https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/507 Electronic versions of theses and dissertations submitted to Unisa since 2003 Thu, 06 Aug 2026 20:52:15 GMT 2026-08-06T20:52:15Z https://ir.unisa.ac.za:443/bitstream/id/43378af8-80b7-4ae3-b8a6-4a2bf713e4a5/ https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/507 https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/32889 Managing the continuous professional development of foundation phase teachers in primary schools in the Gauteng East District Janse van Vuuren, Adel This study investigated how continuous professional development (CPD) of Foundation Phase (FP) teachers is managed in primary schools in the Gauteng East District. This was done to find out how CPD is currently managed, why CPD is so important for FP teachers in particular, and to establish how FP teachers in this district perceive and benefit from the process of CPD. Furthermore, it aimed to identify factors that can possibly be a barrier to the implementation of an effective professional development programme for FP teachers in the district, and to determine how to effectively manage these factors in the Gauteng East District. This study was a qualitative study. Foundation Phase teachers, departmental heads and a school principal were interviewed and participated in a focus group discussion. Document analysis was employed as a research tool to gain a deeper understanding of the policies and regulations related to the management of continuous professional development. The theoretical framework for this study was underpinned by three theories: the andragogy theory by Malcolm Knowles, transformative learning theory by Jack Mezirow, and instructional leadership theory. These theories provided a lens through which the data was interpreted and enabled a deeper understanding of how adult learning principles and school leadership practices influence the management of CPD. This study revealed that the management of CPD needs to be cautiously planned and successfully implemented to the benefit of the school, educators and learners. Professional development activities equip educators with the knowledge and skills required to keep up with changes taking place in the education system. The success of educator development programmes can improve by adopting a collaborative approach, setting a clear vision, and ensuring that post-evaluation training is taking place. Effective leadership is vital to continuously monitor the outcomes of professional development programmes. Key findings of the study revealed that the management of CPD was inconsistent and lacked strategic planning. FP educators in the Gauteng East District do not receive adequate training during professional development sessions. In addition, training institutes for student teachers do not prepare future teachers for the reality of various classroom challenges. Furthermore, policies for professional development of educators are not well known to iv principals. A clear understanding of CPD expectations is needed to enhance the management of CPD programmes for FP educators. Principals and the School Management Team (SMT) members need to be equipped with skills and policy knowledge to lead and manage CPD programmes. To bridge the gap between university training and real-world teaching, educators should engage in hands-on activities during CPD training. This will lead to a clearer understanding of how to apply new strategies in their own classroom, leading to improved teaching quality and better learning experiences for learners. Additionally, practical engagement solidifies theoretical knowledge, ensuring that teachers can immediately apply what they have learned. A clear understanding of CPD expectations will enhance the management of CPD programmes for FP educators. It will also lead to effective implementation of CPD programmes. The study contributes to understanding how CPD is managed in the Gauteng East District, and it highlights the importance of aligning adult learning principles with effective instructional leadership to foster meaningful and sustainable professional development. Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/32889 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/32888 Lamenting chaos. Vulnerability expressed in art Mouret, Heidi Elizabeth This study examines anxiety through a posthuman lens, using rhizome theory and the concept of “becoming”. It embraces a fluid state of environmental connection, accepting real and perceived chaos. Through visual art, a tensional relationship between trauma, vulnerability and obsessive control is explored, establishing its impact on female artists and their creative work. The study interrogates chaos and order, fear and control, despair and resilience in the works of Julie Mehretu, Leora Farber and Joana Choumali, through a review of literature, textual analyses, autoethnography and practice-led artmaking. Employing new materialism, multidirectional thinking and convergence theories, the research highlights how selected works from these artists intersect with my creative praxis as an embodied expression of lamentation and grief. My artmaking resulted in the exhibition Disquiet (2024), which, through art, provides a dialogical response to the ambivalences and resilience required to live a precarious life.; Hierdie studie ondersoek angs deur ʼn postmenslike lens, met behulp van risoomteorie en die konsep van “wording”. Dit behels ʼn vloeibare toestand van omgewingsverbintenis, wat werklike en waargenome chaos aanvaar. Deur middel van visuele kuns word ʼn spanningsverhouding tussen trauma, kwesbaarheid en obsessiewe beheer ondersoek, wat die impak daarvan op vroulike kunstenaars en hulle kreatiewe werk bepaal. Die studie gebruik ʼn literatuuroorsig, tekstuele ontledings, outo-etnografie en praktykgedrewe kunsmaak om chaos en orde, vrees en beheer, wanhoop en veerkragtigheid in die kunswerke van Julie Mehretu, Leora Farber en Joana Choumali te ondersoek. Met behulp van nuwe materialisme, multidireksionele denke en konvergensieteorieë, beklemtoon die navorsing die oorvleueling van my kreatiewe praktyk met geselekteerde kunswerke van hierdie kunstenaars as ʼn beliggaamde uitdrukking van weeklaag en hartseer. My kunsmaak het gekulmineer in die uitstalling Disquiet (2024), wat ʼn dialogiese reaksie bied op die ambivalensies en veerkragtigheid wat nodig is om ʼn onseker lewe te lei.; Olu phandolwazi luphonononga ixhala ngokwembono yobuposthuman1 ekwiyindlela yokuhlalutya ejonga ubudlelwane phakathi kwabantu, ubuchwepheshe, indalo nezinye izinto ezingengobantu, endaweni yokubeka umntu njengoyena obalulekileyo, ngokusebenzisa ithiyori yerhayizom2, kunye nengcamango ethi “ukuba kwinkqubo yenguqu eqhubekayo”. Kwamkelwa imeko eguquguqukayo yonxibelelwano nendalo esingqongileyo, ukuba umntu unxulumene, uyinxalenye ephilayo yehlabathi elingenakuqondakala, nokuba kwimeko yokuyeka ukufuna ukulawula yonke into, kunye nokwamkela ukuba ebomini kukho izinto ezingekho ngqiqweni nezingaqikelelwanga neemvakalelo zokubhideka anokuba nazo. Ngokusebenzisa ubugcisa bokuzoba, kuphononongwa ubudlelwane obunoxinzelelo phakathi komonzakalo wengqondo, ukuba buthathaka, nolawulo olugqithisileyo, ukuze kuboniswe indlela ezi zinto ezichaphazela ngayo amagcisa angabasetyhini, kunye nomsebenzi wawo wobugcisa. Olu phandolwazi luhlalutya iingcamango zesiphithiphithi nocwangco, uloyiko, ulawulo, ukuphelelwa lithemba, nokomelela xa kujongwa imisebenzi kaJulie Mehretu, ULeora Farber, kunye noJoana Choumali, kusetyenziswa uphononongo loncwadi, uhlalutyo lwetekisi, autoethnografi3, kunye nokuveliswa kobugcisa obukhokelwa yinkqubo yokuzoba. Ngokusebenzisa ithiyori yematerialism entsha (egxininisa ukuba izinto eziphathekayo, indalo, imizimba, nezinto ezingengobantu zinendima ebalulekileyo ekubumbeni ihlabathi nakwimveliso yolwazi, hayi nje abantu bodwa), ukucinga ngeendlela ezininzi, kunye neethiyori zokudibana kweengcamango neenkqubo4. Olu phando lubonisa indlela imisebenzi yobugcisa ekhethiweyo yala magcisa edibana ngayo nomsebenzi wam wobugcisa njengendlela ebonakalisa ngokwasemzimbeni ukulila nokuba nentlungu. Umsebenzi wam wokwenza ubugcisa wafikelela kwinqanaba eliphezulu ngomboniso wobugcisa iDisquiet (2024), onika impendulo yengxoxo malunga nokungaqiniseki neemvakalelo eziphikisanayo, kwakunye nokomelela okufunekayo ukuze umntu aphile ubomi obungazinzanga. Text in English with abstract in English, Afrikaans and Xhosa Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/32888 2026-02-01T00:00:00Z https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/32887 Intercultural ministry training of