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Happel, Uwe. "Methoden der EDV-gestützten, dreidimensionalen Lagerstättenmodellierung am Beispiel ausgewählter Bauxitvorkommen." [S.l.] : [s.n.], 2001. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=962946664.
Full textMarquardt, Henning [Verfasser]. "Die Familie als (anti-)koloniale Metonymie : Jamaika und Südafrika in der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts / Henning Marquardt." Hannover : Technische Informationsbibliothek und Universitätsbibliothek Hannover (TIB), 2015. http://d-nb.info/1070284785/34.
Full textErdmann, Christina [Verfasser], Hendrik [Akademischer Betreuer] Meyer-Lückel, and Bernd [Akademischer Betreuer] Lethaus. "Karies- und Fluoroseprävalenz bei Schulkindern in Jamaika 19 Jahre nach Einführung der Speisesalzfluoridierung / Christina Erdmann ; Hendrik Meyer-Lückel, Bernd Lethaus." Aachen : Universitätsbibliothek der RWTH Aachen, 2016. http://d-nb.info/1162498102/34.
Full textAnhorn, Ines [Verfasser], and Volker [Akademischer Betreuer] Lenhart. "Arbeitende Kinder und ihre Arbeitsbedingungen auf Jamaika, erforscht in einer Feldstudie im urbanen informellen Sektor in Kingston / Ines Anhorn ; Betreuer: Volker Lenhart." Heidelberg : Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, 2016. http://d-nb.info/1180614399/34.
Full textBowers, Paul. "Jamaican poetry and Jamaican life : an anthropological account of poetic, performative and linguistic culture in Jamaica." Thesis, SOAS, University of London, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.309930.
Full textMeyer, Margit. "Ethnobotanische und vegetationskundliche Untersuchungen traditioneller afrikanischer Heilpflanzen auf historischen Plantagen in Jamaika/Westindische Inseln : Dissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades eines Doktors der Philosophie der Philosophischen Fakultät der Universität des Saarlandes /." Saarbrücken : Universität des Saarlandes, 2000. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb40007908d.
Full textMiller, Andrew Kei. "Jamaica to the world : a study of Jamaican (and West Indian) epistolary practices." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2012. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/3597/.
Full textMilson-Whyte, Vivette Ruth. "A History of Writing Instruction for Jamaican University Students: A Case for Moving beyond the Rhetoric of Transparent Disciplinarity at The University of the West Indies, Mona." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/194079.
Full textRosenfelder, Ingrid [Verfasser], and Christian [Akademischer Betreuer] Mair. "Sociophonetic variation in educated Jamaican English: an analysis of the spoken component of ICE-Jamaica = Soziophonetische Variation im Englisch gebildeter jamaikanischer Sprecher: eine Analyse des ICE-Jamaica-Korpus." Freiburg : Universität, 2009. http://d-nb.info/1123478708/34.
Full textKelly, Kenneth Goodley. "Historic Archaeology of Jamaican Tenant-Manager Relations: A Case Study from Drax Hall and Seville Estates, St Ann, Jamaica." W&M ScholarWorks, 1989. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539625497.
Full textLehnert, Matthew Steven. "Ecology and population biology of the Jamaican Giant Swallowtail, Papilio (Pterourus) homerus Fabricius (Lepidoptera : Papilionidae), in the Cockpit Country, Jamaica." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2005. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0012104.
Full textAnglin, Patrick Alexander. "Improving business processes of Jamaican agritourism enterprises : using ICT to increase collaboration and information sharing." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2015. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/improving-business-processes-of-jamaican-agritourism-enterprises-using-ict-to-increase-collaboration-and-information-sharing(e9be71ee-807f-443d-8f73-c09f3cbd98e9).html.
Full textSmith, Phillip H. (Phillip Hoit) Carleton University Dissertation International Affairs. "The Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation and the Manley government 1972-1980; conflicting views of national development." Ottawa, 1988.
Find full textScott, P. J. B. "Infaunal invertebrates associated with live coral in Jamaica." Thesis, McGill University, 1986. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=74004.
Full textStigfur, Sophie, and Arvid Svenske. "Framställningen av HBTQ-personer under november 2015 i tre jamaicanska dagstidningar : The Jamaica Observer, The Jamaica Star och The Jamaica Gleaner." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-29528.
Full textMullings, Beverley. "Industrial development in an era of structural adjustment : the growth of export informatic services in Jamaica." Thesis, McGill University, 1996. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=42104.
