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A discussion of the pattern of library and information science (LIS) education in South Africa, with a consideration of the effects of the political changes implemented by the Government of National Unity which follow from the first democratic nation

When I was teaching Japanese at K University in Saitama, Japan, during the mid 1970s, international exchange programs were still a relatively new phenomenon. During the first 3 years of the exchange program, there were no significant accommodation problems involving exchange students. It was arranged for each exchange student to have a 3-month homestay with a Japanese family. During the fourth year of the exchange program, 1 Black student, a female, came in a group of about 20 students. The...

Contends that as the race for training ventures grows increasingly global trainers may find their cultural skills are as valuable as their own particular expertise. Uses a case study from the Gaza Strip to explore the cross‐cultural challenges that emerged to shape the project design and dictate critical training solutions. Although Gaza is an atypical training context, given the current political situation, the experience provided valuable lessons that others may use in working in high‐stress training locales.

The issue of student selectionfor hjgher education in Ethiopia remains to be a subject of scientific inquiry despite the various attempts of researchers totackle the problem. This paper is a further attempt to shade light on this pressing issue. More specifically, it is designed to (I) assess the predictive validity of th.eexisting admission criterion (i.e. ESLCE GPA), (2) explore other possible potent predictors of achievement and aptitude, (3) find out if there is a need to fit...

As a comparison to airborne infrared (IR) flux measurements, ground‐based sampling of fumarole and soil gases was used to characterize the quiescent degassing of CO 2 from Oldoinyo Lengai volcano. Aerial and ground‐based measurements are in good agreement: ∼75% of the aerially measured CO 2 flux at Lengai (0.05–0.06 × 10 12 mol yr −1 or 6000–7200 tonnes CO 2 d −1 ) can be attributed to seven large crater vents. In contrast to Etna and Vulcano Island, where 15–50% of the total CO 2 flux...

M.J. Saunders MSc. MA, BEd, DMS, RGN, RNT, RCNT, P. Watters, BSc, DPSN, RGN, RNT Abstract This paper describes the Professional Development and Clinical Update programme for the nursing staff working within Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL). This was a pioneering venture between CNL and Thames Valley University, London, which enabled participants to obtain academic credit from a programme of study which could be used towards future educational qualifications e.g. diploma, degree. The programme...

ABSTRACT An attempt is made to thoroughly investigate the important hydrological features ofhe flood region that is located in the southern part of Sudan. The hydrologic data that were used in the study include temperature, precipitation, sunshine duration. radiation, humidity, wind speed, and evaporation. The investigation also includes the stream flow records of the Nile River in the region. In this region, a huge amount of the Nile water is lost by evaporation and overspilling. The...

ABSTRACT This article presents an applied comparison of qualitative and quantitative research data on voter empowerment in South Africa. It focuses on the period leading up to the April 1994 South African elections. The article is based on focus group and large‐scale national survey sections of the Matla Trust Voter Education Research Project, 1992–1994. Information on the dimensions of empowerment versus disempowerment to vote was selected for this article. Empowerment refers to the...

This article tries to illuminate the following central questions: Are the efforts of donor agencies and Third World governments toward achieving basic education for all likely to lead to a further development of peace education programs in Africa? Are the outcomes of the Education for All (EFA) conference in Jomtien, Thailand, March 5 to 9, 1990, likely to lead to positive peace'-that is, a situation where violence is not built into the structures, where equality of opportunity is strived...

The Youth Project of the Centre for Resolution (CCR)-formerly known as the Centre for Intergroup Studies, an autonomous institute associated with the University of Cape Town-focuses on the field of constructive conflict resolution and peacemaking empowerment for young South Africans and is one of the pioneers in this field in South Africa. In 1992, the Human Sciences Research Council initiated a cooperative research program into South African youth and the problems and challenges they face....

The perceived link between force and motion was investigated in a longitudinal and cross‐cultural study involving 2326 pupils in schools in the Cape Province and Transkei areas of the Republic of South Africa using a multiple choice questionnaire designed for the purpose. Pupils of all ages and academic groups overwhelmingly selected options which indicate a belief in the need for the presence of a force acting in the direction of motion in order to sustain motion. Results are presented,...

Boron contents of sedimentary rocks were measured in three profiles through the Palaeoproterozoic Pretoria Group. Enhanced boron values occur at a number of stratigraphic levels across much of the preserved basin, and only these anomalies are considered significant. Evaluation of the various possible factors controlling these high boron concentrations suggests that inherited boron, sedimentation rate, detrital tourmaline, silica and carbonate dilution, metamorphism and evaporitic borates...

A multimethod, multidimensional approach, consisting of teacher ratings, self-ratings, sociometric ratings, direct observations, and semistructured interview, was used to assess the social skills of fifth-grade Asian, African, and European American students. Inter-and intragroup differences were found on several of the measures. Teachers attributed characteristic internalizing and externalizing behaviors to Asian and African American students, respectively. Teacher perceptions were only...

Physical mechanisms responsible for the contemporaneous association, shown in earlier studies, of North Atlantic basin major hurricane (MH) activity with western Sahelian monsoon rainfall and an equatorial eastern Pacific sea surface temperature index of El Niño are examined, using correlations with 200- and 700-mb level wind data for the period 1968–92. The use of partial correlations isolates some of the relationships associated with the various parameters. The results support previous...

Children who are lectured to learn how to lecture; if they are admonished, they learn how to admonish; if scolded, they learn how to scold; if ridiculed, they learn how to ridicule; if humiliated, they learn how to humiliate; if their psyche is killed, they will learn how to kill-the only question is who will be killed: oneself, others or both. (Alice Miller) But good gracious you've got to educate him first. You can't expect a boy to be vicious till he's been to a good school. (Saki-Hugh Hector Munro)