a Pentecostal theological institution in the United States of America Aiyedogbon, Kola This study examines the training of Pentecostal theological graduates for intercultural ministry in the United States, with a focus on integrating intercultural education within theological programmes. It emphasises the value of cultural diversity and encourages educators and students to develop intercultural competencies for harmonious interaction in a multicultural world (Bennett, 2009). Day’s (2021) proposition for theological education on a hybrid of cognition and praxis was engaged. The concept envisions the preparation of students for effective ministry in a pluralist society. It is the framework of intercultural education conceived for ministry which is intentional, and faith based. The research positions intercultural education as vital for equipping theological graduates to serve in pluralistic societies. The study is critical because ministry engagement in intercultural contexts demands a new learning set to prepare students adequately for pluralist societies. Utilising qualitative methodology, data were collected through semi-structured interviews and then analysed with a thematic approach and Atlas-ti qualitative software to identify the main themes to be addressed. The case study focuses on a Pentecostal theological training institution that prepares graduates for ministry across the Americas, involving interviews with 28 participants, 14 faculty members and 14 students. The findings highlighted the central role of curriculum design in fostering intercultural education, the significance of educators’ competence and capacity building, and the need for cultural understanding to adapt ministry practices to diverse contexts. Cultural adaptation requires understanding of the diverse backgrounds of students and the contents in which they will serve. The research concludes that church ministry is dynamic, necessitating evolving theological training to prepare leaders for diverse societies. The thesis contributes to practical theology through the understanding that integrates contextual theology, transformative learning, and intercultural communication to enhance intercultural competencies in Pentecostal theological education and understanding the other as we live in a democracy. This framework aligns with Pentecostalism's mission to engage diverse cultures, advocating for a holistic curriculum that equips graduates to navigate the complexities of intercultural ministry in an evolving global landscape. Sat, 01 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/32887 2025-02-01T00:00:00Z https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/32886 Theorizing the augmented reality orchestra: a reflexive analysis of an original film score for chamber orchestra and electronic effects Shadel, Nick My thesis explores the relationship between orchestral instruments and digital sound processing in a film scoring context, with particular emphasis on the analysis and development of composition and orchestration techniques. I analyze the results of various electronic effects, when applied to acoustic instruments of the orchestra, both individually and in ensembles. My project incorporates the composition of an original film score that utilizes orchestral instruments being processed through digital effects to create a unique sonic landscape. I have named the concept ‘The Augmented Reality Orchestra’, and much of my study analyzes Augmented Reality Orchestration Theory, which identifies the impact of digital sound processing on traditional orchestration practices, and ways in which it can eliminate limitations and expand the expressive scope of the ensemble. My experiment explores processing the effects in real time, as they are being played and recorded with a microphone, as well as adding digital effects to virtual instruments. The ensemble will be used to write and record film music, a field undergoing changes from a notation-based approach to a DAW-based approach, exploring expanded tonal and performance opportunities. The first phase of my methodology involves testing individual instruments through a variety of effects, and documenting the results. I then experiment with the effected sounds in a creative, compositional context, eventually leading to the development of