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Examining of the novel in the senior secondary phase (English first language higher grade): a study of conflicting aims

- Macrae, Claire Elisabeth

  • Authors: Macrae, Claire Elisabeth
  • Date: 1989
  • Subjects: Education, Secondary English Secondary -- Study and teaching -- South Africa Education Secondary -- Evaluation
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MEd
  • Identifier: vital:1357 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001423
  • Description: This study deals with the problems of external examining, the inflexible demands of which dominate and dictate to literature teaching in South African schools today. The aims of teaching literature are discussed, and it is suggested that the negative attitudes among pupils resulting from the present examining system defeat many of these aims. The opportunities for the enjoyment of literature are minimised by the process of preparation for external examinations. Creative teaching methods are abandoned in favour of coaching for specific types of questions, which are determined and limited by the practical constraints of a mass external examination. In catering to the demands for admininstrative reliability and efficiency, the educational validity and efficiency of the examinations are sacrificed. In Britain the Newbolt and Bullock Reports, among others, have made forceful recommendations for alternative approaches to external examining. Subsequently, much experimentation with internal examining, course-work and open-book examining has followed, aspects of which are discussed in this study. There has been limited experimentation in these areas in South Africa. The TED conducted a successful internal examining experiment in English literature, the results of which are considered in this thesis. The national English Olympiad open-book examination is a further example of the success of an alternative approach. By contrast, a comparison of examination papers set by the JMB and CED over the last ten years, shows clearly that the stated syllabus aims of teaching literature and the aims of examining the subject were wholly incompatible. Recommendations are made for the adoption of alternative examining strategies in order to address the shortcomings identified
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Exit Hymn

- Church Choir and Congregation, Composer not specified, Dargie, Dave

Family planning : an evaluative study on the attitudes and use of contraceptives by black males in Umtata

- Madikizela, Nosinodi Alicia

  • Authors: Madikizela, Nosinodi Alicia
  • Date: 1989
  • Subjects: Birth control -- South Africa -- Transkei , Transkei (South Africa) -- Social conditions
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MSocSc
  • Identifier: vital:3278 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006454 , Birth control -- South Africa -- Transkei , Transkei (South Africa) -- Social conditions
  • Description: The purpose of this study is to identify, observe and record the attitudes and use to of contraceptives by black males in Umtata and to investigate the effect of education, urbanisation and age on fertility control. Data was gathered from a sample of adult males who were past the school going age and were employed or working in Umtata and its surburbs, which are Ngangelizwe, Ikwezi, Southernwood, Northcrest, Norwood, Ncambedlana, Nduli Crescent, Fortgale and Hill Crest. Information was also gathered from Nursing officers in charge of family planning service centres in the areas mentioned above. Findings reveal that, although black urbanised educated males in Umtata seem to have accepted the use of contraceptives by themselves and their sexual partners, their patterns of behaviour in relation to fertility control and the value of children to families remains traditional. This contributes to the relatively high fertility rate in the country. Children are an investment for old age. They are also regarded as a security factor against divorce. It is the duty of legally married couples to raise a family with children who will continue to bear the family name. It appears that men are either suspicious of modern contraception if not totally opposed to it. Many still prefer the use of natural methods of contraception. There is thus need for social workers and health planners to recognise and educate males on the use and benefits of modern contraceptives to limit the number of children borne and control periods when they would like to have children. This study will be of value to social welfare services and to family planning nurses who are in direct contact with clients in hospitals and clinics, in their family planning campaigns, when they motivate couples and individuals on the importance of family planning, and also in mother-and-child health services. Educationists, sociologists, psychologists and persons in other fields of study will also benefit from information attained in this survey.
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  • Date Issued: 1989

Fest-Quest '88: survey of visitors to the 1988 Standard Bank Festival of the Arts

- Davies, William J

  • Authors: Davies, William J
  • Date: 1989
  • Subjects: Standard Bank National Arts Festival
  • Language: English
  • Type: Book , Text
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/1719 , vital:20219 , ISBN 0868101818
  • Description: The Standard Bank National Festival of the Arts is held annually in early July in Grahamstown. Apart from its importance as a national cultural event, the Festival is vitally important to the economy of Grahamstown. The annual influx of Festival participants results in expenditure amounting to several million rand, concentrated into a hectic nine-day extravaganza. The Development Studies Unit at Rhodes University and the 1820 Foundation have attempted to monitor the nature and extent of the Festival's impact on Grahamstown since 1987. Information is collected by means of a voluntary questionnaire (the Fest-Quest), and provides a useful resource for the Festival organizers as well as insights into the relative economic importance of the occasion. Fest-Quest '88 is the second such survey undertaken. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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  • Date Issued: 1989

Fundraising function for the Sounds of the Fifties

  • Date: 1989
  • Subjects: uncatalogued
  • Type: Image
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/125944 , vital:35835 , RHPC-008
  • Description: An East London vocal group at a fundraising function for the Sounds of the Fifties at Den Qeqe Stadium. , Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons "Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike" License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/)
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  • Date Issued: 1989

