, Dave

Sanctus

- Verlosskoor, Composer not specified, Dargie, Dave

Agnus Dei

- Verlosskoor, Composer not specified, Dargie, Dave

'n Dekonstruksie van 'n teks uit Die ongedanste dans van Breyten Breytenbach

- Vorster, Anton Ferreira

  • Authors: Vorster, Anton Ferreira
  • Date: 1988
  • Subjects: Breytenbach, Breyten -- Criticism and interpretation
  • Language: Afrikaans
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
  • Identifier: vital:3572 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002095 , Breytenbach, Breyten -- Criticism and interpretation
  • Description: The thesis provides an interpretation of the poem ʺ(Taalstryd)ʺ (Lewendood, p.143) by employing deconstruction theory, particularly as it has been developed by Jacques Derrida. The main assumption is that the text is not a self-sufficient entity, but finds itself in a continually changing relationship with other texts, a relationship described by deconstructionists as intertextuality. This relationship, as it has been described by Julia Kristeva, does not only involve literary works, but also the world-as- text. In chapter one this point of view is illustrated in a discussion around the title of the poem. It is postulated that the title is not a neutral description of a period in the history of the development of the Afrikaans language. Rather, it represents an ideological concept which can be interpreted in various ways. The poem clearly lends itself to an interpretation of "the struggle for the Taal" as a struggle which has manifested itself in many different areas and historical periods within the South African context. In chapter two the discussion of the relationship between language, history and ideology is continued. It is shown how the ʺofficialʺ history represents a one-sided view of Afrikaans as a ʺEuropeanʺ language, greatly ignoring its African component. This representation relies on a logocentric approach to the relationship between language and writing. Breytenbach's poetry, like the writings of Derrida, can be regarded as a "deconstruction" of this approach. The ʺdisseminationʺ of meaning in ʺ(Taalstryd)ʺ is illustrated in terms of the poem's intertextual relationship with Breytenbachʾs ʺPlease don't feed the animalsʺ and Krigeʾs ʺLied van die Fascistiese bomwerpersʺ. Chapter three sets ʺ(Taalstryd)ʺ within the current debate surrounding Afrikaner survival. It is shown how the Afrikaner power base has been established and strengthened by way of legislation, the system of Christian National Education, as well as the creation of a nationalist-orientated history. This power base is currently in a state of crisis, in which different political groupings are continuing the ʺ(Taalstryd)ʺ
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  • Date Issued: 1988

English in Africa 2000 : towards a new millennium : inaugural lecture delivered at Rhodes University

- Walters, Paul S

An examination of the literary quality of two reading schemes

- Waters, Nigel Bruce

  • Authors: Waters, Nigel Bruce
  • Date: 1988
  • Subjects: Reading (Primary) , Reading -- Language experience approach , Readability (Literary style)
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MEd
  • Identifier: vital:1345 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001411
  • Description: Learning to read is one of the most crucial life tasks that the young child must acquire whilst in primary school. In modern society, much of what one does is dependant on having the ability to read. While a great deal of research has focused on how children learn to read, relatively little attention has been paid to the literary quality of the material the children are exposed to whilst learning to read. In the past few years I have become increasingly concerned with the number of teachers who use material designed for teaching children to read without being aware of the literary quality of the material. While numerous teachers are aware of the issues surrounding the learning to read debate and use up to date materials to teach reading, far too many accept the material supplied by the school without questioning its literary merit and its impact upon the young reader. This piece of research is an attempt to evaluate the literary quality of two reading schemes currently in use in Cape Education Department schools. The chief conclusion of the research is that the schemes examined fall far short of the standards required for them to be considered good literature. Although the research is limited to two reading schemes, it is hoped that a teacher using other schemes could use the framework supplied in this study to examine the literary quality of the material she is using. Furthermore, the final chapter offers suggestions as to how to replace material of poor literary quality with books of a higher literary standard. On the basis of the above findings it is suggested that there is a need for individual teachers, schools, teacher training institutions and the Cape Education Department to examine the literary quality of reading schemes and books that are used in the process of teaching children to read. It is hoped that this piece of research will create a greater awareness amongst teachers of the literary quality of reading materials and prompt further research into such materials that will be of benefit to the central character in this study; the young child learning to read
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  • Date Issued: 1988

Concept development in aspects of ecology

- Webb, Paul

  • Authors: Webb, Paul
  • Date: 1988
  • Subjects: Ecology -- Study and teaching
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , Thesis , Masters , MEd
  • Identifier: vital:1354 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001420
  • Description: In this study food webs and a case study are used to investigate concepts which university students and high school pupils hold about ecology and the degree to which concept development has taken place at particular educational levels. The sample was drawn from first year zoology students and biology pupils in standards eight and ten. Present data indicate that students and pupils could solve problems involving the interactions of populations only if they were simple enough to be answered using strategies based on the food chain concept. Very few subjects could succesfully determine all the interacting pathways along which effects may be transmitted within a food web. The ability to determine all the pathways along which the effects of a change in population numbers within a community are spread, and to analyse the possible net manifestation of sometimes conflicting forces, requires a clear understanding of the concept of food web. An immature understanding of the food web concept by the subjects of this study is suggested as, in most cases, they identified alternate pathways within the food web when explicitly asked to do so, but did not apply this strategy when asked to solve problems based on the same principle. The case study also revealed immature ecological concepts. Responses by standard eight pupils indicate that the opportunity exists at this level to develop a clear and mature understanding of the concept of food web, while comparison of data provided by the three age groups suggests that if clear conceptual development regarding food webs does not take place at school, misconceptions are likely to persist among first year university students.
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  • Date Issued: 1988

