Academic research

LitNet Akademies is LitNet's accredited academic journal. An extended English abstract is published with every article.

The origins of (Dutch) Afrikaans journalism, the period in which it developed, and Abraham Faure as pioneer

Lizette Rabe Academic research 2021-12-17

"Faure can be described as pioneer journalist in Dutch (and thus later Afrikaans) journalism at the Cape in the early 19th century as founding editor of HNZAT as well as the two later religious magazines."

A multi-perspective reflection on euthanasia 

Jaco Beyers Academic research 2021-12-15

"A balance is necessary: protect life, but do not prevent death at all costs. What should weigh more heavily – the right to live or the right to die?"

Barriers in cross-linguistic and cross-cultural paediatric speech-language therapy and strategies for promoting culturally safe practices: a scoping review

Mariëtte Botha, Berna Gerber, Anita van der Merwe Academic research 2021-12-14

"Culturally and linguistically diverse countries such as South Africa require speech-language therapy services that are accessible and culturally safe."

Mysticism as manifested in “Christ of the burnt men” by Sheila Cussons

Elizabeth van der Berg Academic research 2021-12-13

"The conclusion is reached that this poem is indeed an excellent example of mystical poetry in which Cussons does not only succeed in expressing her experience evocatively and poignantly, but also in moving the reader to participate in her divine encounter."

Initiation at schools: an investigation into popular discourses

Eduard Potgieter, Corene de Wet, Lynette Jacobs Academic research 2021-12-13

"It transpires from this and other South African studies that illegal initiation practices are still the order of the day at some schools in this country."

"I will call on him as long as I live": An investigation into the theological intention of Psalm 116

Fanie Snyman Academic research 2021-12-10

"This research originated in the midst of the third wave of the devastating COVID-19 pandemic, and the theological message of the psalm, then, is also linked to this situation."

The marginalised positioning of teachers at a special needs school in Cape Town by neoliberal management practices

Elzahn Rinquest Academic research 2021-12-08

"It is also found that Canaan’s institutional tone has come to be characterised by a discourse of managerialism. This institutional culture provides the context within which the teachers act and operate, which, in essence, isolates them in their classrooms."

Help! My teaching practice is a dilemma: Ethics policies for teaching practice

Carike Kriel, Candice Livingston, Chiwimbiso M Kwenda Academic research 2021-12-07

"Unethical relationships between the in-service teachers and pre-service teachers seem to be common and often there appears to be a lack of supervision and mentoring during teaching practice."

Attitudes regarding protest action in South Africa

Johan Zaaiman Academic research 2021-11-30

"Protests are common in South Africa and have increased in number and intensity of violence over the past decade. It is therefore important to examine the phenomenon."

Nostalgia in advertising in South African magazines

Angelique van Niekerk Academic research 2021-11-29

"Advertisements activate feelings of nostalgic longing by using objects, people, food, etc. portraying the brand name as the point of access to still this longing. This can very often create a positive attitude towards the brand name."

Guidelines for developing self-directed reading of intermediate phase learners with the newspaper as multimodal tool

Chanell Strauss, Elize Vos, Ronel van Oort Academic research 2021-11-19

"In this qualitative research within the interpretivist research paradigm, a literature study highlighted the newspaper as a multimodal tool, as well as the importance of reading strategies in developing self-directed readers."

"Seeing" sense: the union ("in-tension") between life (duration) and consciousness (space) in Bergson’s metaphysical phenomenology

Yolanda Spangenberg Academic research 2021-11-16

"Intuition, most of all philosophical intuition, can never be merely a gaze or a description. Quite the opposite – it is a kind of 'touching' that reveals itself through an action, and as a completely developed creation."

The statutory personal and the statutory derivative action: Is a sharp distinction still justified? 

Christiaan Swart Academic research 2021-11-15

"The article concludes by recommending an amendment to section 163(2) to provide for relief in the form of authorising a shareholder or director to institute legal proceedings on behalf of the company."

Focused tasks for the communicative teaching of grammar in the Afrikaans Home Language classroom: a first exploration

Nadine Fouché-Karsten, Marné Pedro, Michele van der Merwe Academic research 2021-11-10

Nadine Fouché, Marné Pedro and Michele van der Merwe: "In addition, we show that a task-supported grammar lesson can deviate from the design based on the present-practise-use style with which it is usually associated."

"So, in desperation, did he cling to the word hope." In South Africa, Islands read within a reception of suffering

Jaco Alant Academic research 2021-11-05

"Islands, then, is received by Brink as the quintessential novel illustrating South Africa’s overcoming of its colonial past – in other words, its liberation."

Views of Grade 10 Life Sciences learners on the application of case studies in Life Sciences education

Jhani Venter, Neal Petersen, Aubrey Golightly Academic research 2021-10-29

Jhani Venter, Neal Petersen and Aubrey Golightly: "This study is significant for both LS teachers and LS learners because it provides guidelines on how teachers can use case studies in LS education, what the roles of the teachers and the learners are, and how case studies are assessed using rubrics."

The COVID-19 pandemic and the structural vulnerability of day labourers in Windhoek, Namibia

Derick Blaauw, Anmar Pretorius, Rinie Schenck Academic research 2021-10-29

"The results of this study indicate that the dim prospects for the construction industry will be nothing short of disastrous for the day labourers in Windhoek. In 2020 the direct impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the construction industry was catastrophic for both the formal economy and informal workers such as day labourers."

“Forgive for you can afford it” – Emily Hobhouse at the unveiling of the Women’s Memorial

Piet Strauss Academic research 2021-10-26

"Because whatever Steyn and Hobhouse said about the Women’s Memorial was accepted unconditionally by Afrikaners, there was no public reaction against or a noticeable response to Emily’s call for forgiveness."

Blended learning in the Afrikaans Home Language classroom: teaching approaches and learning technology in harmony

Ria Taylor, Michele van der Merwe Academic research 2021-10-26

"The results of the case study indicate that technology can be the 'vehicle' with which the skills needs of the 21st-century learner can be met through the Afrikaans Home Language curriculum."

The practical manifestation of language relations in the masthead of the first colonial newspaper in South Africa (1800−1829) 

Gawie Botma Academic research 2021-10-20

"The British policy direction to promote English at the expense of Dutch, which according to historians gained momentum from 1814, interestingly enough did not manifest in KSC/CTG immediately."

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