Full textHagelin, Christopher A. "Patterns of residence and inheritance of rural Rastafarians of Jamaica." Virtual Press, 1995. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/958774.
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Dawkins, Janine Marie. "Analysis of stop-controlled intersections in the Caribbean : a case study of Kingston, Jamaica." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/21524.
Full textThomas, Desmond. "Effects of devaluation in a small open economy with application to Jamaica." Thesis, McGill University, 1989. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=75994.
Full textCollins, Lindsey. "Dissimulating women Jamaica Kincaid's Annie John and Autobiography of my mother /." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2005. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0010833.
Full textMullings, Robert. "Labour market adjustment in Jamaica." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2011. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/13484/.
Full textKauls, Angela L. "The impact of tourism on the physical environment of third world countries : a case study of Negril, Jamaica." Virtual Press, 1986. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/483413.
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Clay, Coleen. "Adolescents and adults in Jamaica : an analysis of age, socioeconomic and sex difference (a dialectical view of social and political attitudes) /." Access Digital Full Text version, 1987. http://pocketknowledge.tc.columbia.edu/home.php/bybib/10778317.
Full textTypescript; issued also on microfilm. Sponsor: Samuel Johnson. Dissertation Committee: William Sayres, Michael O'Brien, . Bibliography: leaves 163-180.
Williams, Grace D. "An Evaluation of the low-income housing sector in Jamaica." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/13950.
Full textGraham, Sarah. "An analysis of efficiency in banking : a case study of the People's National Cooperative Bank of Jamaica." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/97401.
Full textENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research report is a case study of a rural agricultural cooperative bank, the People’s National Cooperative Bank (NPCB). The NPCB has its foundations in the early 1900s and today operates 37 branches across the island of Jamaica. Notwithstanding its history, the NPCB has continued to suffer from issues related to overall profitability and therefore has undergone various transformations and amalgamations of branches over the years. This study involves a comparative analysis of branch performance based on branch-specific financial data. Best and worst practice banks are identified along with their key characteristics in order to pinpoint areas of operations that may benefit from improvement. It is suggested that the variance in the level of efficiency with which resources are employed and incomes earned are factors which affect the level of performance of individual branches. The findings of the research indicate large variations in branch expenses, incomes and lending rates and suggest the need for further examination of branches on a case-by-case basis in order to better facilitate improvements in their respective levels of efficiency.
Wigley, Georgina M. "Constraints on soil conservation in the Pindars River and Two Meetings Watersheds, Jamaica." Thesis, McGill University, 1988. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=64098.
Full textWillkie, Angelique. "In search of a greater measure of food security : food policy in Jamaica, 1972-1984." Thesis, McGill University, 1988. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=64060.
Full textCross, John M. "Furniture in colonial Jamaica 1700-1830." Thesis, Royal College of Art, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.414335.
Full textAcuña, Bugueño Constanza, González Diego Espinosa, and Numhauser Benjamín Puelma. "Plan de negocios : restructuración "Playa Jamaica." Tesis, Universidad de Chile, 2016. http://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/139620.
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Playa Jamaica es una tienda ubicada en la ciudad de La Serena, en un sector estratégico de la avenida del Mar, en concesión marítima otorgada por el Estado Chileno a partir de enero de 2013 y hasta 2020, renovable. Posee 400 metros cuadrados, donde se encuentra construida dos terrazas, un quiosco, servicios higiénicos y una cocina. Actualmente se atiende a la comunidad local y turistas, ofreciendo variedades de empanadas y jugos naturales, snacks, helados, cigarros, galletas y confites. También se ofrece servicios higiénicos para los veraneantes a un costo de $500. En el verano, debido a la masiva llegada de turistas a la cuarta región, Playa Jamaica tiene su mayor época de ingresos. Hoy en día durante el verano se pone música para los clientes que visitan el local, en un ambiente agradable y familiar, atendido por sus dueños. Creemos que como funciona actualmente el local, no está aprovechando la gran oportunidad que le genera el lugar donde está ubicado. Existe una demanda muy grande por distintos productos y servicios durante la época estival, la cual necesita tener un equilibrio con la oferta presentada, la que actualmente no cumple con lo necesario. Día a día, la vida sana y el deporte gana más adeptos dentro de Chile, con lo cual es un motivo para realizar una restructuración completa, ofreciendo a los ya típicos productos de empanadas y jugos, alternativas saludables de comida, junto con un conjunto de actividades de deporte y recreación que podamos ofrecer a los clientes y veraneantes. La reestructuración incluye una remodelación completa de como actualmente está dispuesto el local. Apertura de nuevas terrazas, una distinta organización y una oferta de una gran variedad de productos saludables relacionados a la vida sana y el deporte. Dentro de los puntos importantes a destacar, se quiere aprovechar el lugar donde se encuentra ubicado el local, un sector muy concurrido de la ciudad, para la venta de publicidad y apoyo de grandes empresas como auspiciadoras de las actividades deportivas que presentaremos
Lyn, Heather D. "Self-perceptions of low and high achieving students in Jamaica, W. I." Thesis, McGill University, 1995. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=23227.