Art as an expression of the unconscious psyche

- Weiner, Elana

  • Authors: Weiner, Elana
  • Date: 1988
  • Subjects: Art -- Psychology , Art and mental illness , Art therapy , Subconsciousness
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
  • Identifier: vital:3119 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004903 , Art -- Psychology , Art and mental illness , Art therapy , Subconsciousness
  • Description: This study aimed to investigate the use of expressive art as a manifestation of the unconscious psyche and as an indication of underlying personality dynamics. Its use as a significant medium for therapeutic encounter and exploration was investigated by analysing the art produced by four psychiatric in-patients during their participation in an eight-week art therapy programme. Each patient's art series was qualitatively and thematically interpreted with a focus upon the meaning of significant recurring images and motifs. The results of this study indicate that the particularity of each patient's graphic imagery enabled the lived experience of their struggles and preoccupations to emerge as uniquely different. Through their art productions they revealed the nature of their inner worlds and the power of their thoughts, feelings and experiences.
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  • Date Issued: 1988

Lovedale 1930-1955 : the study of a missionary institution in its social, educational and political context

- White, Timothy Raymond Howard

  • Authors: White, Timothy Raymond Howard
  • Date: 1988
  • Subjects: Lovedale Institution , History , South Africa , Education , African people
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , Thesis , Masters , MA
  • Identifier: vital:2527 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001856
  • Description: Lovedale was founded by the Glasgow Missionary Society as an eduational centre for Africans. Education was to be adapted to the lives of the Africans which would be a departure from the English classical tradition. This meant that emphasis was placed on vocational training and that academic education focussed on the study of English rather than the Classics. But the importance of mother-tongue education was also stressed. The missionaries placed emphasis on village education, whereby the African would be taught skills and crafts that would be useful to him in life. Education, they argued, should also aim at character-training and at spreading the Christian message. They also wanted to see co-operation between the Church and the State in the education of the African. Vocational education was designed to create African artisans who would be able to compete with Whites; but it also aimed at emphasizing the importance of industry in building up character. The Lovedale Press illustrates vocational training in progress, dealing with the difficulties that arose when African printers came into competition with Whites. But the missionaries also used the Press to propagate the Christian message and to promote African literature. An ideological rift began to open up between the missions and the new Black political beliefs of the Second World War. This led to the Lovedale Riot which is considered in the broader framework of sociopolitical unrest within the country. After the 1948 Election an ideological rift also developed between the missions and the State. This study concludes by examining the introduction of the Bantu Education Act and the Lovedale response to this. It was felt that although Bantu Education threatened to undermine their educational endeavour, they should nevertheless cooperate with the system in order to save what they had built up.
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  • Date Issued: 1988

Vambedzi

- Wilson Ravele, Tracey, Andrew T N

Chisakoni galiwa ngavasadzi chisakoni galiwa ngavana

- Wilson Ravele, Tracey, Andrew T N

Deze ravashavi revaremba

- Wilson Ravele, Tracey, Andrew T N

Perceptions of, and attitudes towards, varieties of English in the Cape Peninsula, with particular reference to the ʾcoloured communityʾ

- Wood, Tahir Muhammed

  • Authors: Wood, Tahir Muhammed
  • Date: 1988
  • Subjects: English language -- South Africa -- Cape of Good Hope , English language -- Variation , Sociolinguistics -- South Africa
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , Thesis , Masters , MA
  • Identifier: vital:2336 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002018
  • Description: This study set out to analyse the concept of the ʾcoloured communityʾ and to describe the linguistic phenomena associated with it. It was found that the community was characterized by division and an overt rejection of 'coloured' identity. A satisfactory definition of the community could only be arrived at by exploring social psychological and anthropological concepts, particularly that of the social network, and a covert identification was postulated. This in turn was used to explain the linguistic phenomena which were found to be associated with the community. The latter included a vernacular dialect consisting of non-standard Afrikaans blended with English, as well as a stratification of particular items in the English spoken by community members . This stratification was analysed in terms of the social distribution of the items, enabling comparisons to be made with the English spoken by ʾwhitesʾ. A fieldwork study was embarked on with the intention of discovering the nature of the perceptions of, and attitudes towards, the idiolects of certain speakers. These idiolects were considered to be typical and representative of the forms of English normally encountered in the Cape Peninsula, and were described in terms of the co-occurrences of linguistic items which they contained. Tape recordings of the speech of this group of speakers were presented in a series of controlled experiments to subjects from various class and community backgrounds who were required to respond by completing questionnaires. It was found that those lects which contained items and co-occurrences of items peculiar to 'coloured' speakers were associated with lower status than those containing items and co-occurrences of items peculiar to 'white' speakers. Attitudes towards speakers were found to be more complex and depended upon the styles and paralanguage behaviours of the speakers, as well as accent, and also the psychological dispositions of the subjects who participated
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  • Date Issued: 1988

Hom!awab go !Khub Kristuba

- Workshop Participants, Composer not specified, Goamub, Bernardus, Dargie, Dave

Kaise da ge Satsa ra aio

- Workshop Participants, Oaes, Klara M., Sister, Composer not specified, Dargie, Dave

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