There is increasing recognition of the important role culture plays in the framing and delivery of education and development in the South. Whether this is in the reciprocal and synergistic relationship between theory and practice or the links between research and policy, it is clear that at the heart of successful educational development is a…

Argues that the polarized nature of the apartheid system requires that students must encounter and examine South African literature which represents viewpoints from different racial perspectives. Recommends several pairs of books which can be studied successfully in conjunction. (MG)

The proposed form, content, and funding of South Africa's second television channel (TV2) are examined in this paper. Noting that the service is designed for the country's black majority population, the paper points out that it is nonetheless controlled by the white-dominated South African Broadcasting Corporation. Following a brief outline of the…

Focuses on culture examined in the unique context of South Africa. Makes visible both conceptual difficulties in its formulation and also difficulties with respect to its interpretation into educational practice. Also explores a critique of ethnomathematics using the South African situation and conceptual tools of a critical mathematics education.…

The "value orientations" concept can be used to empirically investigate the differences between people and between human groups and can be of particular value to the educator. "Value Orientations" are complex principles that organize a given culture's expression of certain basic "human problems" (such as human nature,…

Examines the factor structure of the Survey of Work Values for a sample of White South African males. States that number of factors and item composition of factors differed from results of previous research due to cultural differences between South African and American samples. (CMG)

Uses the developmental-contextual perspective to examine the extent to which contextual and individual factors dynamically interact in the career development of black South African adolescents. Provides examples of interventions that may assist their career development, and discusses implications for counselors. (JPS)

Many South-African learners, bringing their particular cultural identity to the higher education environment, find it challenging to achieve the academic literacy required for successful mastery of their studies. Though they want to realize academic success, a cultural chasm may exist between their cultural roots and their academic identity. This…

This paper examines the crisis of infertility in the context of the biological or instinctual, cultural, and religious root of parenting. A therapeutic approach to the problem of infertility suggests that pastoral care should make a thorough diagnosis of the correlation between the motivation for parenting, role expectations in the social and…

Presents a discussion of university role in an economically disadvantaged community in South Africa, and offers five recommendations on how to implement and maintain computer based instruction in a university outreach program. (MER)

Students from three South African Universities, representing three ethnic groups, explain their perceived success or failure on a class test and rated the importance of casual attributions derived from previous studies. Important factors that emerged were as follow: (1) effort, (2) academic skills, (3) understanding. (Author/LHW)

The following pages summarize the findings of seven case-studies of public policy in career guidance carried out in Chile, the Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, South Africa and Turkey. The objectives of this World Bank study were: to identify and describe the distinctive issues faced by developing and transition economies in forming effective…