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THE SOUTH AFRICAN MILITARY ACADEMY'S EDUCATIONAL OFFERINGS AND THE NATIONAL THREAT PERCEPTION

open access: yesScientia Militaria, 2012
The national threat perception of a nation is an important guideline for the education of its officers, since it defines or anticipates the general military and socio-political milieu in which those officers must be prepared to operate. This paper traces
Deon Visser
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Change, organisational culture and the development of the South African Military Academy to 2009

open access: yesThe Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, 2011
This article investigates the impact of change and organisational culture on the growth and development of the South African Military Academy. It explores the impact of Nationalist Party rule since 1948 and black majority rule since 1994 on the ...
G E (Deon) Visser, G AJ Van dyk
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DISPARITY: THREAT OR OPPORTUNITY TO DISTANCE EDUCATION THROUGHPUT AT THE SOUTH AFRICAN MILITARY ACADEMY

open access: yesScientia Militaria, 2015
Improved student throughput remains on the South African Higher Education (HE) priority list. To achieve greater throughput, all institutions of higher learning need to contribute.
Lindiwe Khoza, Gerhard van Zyl
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Stress and Change in the Military Profession Attitudes of Officer Students at the South African Military Academy

open access: yesScientia Militaria, 2012
In this paper it is illustrated that there is a decline in the commitment to altruistic values if one analyses the survey data of junior officers among all four arms of service at the South African Military Academy. The results show a clear drift towards
Lindy Heinecken
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ATTITUDES AND PERCEPTIONS OF SOUTH AFRICAN MILITARY ACADEMY STUDENTS TOWARDS INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY AND COMPUTERS

open access: yesScientia Militaria, 2011
The proliferation of computer technology in both our personal andprofessional lives, and particularly during the last decade, has created anenvironment in which there are varying perceptions of, and ideas about, the value ofInformation and Communication ...
Ariane Neethling   +2 more
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Food wastage management at the South African Military Academy officer’s mess

open access: yesScientia Militaria, 2022
lobally, an estimated one-third of the total of food produced for human consumption is never consumed. This affects food security. South Africa has obligations to meet international commitments to reduce food wastage. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12.3 aims to reduce food loss through wastage by 30 per cent by 2030.
Moss, Nomboniso   +2 more
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Death Anxiety in the Elderly: The Role of Spiritual Health and Perceived Social Support [PDF]

open access: yesروانشناسی پیری, 2021
Aging as one of the most important periods of life is associated with many challenges including death anxiety. Therefore, the aim of the current study was to investigate the role of spiritual health and perceived social support in predicting death ...
Mehrdad Hajihasani, Nahid Naderi
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Applying game-based learning at the South African Military Academy: an experimental study [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning, 2019
The contemporary military environment is characterised by new technologies, advances in computer usage, and a generation of young students who have the expectation that the use of technology within education will increase over the next few years. Research suggests games within education to be a feasible solution for positively supplementing traditional
Adriaan M.F. Dreyer   +2 more
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Thinking militaries or military thinking: the need for education in armed forces

open access: yesActa Academica, 2007
The recently tabled parliamentary report on the South African Military Academy did not pose the most fundamental question concerning the existence of the Military Academy: why is it important that soldiers should become academically educated? Does sound
Abel Esterhuyse
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THE TRAINING OF CANDIDATE OFFICERS IN SOUTH AFRICA

open access: yesScientia Militaria, 2012
A thorough analysis of cadet courses in the years 1922 - 1950 is far beyond the scope of this study which should be regarded as speculative and suggestive.From the early 1920's to the mid 1950's the South African Military College (the South African ...
R.J. Haines
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