composition and orchestration techniques. I begin small, writing for solo instruments, then duets, quartets, quintets, a chamber ensemble, then finally score a film with the techniques that I have collected. The primary goal of the study is to reinterpret and recontextualize the instrumental palette of the orchestra, in the age of digital technology.; My verhandeling ondersoek die verhouding tussen orkesinstrumente en digitale klankverwerking in ʼn filmkomponeringkonteks, met klem op die ontleding en ontwikkeling van komposisie en instrumentasietegnieke. Ek ontleed die resultate van verskeie elektroniese effekte wanneer dit op akoestiese orkesinstrumente toegepas word, beide individueel en in ensembles. My projek het die komposisie van oorspronklike filmmusiek behels wat orkesinstrumente deur digitale effekte verwerk het om ʼn unieke klanklandskap te skep. Ek het die konsep The Augmented Reality Orchestra (die aangevulde realiteitsorkes) genoem en baie van my studie ontleed die teorie van aangevulde realiteitinstrumentasie, wat die impak van digitale klankverwerking op tradisionele instrumentasiepraktyke identifiseer, en maniere waarop dit beperkings kan uitskakel en die uitdruklike omvang van die ensemble kan uitbrei. My eksperiment ondersoek die intydse verwerking van die effekte soos wat dit met ʼn mikrofoon gespeel en opgeneem word, asook die byvoeging van digitale effekte na virtuele instrumente. Die ensemble sal gebruik word om filmmusiek te komponeer en op te neem, ʼn veld wat verandering van 'n ideegebaseerde benadering na ʼn digitale oudiowerkstasie-benadering ondergaan, en uitgebreide tonaliteit- en uitvoeringgeleenthede ondersoek. Die eerste fase van my metodologie behels die toetsing van individuele instrumente deur ʼn verskeidenheid effekte en dokumentering van die resultate. Ek het daarna in ʼn kreatiewe, kompositoriese konteks met die effekte klanke geëksperimenteer, wat uiteindelik tot die ontwikkeling van komposisie- en instrumentasietegnieke gelei het. Ek begin klein deur vir soloinstrumente te komponeer, dan duette, kwartette, kwintette, ʼn kamerensemble, en uiteindelik filmmusiek deur die tegnieke wat ek versamel het. Die primêre doel van die studie is om die instrumentale palet van die orkes in die tyd van digitale tegnologie te hervertolk en herkontekstualiseer.; Ithesis yami ihlola ubudlelwano phakathi kwezinsimbi ze-okhestra kanye nokucutshungulwa komsindo wedijithali kumongo wokuthola amaphuzu wefilimu, ngokugcizelela kakhulu ekuhlaziyweni nasekuthuthukisweni kokwakheka kanye namasu okucula. Ngihlaziya imiphumela yemiphumela ehlukahlukene ye-elekthronikhi, uma isetshenziswa kumathuluzi e-akhscoustic weorchestra, ngawodwana nakuma-ensembles. Iphrojekthi yami ihlanganisa ukwakheka kwesikolo sangempela sefilimu esebenzisa amathuluzi e-okhestra acutshungulwa ngemiphumela yedijithali ukuze kwakhe indawo yesonikhi eyingqayizivele. Ngiqambe lo mqondo ngokuthi ‘I-Augmented Reality Orchestra’, futhi ingxenye enkulu yocwaningo lwami ihlaziya i-Augmented Reality Orchestration Theory, ekhomba umthelela wokucubungula umsindo wedijithali ezinkambisweni zokucula zendabuko, nezindlela ezingasusa ngazo imikhawulo futhi zandise ububanzi obucacile beqoqo. Ukuhlola kwami kuhlola ukucubungula imiphumela ngesikhathi sangempela, njengoba idlalwa futhi irekhodwa ngombhobho, kanye nokwengeza imiphumela yedijithali kumathuluzi abonakalayo. Iqoqo lizosetshenziselwa ukubhala nokuqopha umculo wefilimu, umkhakha obhekene nezinguquko ukusuka endleleni esekelwe kumanothi ukuya endleleni esekelwe ku- DAW, ukuhlola amathuba anwetshiwe ethoni nawokusebenza. Isigaba sokuqala sendlela yokusebenza yami sibandakanya ukuhlola amathuluzi ngamanye ngemiphumela ehlukahlukene, nokubhala imiphumela. Ngibe sengizama imisindo eyenziwe ngomongo wobuciko, wokuqamba, ogcina uholela ekuthuthukisweni kokuqamba kanye namasu okucula. Ngaqala kancane, ngibhalela labo abasebenzisa izinsimbi zomculo wesolo, bese kuba amajuwethi, amakhwathethi, amakhwinthense, itshemba ehlanganisiwe, bese ekugcineni ngikora ifilimu ngamasu engiwaqoqile. Umgomo oyinhloko wocwaningo ukuhumusha kabusha nokuhlanganisa kabusha iphalethe yezinsimbi ze-okhestra, eminyakeni yobuchwepheshe bedijithali. Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/32886 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z