Quo Vadis, opvoeder?

Enige opvoedkunde word deur sy grondbeginsels beheers, ook die Calvinistiese. Hierdie beheersing strek hom veel verder uit as slegs die grense wat deur die teorie gestel word; dit reik heen na die praktyk en die organisasie. Dit omvat die opvoeder en die opvoedeling, die opvoedingsinrigting en die beheer daarvan, die stof en die metode, die liggaam en die siel, die tydelike en die ewige bestemming. As Calviniste laat ons ons ,,in U lig” lei op al hierdie terreine, of wil ons graag daardeur gelei word

H.J J. Bingle se plek in die S.A. opvoedkundige panorama

Hierdie plasing is net so maklik as wat dit moeilik is. Om ’n een-spoormens te waardeer is nie besonder moeilik nie; om so ’n veelsydig-begaafde te plaas, kan maklik uitloop op versplintering, op miskenning van die eenheidsbeginsel wat soos ’n goue draad deur elke afdeling loop, op miskenning van die mens (hele mens) wat agter dié fasette skuil. Op die gevaar af dat ons juis in die opsig die bal mag misslaan, wil ons tog hier van fasette gebruik maak. Dis prakties onmoontlik om die terreine waterdig af te sluit, en ons gaan dit ook nie probeer nie

Die kultuurkrisis en die opvoeding van die jeug

Ons gaan ons besig hou met die krisis in die opvoeding en onderwys van die 20ste eeu, en veral van die tweede kwart daarvan. Ons wil direk aan die begin baie duidelik stel dat ons op hierdie terrein voortdurend krisisse belewe

Die skool en die onderwyser as faktore in die geestesgesondheid van die kind*

Ons hou geestesgesondheidsweke, stig beroepsentrums, samel geld in om mense wat geestelik siek is te genees, klae oor die tekort aan psigiaters, kliniese sielkundiges, bedryfsielkundiges, voorligters, skoolpsigoloë,ens. ’n Karige kwarteeu gelede het ons aan al hierdie dinge slegs akademiese aandag gewy. In hierdie kursus wordverskeie tipes kinders bespreek en geleer hoe om hulle probleme te benader

Eenheid en differensiasie in die onderwys

Hierdie tenia van die interíakultêre lesings sny in werkliklieid oor alle fakulteite lieen en is ’11 probleem wal by elke dissipliiie ontstaan, sonder twyfel by almal wat met die mens en met levve te doen het, maar ook by die fisiese wetenskappe waar met die lewelosc skepping gewerk word. Waar ons in ons land en veral in Transvaal deesdae voortdurend te doen het met differensiasie in die onderwys, met A-, B- en C-bane, is hierdie beginsel van eenheid en verskeidenheid, van eeridersheid en ver- skillendbeid, van integrasie en differensiasie, van verdeelde beheer in die onderwys en van ’11 eenheidsheleid en -beheer, van nasionale en inter- nasionale onderwys, van verskillende skooltipes en van komprehensiewe skole e.d.m., voortdurend in die nuus. Saam met die eenheid en differen­ siasie in die volkewêreld van Afrika, is die probleem in die onderwys seker die popnlêrste; dis byna reeds gemeen|)laas

Quo Vadis, Opvoeder?: Die stigting van S.A.V.B.O.

In die afgelope dekades is daar op die terrein van onderwys en opvoeding nogal heelwat tot stand gebring deur nuwe benaderings, klemverlegging, internasionale bevrugting, veral as die gevolg van uitgebreide navorsing

Lewensbeskoulike differensiasie in die onderwys*

The fact that for many people the N in CNE (Christian National Education) often became more important than the C may be ascribed to a historical process. Opponents of the whole concept also did not understand that the Christian Afrikaner wanted a Christian education for his own children, and did not begrudge other people '‘other" education. The concept “National", however, has become a bogyman, and has come to be interpreted in terms o f the "National Party"

Notations and conventions in molecular spectroscopy: part 1. General spectroscopic notation

The field of Molecular Spectroscopy was surveyed in order to determine a set of conventions and symbols which are in common use in the spectroscopic literature. This document, which is Part I in a series, establishes the notations and conventions used for general spectroscopic notations and deals with quantum mechanics, quantum numbers (vibrational states, angular momentum and energy levels), spectroscopic transitions, and miscellaneous notations (e.g. spectroscopic terms). Further parts will follow, dealing inter alia with symmetry notation, permutation and permutation-inversion symmetry notation, vibration-rotation spectroscopy and electronic spectroscopy

TOR1A mutation-related isolated childhood-onset generalised dystonia in South Africa

Background. Childhood-onset generalised dystonia is commonly caused by TOR1A mutations and is known to respond well to pallidal deep-brain stimulation (DBS) surgery. The incidence and prevalence of monogenic dystonia in individuals from Africa and specifically of African ancestry are unknown, and no local cases of TOR1A mutation dystonia are found in the literature.Objectives. To describe our experience with the outcome of TOR1A mutation-positive patients with isolated generalised dystonia (IGD) of childhood onset who were treated with pallidal DBS.Methods. All patients with TOR1A mutations from Steve Biko Academic Hospital and the Pretoria Neurology Institute in Pretoria, South Africa (SA), who underwent DBS for IGD of childhood onset were identified. We conducted a retrospective analysis of their demographics, clinical presentation and time to generalisation, genetic status and family history, and response to DBS treatment of the internal segment of the globus pallidus (GPi), utilising pre- and post-surgical scores of the United Dystonia Rating Scale (UDRS).Results. Three patients, all of black African ancestry, were identified. The median age at onset was 12 years and the median time to surgery from dystonia generalisation was 3 years. Two children presented with cervical-onset dystonia. Two patients were related, representing the only two with a positive family history. All three patients had a positive outcome after surgery, with improvement of 67 - 90% on the UDRS recorded at last follow-up.Conclusions. TOR1A mutations are found in SA patients of black African ancestry, with age of onset and generalisation comparable to those described in international studies. However, onset with cervical dystonia was more common than previously reported. Response to GPi DBS was excellent in all patients.