Full textThe participants were 95 low achieving students and 100 high achieving students who were rigidly tracked into two separate schools. The survey instrument, "How I See Myself and Feel About Myself" was specially designed for this study. Student responses were compared to the subscales from Harter's Self-Perception Profile for Adolescents (1988).
The results revealed twelve self-perception categories, four of which were unique to the Jamaican adolescents. High achievers referred more frequently to academic competence, romantic appeal, and close friendship. Low achievers referred more frequently to behavioral conduct. Overall, male students referred more frequently to scholastic competence, athletic competence and behavioral conduct. Female students referred more frequently to social acceptance, romantic appeal, close friendship and family relations.
Powell, Steven. "Dread rites : an account of Rastafarian music and ritual process in popular culture." Thesis, McGill University, 1989. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=55647.
Full textNjopa-Kaba, Grace A. "African folklore and oral narrative in Jamaica /." Yaoundé : University of Yaoundé, Department of African literature, 1985. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37691371t.
Full textYoung, Kevin Anthony. "Intersection : public place in a new Jamaica." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/72308.
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Jamaica, a microcosm of the Caribbean and the developing world, is heir to an ambivalent legacy. While she benefits from a unique cultural tradition brought in part through colonialism, she suffers from the nihilistic tendency to imitate colonial socio-economic practices. The society thus becomes more and more polarized, and is poorer for it. The condition is a paradigm for architecture and urbanism. The city stratifies itself into political and economic zones, allowing for its own demise through the lack of communication and cross-fertilization. In anticipation of the city's continued explosion, the thesis explores the possibility of a new public place at which the separate social groups may converge. It will facilitate the accessibility of Jamaicans to their own diverse population, and foster self-pride as they recall and celebrate their traditions, accomplishments and ambitions. The program therefore consists of public facilities which bring Jamaican cultural traditions into relationship with each other. The complex is intended to be a multi- purpose sports/festival ground. Its focus will be a Museum of National Heritage. The site is National Heroes' Park, a 68 -acre oval which sits at the boundary of the parishes of Kingston and St. Andrew and marks the entrance to the old city of Kingston, capital of Jamaica. It originated as a horse-racing course in the 19th century but has been transformed successively over the years. Part of it is now dedicated as a shrine to Jamaica's National Heroes - the seven men and woman who were deemed to be instrumental in the building of the nation.
by Kevin Anthony Young.
M.S.
Roper, O'Neil Ryan. "Building conditions and students' attainment in Jamaica." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 2014. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/11072/.
Full textNorthrop, Chloe Aubra. "Fashioning Society in Eighteenth-century British Jamaica." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2015. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc822729/.
Full textCarlson, Kimberly. "Digenetic trematodes of marine fishes of Jamaica, West Indies." Scholarly Commons, 1992. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2238.
Full textSewell, Andrew Fitzgerald. "Prospects for improving the resource allocation process for National Security in Jamaica: a comparative study." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/1513.
Full textThe identification, selection and employment of better resource allocation models or practices is the aim of this research. As nations seek to employ their resources in a more efficient manner while deriving more effective outputs, those elected to public office must be willing to involve other members of the society in their decision-making. National security is one such area that is in need of a shared vision if it is to achieve the desired results. This paper examines the resource allocation process for national security in Jamaica. The purpose of this study is to establish whether the current process is adequate for addressing this aspect of the country's expenditure, as it impacts upon every citizen and every other area of the nation's affairs. In establishing whether the Jamaican model is adequate, a study of the processes used in three developed countries, namely Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States is done with a view of identifying the strengths and weaknesses of each process. The understanding of best practices in the field of national security is important, since after all, foreign trade and hence economic prosperity are more likely to be associated with nations that create secure environments. How much to allocate to defense and the consideration of all other viable alternatives is crucial. Only then can the nation look objectively at its unique situation.