Ga ke wela-wela

- Church Music Workshop Participants, Composer Not Specified, Dargie, Dave

Gloria

- Church Choir and Congregation, Composer not specified, Dargie, Dave

Gloria

- Sacred Music Festival Participants, Composer Not Specified, Dargie, Dave

Gloria

- Church Choir and Congregation, Composer not specified, Dargie, Dave

Gloria

- Church Music Workshop Participants, Composer not specified, Dargie, Dave

Gloria

- Church Music Workshop Participants, Composer Not Specified, Dargie, Dave

Gloria in Excelsis

- Sacred Music Festival Participants, Composer not specified, Dargie, Dave

Glory, Hallelujah

- Sacred Music Festival Participants, Composer Not Specified, Dargie, Dave

Great Amen

- Sacred Music Festival Participants, Composer Not Specified, Dargie, Dave

Health and politics : appraisal and evaluation of the provision of health and mental health services for Blacks in South Africa

- O'Donoghue, Sean B

  • Authors: O'Donoghue, Sean B
  • Date: 1989
  • Subjects: Black people -- Mental health -- South Africa , Mental health services -- South Africa
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , Thesis , Masters , MA
  • Identifier: vital:2909 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002074
  • Description: The aim of this study has been to examine, in the light of recent events in the field of Health Care in South Africa, the remarks and claims made by the World Health Organization, and the American Psychiatric Association between 1976 and 1978 on Health Care services, as provided for Blacks, by the South African government. In two reports, these organizations instituted the earliest, and arguably most significant claims against South Africa's system of Health Care. This study sketches firstly the political genesis and social context of the WHO, and APA examinations. Secondly, this study evaluates responses made by the South African State to the critical climate inspired by the above mentioned reports, through a close analysis of recent events associated with the politics, and provision of Health Care Facilities - particularly with regard to Black South Africans. This analysis suggests that the governments' earlier tentative policy of privatisation (which was soundly condemned by WHO and the APA) has been even more enthusiastically pursued - in contradiction to it's avowed policies of Commu ity Health Care, and to the continuing detriment of those South African communities who are in most need of adequate Health Care services. The study concludes that the criticisms raised by the WHO and APA had the effect of inspiring positive reforms in South Africa's health services, but in no way thwarted the governments', at first only tentative plans, to increasingly privatise it's psychiatric and other medical institutions.
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  • Date Issued: 1989

High-performance liquid chromatographic studies of the acid degradation, pharmacokinetics and comparative bioavailability of erythromycin

- Glew, Fiona

  • Authors: Glew, Fiona
  • Date: 1989
  • Subjects: High performance liquid chromatography , Erythromycin -- Analysis , Erythromycin -- Pharmacokinetics , Erythromycin -- Bioavailability
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
  • Identifier: vital:3737 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001529
  • Description: Erythromycin is a macrolide antibiotic with a spectrum similar to penicillin and is used mainly in the treatment of infections caused by gram-positive organisms. Since its discovery in 1952, erythromycin has achieved wide-spread clinical use. Susceptibility of erythromycin base to inactivation by acid results in decreased availability following exposure to acidic gastric fluids. Formulation of acid resistant dosage forms and the preparation of acid stable chemical derivatives have been attempted to improve absorption and subsequent clinical efficacy . Two of the most commonly used erythromycin derivatives are the stearic acid salt (erythromycin stearate) and the lauryl sulphate salt of the propionyl ester (erythromycin estolate). Although it has been known for many years that erythromycin is susceptible to acid degradation, very few reports on the stability of erythromycin in aqueous solutions appear in the literature. In this study, a high-performance liquid chromatographic system using electrochemical detection was employed for a kinetic study of erythromycin degradation. The effect of varying acid pH on the degradation rate of both erythromycin base and erythromycin stearate, and the effect on the hydrolysis rate of erythromycin estolate is presented. In addition, the effect of temperature on erythromycin degradation was also investigated. Until recently, the majority of pharmacokinetic and bioavailability studies have utilized relatively non-specific microbiological assay procedures. However, in this study a solid phase extraction, followed by the use of a high-performance liquid chromatographic system using electrochemical coulometric detection was employed for the determination of erythromycin in biological fluids. Human volunteers each received enteric coated erythromycin base pellets in capsule dosage form and also film coated erythromycin stearate tablets on separate occasions. Results from the clinical trials revealed the enteric coated erythromycin base pellets had a greater bioavailability than the film coated erythromycin stearate tablets. Computer fitting of data revealed no intra-volunteer variability in elimination rate constants, suggesting differences in serum levels following administration of both dosage forms are due to variation in absorption. Results from the clinical trials were also compared with those obtained from a further trial, during which the same volunteers received erythromycin estolate
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  • Date Issued: 1989

Holy Communion Hymn

- Church Choir and Congregation, Composer not specified, Dargie, Dave

Hosi

- Church Choir and Congregation, Composer not specified, Dargie, Dave

Hosi hi twele vusiwana

- Sacred Music Festival Participants, Composer Not Specified, Dargie, Dave

Hosi hi twele vusiwana

- Sacred Music Festival Participants, Composer not specified, Dargie, Dave

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