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A typology of designs for social research in the built environment
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this metamethodological study was to construct a typology of designs for
social research in the built environment, i.e., architecture, urban design and planning.
Currently there is no such ...
A review of methodological trends in South African sociology, 1990–2009
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The thesis investigates the research methods employed by South African sociological researchers, as published in academic peer-reviewed journals during the period 1990 to 2009. Specific attention was given ...
The interpretation and use of mixed methods research within programme evaluation practice
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-12)
The contemporary evaluation literature advocates for and recommends a pluralistic approach to
programme evaluation, with some writers contending that the use of multiple and/or mixed
methods for the practice is inevitable. ...
Evaluating community participation in development projects
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009-03)
Community participation is a concept that is frequently mentioned in community development. Practitioners in development believe that in order for projects to succeed, communities need to actively take part in designing, ...
The history of programme evaluation in South Africa
(2010-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study seeks to document the emergence of programme evaluation in South Africa. The value
of the study lies in the fact that no extensive study on the history of programme evaluation in South
Africa ...
The achievement gap between learners who are assessed in a primary language and those assessed in a non-primary language in the natural sciences learning area
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009-03)
In the TIMMS-R report, which compared the performance of a South African cohort of
learners with international peers in Science (and Mathematics), Howie (1999) highlighted
that:
• The biographical information of the ...
Health care for intimate partner violence : current standard of care and development of protocol management
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2009-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The World Health Organisation recognises intimate partner violence (IPV) to be of major
consequence to women’s mental and physical health, yet in South Africa it remains a
neglected area of care. Within ...
The validity endeavour
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Qualitative and quantitative research implies different meta-theoretical approaches to knowledge production. The former maintains a constructivist and interpretative perspective, as opposed to the latter, ...
Biological citizenship in Blikkiesdorp : the case of the disability grant
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis examines local understandings and use of the Disability Grant in The Symphony Way Temporary Relocation Area, locally referred to as Blikkiesdorp (tin can town). The study takes an ethnographic ...
Types of explanations given by foreign African women for xenophobic violence : a De-Doorns case study
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In November 2009, xenophobic violence flared up in De-Doorns, a small rural town which
lies in the Breede Valley Municipality of the Western Cape where table grape production is
the main economic activity. ...