Major, Jamaica Defence Force
Bennett, Hazel E. "A history of libraries in Jamaica, 1697-1987." Thesis, Loughborough University, 1987. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/7497.
Full textGrant, Lisa L. P. "The impact of the General Agreement on Trade in Services on Jamaica /." Thesis, McGill University, 2003. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=80924.
Full textHaving followed a fairly liberal path in its trade relations since 1991, the provisions in domestic law which accommodate or hinder liberalization are referred to. Negotiation strategies for future rounds of the GATS are another important aspect of the thesis. This closely follows the schedule of commitments made under the GATS, taking into account recent instances of autonomous liberalization, including those taken in the telecommunications industry. Finally, a critical look is taken at the dispute resolution process of the WTO to determine the extent to which the trading interests of a developing microstate such as Jamaica are protected by this system.
Sewell, Andrew Fitzgerald. "Prospects for improving the resource allocation process for National Security in Jamaica : a comparitive study /." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2004. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/04Jun%5FSewell.pdf.
Full textRabelo, Danilo. "Rastafari : identidade e hibridismo cultural na Jamaica, 1930-1981." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UnB, 2006. http://repositorio.unb.br/handle/10482/6447.
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Na Jamaica, o passado colonial baseado na plantation escravista, produziu uma sociedade estratificada na qual a cor mais clara da pele era considerada um meio de distinção social inclusive entre os afro-descendentes, mesmo após o fim da escravidão em 1838. Contra essa marginalização dos afro-jamaicanos, surgiu na década de 1930, um movimento religioso chamado Ras Tafari, cujas principais doutrinas a princípio era a divindade do imperador Haile Selassie I da Etiópia, o desejo de repatriação para a África e a rejeição da sociedade jamaicana e, por extensão das sociedades e do imperialismo ocidentais. Nesse sentido, o movimento era considerado milenarista, messiânico e escapista por seus primeiros pesquisadores e era fortemente estigmatizado pela sociedade envolvente. As tensões entre ambos atingiram seu ápice nos anos cinqüenta e sessenta, quando então começou um processo de negociação ambivalente que ainda se encontra em curso. Contudo, o movimento rastafari não constitui um movimento unificado e centralizado, produzindo uma enormidade de doutrinas, crenças e rituais, os quais são resultados dos processos de hibridação e/ou creolização características das culturas caribenhas. ______________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT
In Jamaica, the colonial past based on the slavery and the plantation, had produced a stratified society in which the clear skin colour was considered a sign of social distinction, inclusive among the African descendents, even though after the Emancipation in 1838. Against this marginalization of the African Jamaicans, a religious movement called Ras Tafari raise up in the 1930’s. The principal doctrines of this movement were the divinity of Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia; the desire for repatriation to Africa and the total rejection of the Jamaican society and, by extension, of the Occidental Imperialism and societies. Thus, the Rastafarian movement was considered millenarian, messianic and escapist by the first academic researchers interested on it and was strongly stigmatized by the Jamaican society. The tensions between them had reached their top in the fifties and sixties, when a process of ambivalent negotiation had begun and is still on curse. However, the Rastafari movement is not a unified and centralized movement, and has produced several doctrines, beliefs and rituals that are the results of the characteristic processes of hybridization and/or creolization of the Caribbean cultures.
Brancato, Sabrina. "Mother/Motherland in the Works of Jamaica Kincaid." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/1661.
Full textOn one level, we observe that the narrative articulates universal paradigms, such as the passage from a paradisiacal pre-oedipal union between mother and child to a painful but necessary breach for the affirmation of the child as a separate individual. On the other hand, placed in the specific context of the Caribbean in colonial times, the mother-daughter plot not only acquires a particular sociological interest, being explored in a set of interlocking relationships of race, class and gender, but it is one that can also read as an allegory of the conflict between the mother-country and the daughter-colony.
Both maternal power and imperial power are narcissistic since they demand acquiescence and imitation, while, in both cases, conflict arises at the first signs of emerging maturity. Mothering seems to be seen as a process of othering which produces alienation, and as the child has to negotiate a separation from the mother to become an autonomous individual, so the colony has to break free from the oppressive power of the mother country. In any event the process is a painful one and the final achievement of the goal is always imbued with the tremendous sense of loss that comes with freedom.
