Effectiveness of academic writing activities and instruction in an academic literacy writing course at the University of Botswana

The purpose of this paper is to report on the University of Botswana undergraduate students’ and lecturers’ perceptions of the effectiveness of academic writing activities and instruction given in Communication and Academic Literacy Skills (COM112) academic writing module. Students (n= 46) and lecturers (n=2) who have taught the course were probed through a questionnaire adapted from (Krause, 2001) on their instruction and assessment of the course. Fifteen (n= 12) Students were also interviewed in a focus group. The data obtained indicated that students and lecturers held different perceptions about the effectiveness of the academic writing activities and instruction. These results have implications for classroom pedagogy in that lecturers need to consider the perceptions and needs of students (Nunan, 1989) if they are to fully adopt a learner centred approach to learning and teaching that is suggested by the University of Botswana (UB) Learning and teaching policy (2008)

The relationship between burnout and job Satisfaction among registered nurses at a hospital in Johannesburg

ABSTRACT Introduction: Registered nurses (RNs) are becoming increasingly dissatisfied with factors in the workplace; monthly resignations are related to organizational management issues, diminishing resources, staff shortage, increasing responsibilities and lack of support The purpose of this study: This research sought to determine the relationship between burnout and job satisfaction among registered nurses at a hospital in the city of Johannesburg. The methodology: A quantitative descriptive survey was used as study design. The Job Satisfaction scale of Warr et al (1979) was used to measure overall satisfaction with both extrinsic and intrinsic factors. The Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Service Survey (MBI-HSS) was used to measure emotional exhaustion; depersonalization and personal accomplishment. The sample comprised 165 RNs, who met the inclusion criteria and who agreed to participate. Results: The RNs reported dissatisfaction with selected extrinsic factors in their work environment, such as the physical work condition, the way their institution is managed and the rate of pay. The RNs at this hospital are satisfied with hours of work, their immediate boss, their fellow workers and job security; they are dissatisfied with intrinsic factors of their job such as promotion opportunities and recognition. The majority (75.76%) of RNs reported moderate to high emotional exhaustion. There is a significant relationship between emotional exhaustion and job satisfaction factors. The results show a significant relationship between emotional exhaustion and depersonalization; 68.48% of RNs reported moderate depersonalization. There is a significant relationship between depersonalization and extrinsic factors. The majority of RNs (76.97%) reported high levels of personal accomplishment

ASUHAN KEBIDANAN KOMPREHENSIF PADA NY. W MASA HAMIL SAMPAI DENGAN NIFAS DAN KB DI NANIK CHOLID SEPANJANG

Data angka kematian ibu (AKI) dan angka kematian bayi (AKB) merupakan satu indikator untuk melihat derajat kesehatan di negara berkembang. Angka kematian ibu dan angka kematian bayi di Jawa Timur sudah melampaui target MDGs dimana tahun 2015 AKI 89,06/100.000 KH dan AKB mencapai 26,66/1.000 KH (DinKesProv Jatim, 2012). Dalam Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) menargetkan pada tahun 2015 untuk menurunkan angka kematian ibu dan angka kematian bayi Indonesia sebesar 102 kematian per 100.000 kelahiran hidup untuk penurunan AKI dan penurunan AKB menjadi 22 kematian per 1.000 kelahiran hidup (WHO, 2014). Faktor penyebab terbesar kematian ibu yaitu perdarahan. Sedangkan pada bayi yaitu asfiksi, BBLR, dan infeksi neonatorum serta diare. Tujuan tugas akhir ini dibuat untuk memberikan asuhan kebidanan secara continuity of care kepada ibu hamil, bersalin, nifas, bayi baru lahir, serta keluarga berencana dengan pendokumentasian SOAP. Asuhan yang diberikan pada Ny. W G5P4003 saat usia kehamilan 37-38 minggu. Pada kunjungan kehamilan ibu tidak memiliki keluhan apapun. Pada tanggal 22 April 2016 dengan usia kehamilan 39-40 minggu ibu bersalin di BPM Nanik Cholid Sepanjang secara normal. Proses persalinan pada kala I selama 1 jam 30 menit, kala II 5 menit, kala III 8 menit, kala IV 2 jam. Bayi lahir SptB pukul 05.35 WIB dengan berat badan lahir 3500 gram, panjang 49 cm, jenis kelamin laki-laki. Plasenta lahir spontan pada pukul 05.55 WIB. Pada kunjungan masa nifas ibu dalam kondisi baik dan tidak ditemukan adanya perdarahan abnormal serta komplikasi pada masa nifas. Keadaan bayi selama kunjungan 1-4 dalam keadaan baik dan sehat, tanda-tanda vital bayi dalam batas normal serta tidak ditemukan adanya kelainan-kelainan dan infeksi pada bayi baru lahir. Pada kunjungan awal KB ibu diberikan konseling mengenai keuntungan dan kerugian KB Tubektomi, pada kunjungan ke dua ibu serta suami memutuskan untuk menggunakan metode KB Implan. Asuhan continuity of care yang telah dilakukan oleh penulis dimulai sejak ibu hamil trimester III, bersalin, masa nifas, bayi baru lahir hingga keluarga berencana secara berkelanjutan dengan menggunakan standar asuhan kebidanan. Asuhan ini diberikan di BPM Nanik Cholid Sepanjang mulai tanggal 11 April 2016 hingga 30 Mei 2016. Kunjungan asuhan kebidanan dilakukan di rumah ibu dan di BPM Nanik Cholid Sepanjang dengan kunjungan hamil sebanyak 2 kali, bersalin 1 kali, nifas 4 kali, bayi baru lahir 4 kali dan KB sebanyak 2 kali kunjungan. Berdasarakan hasil asuhan kebidanan secara continuity of care yang telah diberikan kepada Ny. W pada saat hamil, bersalin, nifas, BBL, dan KB hasil pemeriksaan yang didapatkan menunjukkan hasil yang fisiologis. Asuhan secara continuity of care ini diharapkan klien dapat melakukan asuhan yang telah diberikan agar kondisi ibu serta bayi dalam keadaan sehat sehingga dapat mengurangi angka kematian ibu dan bayi

