Van Schaik Publishers

We live in a multilingual, transforming society in which language plays a dynamic and central role. We use it everyday for communication and it is not possible to imagine life without it – it is generally recognised as a mark of what makes us human. But how often do we think about exactly what language is and how we actually use it?

Critical and creative thinking can make a significant difference to the quality of students’ learning. But do we really need to teach children and young people to think, and if so, how should we go about it?

Entrepreneurship – a South African perspective provides an overview of entrepreneurship and important related topics in the field of entrepreneurship.

In recent years, municipalities have had to adjust to dramatic changes in their role in a new democratised system of national, provincial and local government.

Today it is clear to managers and entrepreneurs that the business environment can change at any given time. Strategic management is an important and ongoing process of formulating and implementing strategies that help an organisation to position itself optimally and so maintain a competitive advantage that results in profit.

Sports in Africa reflect a complex, colonial history in which recent democratic changes have set out to redistribute wealth, reclaim notions of an African heritage and celebrate diversity.

Assessment and learning are inextricably intertwined, as assessment determines whether learning is taking place, what learning took place, and what learning still needs to take place. Assessors are constant companions of learners throughout their lives, shaping their learning pathways and even determining the pace of their learning.

This 9th edition of the Studies in Language Policy in South Africa series follows on the 2012 MIDP Symposium, Multilingualism for empowerment, held on the QwaQwa campus of the University of the Free State on 11 12 September 2012.

In addition to such topics as the theoretical foundation of orthopedagogics and diagnosis and assistance, the essentials of various developmental and learning problems experienced by children - including handicapped children - are discussed in depth.