Thus, because Kincaid's understanding of the world passes through personal experience and is articulated in domestic terms, the autobiographical love-hate relationship between mother and daughter becomes the primal paradigm of life, whereby a politics of resistance to all forms of domination is envisaged as the basis of freedom at multiple levels, and alienation is used as a means of liberation.
The mother/motherland metaphor is played out at two levels. At one level, the nurturing and loving mother of childhood may represent the African-rooted Caribbean world, a world made of beauty and innocence where Kincaid's dramatis persona feels protected and happy. At the other level, in striking resemblance to Mother England, when the daughter starts to show signs of autonomy, the mother abandons praise and approval for scorn and begins a violent struggle to keep the daughter under her subjection. It seems, then, that two conflicting worlds, the African and the European, meet in the two-faced figure of the mother. In her quest for freedom, the daughter must fight against the overwhelming and oppressive power of the mother (biological and colonial), but in the end it is the mother (the nurturing mother of childhood / the African-rooted world) that provides her with the means for survival and self-affirmation.
NOTE: This doctoral thesis is also published on book. It will be avalaible on the Peter Lang Press before October 2005.
Swire-Walton, Lena. "Knowledge base for teaching primary science in Jamaica." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape3/PQDD_0013/NQ59682.pdf.
Full textSmith, Richard William Peter. "Engendering race : Jamaica, masculinity and the Great War." Thesis, London Metropolitan University, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.341728.
Full textPanton, David. "Employee ownership in Jamaica : a case study analysis." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1999. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:48bea8f3-98bf-4acd-94f5-539df66bdfa4.
Full textDalling, James William. "Regeneration on landslides in the Blue Mountains, Jamaica." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.240015.
Full textMezahav, Amatzya. "Radio and structural adjustment in Fairy Hill, Jamaica /." view abstract or download file of text, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p3018383.
Full textTypescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 216-269). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users. Address: http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p3018383.
Ringenberg, Roger. "A history of Jamaica Theological Seminary, 1960-1992." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1992. http://www.tren.com.
Full textChin, Bertram. "A program for cross-cultural mission in Jamaica." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1998. http://www.tren.com.
Full textDempster, Monica. "Teacher Educators' Perception of Character Education in Jamaica." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2018. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/501109.
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This was a multi-case qualitative study, designed to investigate teacher educators’ perception of character education in Jamaica and how they enact character education in their classrooms. The study provided a localized version to the vast amount of research that has been conducted on character education in developed countries. Against the background of the significant role of teacher education, the study provided important insights regarding how teacher educators perceived, and enacted character education. Given the abstract nature of character education, a seven-point Likert scale questionnaire and two short cases were used to guide the interviews with the fifteen teacher educators’ who were purposively selected to take part in the study. Artifacts provided by the teacher educators, provided additional data for study. The responses on the questionnaire ranged from strongly agree through to strongly disagree. The data were analysed using the thematic approach. The data generated from the instruments were collated and attributed to the themes and major research questions to which they were aligned. The findings revealed that teacher educators’ perception of character education was closely aligned to the authoritative perception. The commonly shared view among participants was that character education is a means of instilling in children and young people the traditional values of the society and teaching them good manners. It was found that the older participants hold that character education is the process of teaching young people to be respectful, caring and to have good manners, especially to their elders. The younger participants hold that character education should focus on teaching young people the values and attitudes that will help them to live successfully in community, where there is mutual respect between all members of that community. They explained that the goal of character education should therefore be to equip young people with the ability to make right decisions and excel at what they do, rather than become obedient, subservient members of the society. All fifteen respondents strongly agreed with the authoritative perception, that people do not naturally develop good character and are therefore in need of correction. Twelve of the fifteen participants also revealed that their belief that human beings do not naturally develop good character is further supported by the experiences they have gained observing and relating to other human beings. The findings also revealed that except for Guidance Counselors, teacher educators did not formally teach character education. The teacher educators described their character education activities as informal and reactive. Informal because they did not usually go to their classes with a plan to teach character education, and reactive because many of their explicit character education actions were in response to the undesirable or inappropriate behaviours of their students. Their character education actions included correcting undesirable behaviours and modeling appropriate behaviours. Most of the teacher educators supported the direct didactic approach as the more effective approach to the teaching of character education and believed that pre service teachers are inadequately prepared for the task of character education.
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