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The founding of the Marloth Nature Reserve: a historic example of collaborative conservation
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2017)
During the 1970s collaborative conservation between management bodies and citizens became a field of academic interest. It is globally practised today and implies consensus-based decision-making, often with a special ...
Segregated schools of thought: the Bantu Education Act (1953) revisited
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2017)
Various political parties, civil rights groups and columnists support the view that one of South Africa’s foremost socio-economic challenges is overcoming the scarring legacy which the Bantu Education Act of 1953 left on ...
Bloemfontein (1848-2015), mapping eight moments in time: Measuring and appreciating that which is nearest
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2016)
Maps represent more than physical reality. More significantly, they beckon that which is nearest; the life-care-place totality in which lived space is best understood as place, and lived time is best understood as care. ...
History education at the crossroads: challenges and prospects in a Lesotho context
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2015)
The status of History education within a Social Science education framework
of the Lesotho educational system is a cause for concern. In an attempt to foster
the development goals of the Kingdom of Lesotho, education and ...
Race, power and me: my position as a History educator in relation to the position of learners
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2015)
History, as outlined in the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statements for
GET and FET (CAPS) is both a journey of enquiry and an evidence-based
construction of the past. It enables learners and teachers alike to ...
Rethinking the reflective praxis of the name Social Science: Pedagogical ‘mischief’ in the Grade 4 to 9 Social Science curriculum
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2017)
The article depicts the global history of the Social Science (SS) curriculum to illustrate that already by the 19th century Geography and History had been divided. The influence of non-integration of the SS was mainly by ...
The development of Afrocentricity: A historical survey
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2016)
The origin of the Afrocentric philosophy cannot be established with certainty.
The most influential book advocating it was published in 1954. Marcus Garvey
was one of the most influential propagators of the ideology. ...
The law faculty of the NWU Potchefstroom campus celebrates its half centenary
(2015)
The Law Faculty of the North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, is celebrating its half centenary in 2015, having been founded in 1965. Law subjects were first introduced in 1932 after the Senate had decided on 11 ...
The intersection of archaeology, oral tradition and history in the South African interior.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2012)
The historical entanglement of indigenous and colonial societies in South
Africa created not only multiple points of social and cultural interaction, but
also a repository of interconnected material, oral and documentary ...
Together we can do more – environmental consciousness in the South African dam construction sector (1945-1980)
(2013)
For several thousand years societies have diverted and dammed up rivers to meet their
increasing water needs. The Industrial Revolution ushered in the modern era of water
resource development, which has led to the ...