Modifikasi Penggiling Ayam Berbasis Ergonomi Di UKM Bapak Suman Palembang

Small medium enterprise (SME) of Mr. Suman in Palembang is a family business which produces meatballs. Meatballs milling results the on sale to small traders and SME it self. Preliminary fieldwork indicates problems in the chicken mill, ie chicken mill which there is currently lacking an ergonomic and effective. Proof of the toolan lack of an ergonomic posture is currently making use of sick employees at the neck and waist by 86%. Proof of ineffectiveness use chicken mill is a new productivity reaching 8.6% and impact on the workload of employees at 128 bpm in the category of heavy workloads.Modifications of chicken mill carried out to eliminate few above drawbacks and designed appropriate to SME Mr. Suman in Palembang. Chicken mill made under anthropometric data of employees and using the appropriate technology (AT) method. Research was conducted on the working conditions before and after using a modified chicken mill. The respondents totaled 6 people which work at the mill chicken. Identification of subjective complaints made using the Nordic Body Map (NBM) and workload of using the pulse per minute. Results of chicken mill modification based on ergonomics implementation, proving the decrease ill on the neck by 46%, waist by 50%, reduce the workload of 114 bpm in medium category and increase productivity that before0.084 to 0.13 (4,4%)

The Concept of Beauty in African Philosophy

This article contributes to the ongoing discussion on African aesthetics by presenting concept of beauty or the beautiful as it evolved from the cultural conception of beauty to the philosophical shift in the concept. It also examined Western concept of beauty in order to show the different contexts of the meaning of beauty in Africa and Western philosophies. In the paper, I focused primarily on analyzing beauty concept in terms of what constitutes beauty and how the beautiful can be known. I showed that unlike individualistic conception of beauty in Western philosophy, beauty concept in African philosophy is both relational and functional. I showed that in African context there is no beauty for beauty’s sake; and that the beautiful is considered in terms of good conducts and physical attractiveness. Finally, I argued that African concept beauty is only intelligible when considered in the context of African ontology

A BEAUTY THAT SAVES: DOSTOEVSKY’S THEOLOGY OF BEAUTY THE IDIOT

This paper examines Dostoevsky’s understanding of beauty and its place in The Idiot. Examining the historical and immediate environment in which Dostoevsky wrote the novel provides crucial insights into his conception of beauty. It is argued that the beauty Dostoevsky encountered in Florence colored his use of beauty in The Idiot. The use recent popes have made of Dostoevsky’s works also underscore the Christian theology of his ideal. From the post-Vatican II pontiffs and from Dostoevsky’s own writing it becomes clear that Dostoevsky’s view of beauty flows from the Christian belief that Christ is the Supreme Beauty. The beauty of Prince Myshkin and other characters all flow from this Beauty by reflecting Him in different ways. Ultimately, however, Myshkin fails to bring about salvation. He lacks the perfect beauty and goodness of Christ, the only one who can save. This salvific beauty is noticeably missing from the novel. The Hans Holbein painting of “Christ in the Tomb,” it is argued, lacks beauty because it fails to show forth the Incarnation. Instead, it depicts Christ without any hint of his divinity and without any hope of resurrection. Through this examination of Dostoevsky’s context and theology, it is concluded that the lack of a beauty that saves in The Idiot is meant to underscore mankind’s inability to save itself

Beauty and the Beastly Prime Minister

This essay examines the so-called “turn to beauty” in British fiction since the 1990s as a response to the political and social consequences of Thatcherism. Focusing primarily on four texts—Jonathan Coe’s What a Carve Up! (1994), Julian Barnes’s England, England, (1998), Alan Hollinghurst’s The Line of Beauty (2004), and Zadie Smith’s On Beauty (2005)—this essay argues that conceptions of beauty and beastliness delineate possible boundaries to the neoliberalism with which Thatcherism is associated. Two distinct phases of the beauty/beastliness rhetoric are identified: an ironized utopianism in the 1990s; an ambivalent embrace of global humanism in the 2000s