Publications
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Living Water
(2023)
Water will undoubtedly become an ever more crucial locus of academic reflection, as Christiana Peppard’s concern that “wars of the future will be fought over water, not oil” (2014) stresses. Increasing water shortages ...
Space, people and technology
(2023)
In this book, there is a call on built environment professionals to reflect on the role of narrative in shaping space, influencing people and making decisions about technology. It is argued that by changing the narrative ...
Philipp Melanchthon
(2022)
Philipp Melanchthon (1497–1560) was, with Martin Luther, the most influential reformer of the church during the 16th century. He was also a reformer of university education, especially theological studies, as well as the ...
Self-Directed Learning in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic
(2022)
The COVID-19 pandemic severely impacted teaching and learning at higher
education institutions (HEIs), and this book disseminates research findings on
a series of cross-campus online initiatives of the North-West University ...
Blended learning environments to foster self-directed learning
(2022)
This book on blended learning environments to foster self-directed learning highlights the focus on research conducted in several teaching and learning contexts where blended learning had been implemented and focused on ...
Music, Art and Emotion
(2022)
This book explores the ways in which four visual artists make sense of referentialism and emotion in music. By listening to five art songs by Schubert, Strauss, Fauré and Berlioz they were inspired to create new artworks ...
Preventive audiology
(2022)
This book is an original scholarly book that introduces the concept of preventive audiology, with a specific focus on the African context, which is in line with the South African re-engineered primary healthcare strategy ...
Christian hermeneutics in South Africa
(2022)
Hermeneutics remains a divisive and polarizing topic within scholarly and ecclesiastical communities in South Africa. These tensions are not limited to theoretical differences but often crystallize on a grassroots level ...
The 4IR and teacher education in South Africa:
(2022)
The 4IR has become an overarching framework within which education systems, including teacher education, are operating. Contingent upon the ideology of neo-liberalism, the 4IR seeks to transform societies in ways which ...
Faith seeking understanding
(2022)
The debate between faith and science is an ongoing and dynamic conversation marked
by the need to consistently factor in new data generated by the sciences, and new
perspectives developed in theology. In this book, a ...
The gift of life
(2021)
The concept ‘human life’ and what it entails have become a prominent idea in current theological-ethical discourses, especially in the growing Christian reflection on bioethics, eco-ethics, and social justice. Contemporary ...
We cannot continue like this
(2021)
The book is based on the view that the present trajectory of modern development cannot continue as it is now because it is ecologically unsustainable, it continues to enlarge the gap between rich and poor, and the ...
Self-Directed Learning
(2021)
This book on self-directed learning (SDL) is devoted to original academic scholarship within the field of education, and is the 6th volume in the North-West University (NWU) SDL book series. In this book the authors explore ...
Financial inclusion
(2021)
Financial inclusion has been noted as a key driver of poverty alleviation and growth. Yet, most of the scholarly work that exists lacks a comprehensive discussion of how the poor interact with financial services and the ...
Africa's digital future
(2021)
The main thrust of this book is to examine whether Africa is in a position to benefit from the digital age, given the continent’s many development challenges and slow adoption of digital technologies. While there is ...
Facing homelessness
(2021)
In facing homelessness we face the other, and in facing the other, we face ourselves. This book contributes to an emerging body of knowledge on street homelessness in the South African context. It is meant for researchers ...
Reconceptualising education support services in South Africa
(2021)
Inclusive education has been phased in in South Africa since 2001, but relies heavily upon adequate support services to support learners and teachers experiencing barriers to learning and development. This book focuses on ...
Quality education
(2021)
This book investigates the intersections between education, social justice, gendered violence and human rights in South African schools and universities. The rich and multifarious tapestry of scholarship and literature ...
Biblical Theology of Life in the New Testament
(2021)
This publication deals with A Biblical Theology of Life based on the New Testament. It forms the second of a two volume publication on A Biblical Theology of Life. These two volumes trace the concept of life throughout ...
Prosperity ethics
(2021)
The paradigm-shift from modernism to post-modernism and the Fourth Industrial Revolution pose enormous challenges to universal moral codes and human life today. The thesis of this manuscript is that human prosperity, in ...