Search Results - "de Wet, Jacques"

A cycad's non‐saturating response to carbon dioxide enrichment indicates Cenozoic carbon limitation in pre‐historic plants by Nackley, Lloyd L., Midgley, Guy F., Bösenberg, Jacques de Wet, Donaldson, John S.

“…Cycads were a dominant plant functional type during the Mesozoic Era when atmospheric carbon dioxide [CO2] greatly exceeded current conditions. Cycads, now…”
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Policy on trial: Participatory vs neo-liberal development by Tomaselli, Charlize, de Wet, Jacques P.

“…This paper examines the conflict in South African government development policy and law between a people-centred participatory approach and a neoliberal…”
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Social construction of the meanings of imfundo by African intellectuals in the Cape Colony at the turn of the twentieth century by de Wet, Jacques P.

“…In Africa, the decolonisation of academic work requires that academics write in African languages (or bilingually in English/French/Portuguese and the…”
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Giddens, Sen and IsiXhosa-Speaking Women Traders: Theoretical Grafting to Enhance Analysis by Mpofu-Mketwa, Tsitsi J., de Wet, Jacques P.

“…Grafting selected elements into a primary theory from another theoretical approach can sometimes enhance the theoretical framework to facilitate more refined…”
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Standardising the reproduction of Schwartz’s two-dimensional value space using multi-dimensional scaling and goodness-of-fit test procedures by de Wet, Jacques, Wetzelhütter, Daniela, Bacher, Johann

“…Numerous empirical studies based on Schwartz’s famous Theory of Basic Values also use his Portrait Values Questionnaire to collect data. Many of these follow…”
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Towards rigorous practice: A framework for assessing naturalistic evaluations in the development sector by Phillips, Tracey, de Wet, Jacques P.

“…This article reflects on the design and application of a framework for assessing the rigour of naturalistic evaluations in the development sector. The…”
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A Courtly Dance: Reflexivity and Reputational Sensitivity in Research with Well-Established Non-Profit Organisations by Prinsloo, Erna Louisa, de Wet, Jacques P.

“…Interactive research with large non-profit organisations holds the promise of deepening scholarship, benefitting the research enterprise, and improving service…”
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Towards greater validity in Schwartz’s portrait values indicator using experimental research by de Wet, Jacques P., Bacher, Johann, Wetzelhütter, Daniela

“…In Schwartz’s 21-item portrait values questionnaire (PVQ) each item consists of two statements which refer to a single underling value. In each of the 21 items…”
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Who will guard the guardians? Amartya Sen's contribution to development evaluation by Porter, Stephen, de Wet, Jacques

“…An Action Learning process integrated with Sen's Capability Approach can support development agencies to formulate interventions that enhance freedom. The…”
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A Survey of Music Education in the Primary Schools of South Africa's Cape Peninsula by Herbst, Anri, de Wet, Jacques, Rijsdijk, Susan

“…We investigated the state of music education in government primary schools in the Cape Peninsula (Western Cape Province, South Africa) as perceived by the…”
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The translation of the Vertigo Symptom Scale into Afrikaans: a pilot study by Rogers, Christine, de Wet, Jacques, Gina, Ayanda, Louw, Ladine, Makhoba, Musa, Tacon, Lee

“…Dizziness is a common clinical problem that is challenging to diagnose and treat. One of a subset of symptoms that fall under the encompassing term of…”
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Revisiting the trans-situationality of values in Schwartz’s Portrait Values Questionnaire by de Wet, Jacques, Wetzelhütter, Daniela, Bacher, Johann

“…Schwartz in his famous theory of basic values follows Parsons and Rokeach in arguing that human values are trans-situational or context free. For any…”
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Global citizenship values among students: testing the thesis with World Values Survey data by De Wet, Jacques P, Bacher, Johann, Wetzelhuetter, Daniela, Nnebedum, Chigozie

“…The many universities across the world that promote internationalisation together with global citizenship education overtly or covertly orient their students…”
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The learning organisation: conditions of possibility in a feminist NGO by de Wet, Jacques P., Schoots, Jonathan

“…Amidst criticism of the concept of "the learning organisation" there is a perspective which is both critical of, and open to, innovative ways of developing the…”
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Testing a Modified Version of Schwartz’s Portrait Values Questionnaire to Measure Organizational Values in a University Context by Wetzelhütter, Daniela, Nnebedum, Chigozie, De Wet, Jacques, Bacher, Johann

“…Schwartz developed his Theory of Basic Human Values and corresponding instruments, the portrait values questionnaire (PVQ) and the Schwartz values survey…”
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Promoting critical consciousness and social mobilization in HIV/AIDS programmes: lessons and curricular tools from a South African intervention by Hatcher, Abigail, de Wet, Jacques, Bonell, Christopher Philip, Strange, Vicki, Phetla, Godfrey, Proynk, Paul M., Kim, Julia C., Morison, Linda, Porter, John D. H., Busza, Joanna, Watts, Charlotte, Hargreaves, James R.

“…The development of critical consciousness is seen as a key stage in communities increasing levels of dialogue about priority problems and effecting structural…”
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Rib fracture fixation in a South African public trauma service by Oosthuizen, G.V., Clarke, D.L., Bruce, J.L., De Wet, J.

“…Background: Rib fractures and flail chests have traditionally been treated nonoperatively. Current literature suggests that it is not only safe and feasible…”
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Passive Resistance to Western Capitalism in Rural South Africa: From Abantu Babomvu to AmaZiyoni1 by de Wet, Jacques P

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Passive Resistance to Western Capitalism in Rural South Africa: From "Abantu Babomvu" to "AmaZiyoni" by de Wet, Jacques P.

“…Western encroachment into the south-eastern region of South Africa, formerly known as the Transkei, gave rise in the latter half of the nineteenth century to…”
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Africa & Development. Challenges in the New Millennium. The NEPAD Debate by de Wet, Jacques P.

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