Breaking the culture of silence in checkmating HIV/AIDS as a teacher-researcher

Esau, Omar

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“…To develop a responsible and open mind, one needs to think logically. Chess, being a mind game, encourages the kind of deep logical thinking that lends itself to responsible action (Esau, 2011).…”

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“…Chess, according to Blanco (1999), fosters valuable qualities of the mind useful in the course of human life that are to be acquired or strengthened by it, so as to become habits, ready for all occasions. I used chess as a thinking tool to increase primary school learners' ability to think critically about their behaviour in order to reduce the threat of being infected by HIV/AIDS (Esau, 2011). In my project, 'Checkmating HIV and AIDS as a Teacher-Researcher' ( 2006), I contributed to the education of my students not only in that they have learned to play chess, but also applying the lessons derived from the game to their daily lives.…”

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Reducing Violence Through Chess: Involving Pre-service Teachers in Participatory Action in Schools

Esau

2023

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In this article, I critically reflect and describe how our Chess Development Project (CDP), initiated by pre-service teachers at a university in South Africa, helped create a safer, non-violent, and more supportive school environment. This participatory action research (PAR) project highlights the idea that higher education institutions should not only add to knowledge production but also contribute to practical improvement in the community. In this project, we introduced one sports code, chess, in a township school to reduce violence. The research question addressed was: To what extent does learner engagement in the CDP by pre-service teachers reduce school violence and bridge the gap between the university and the school? We set out to explore and discuss the potential of using chess as an educational tool for creating awareness, improving knowledge, and changing attitudes towards the challenges the learners face in life. The data collection techniques used were field notes, student assistant notes, interviews, questionnaires, and transcribed recordings of our research team reflections. As the coordinator of the project, I played the role of facilitator between the pre-service teachers and the township school. The findings suggest that this project was transformative. As a collective, the students and I became more aware of the day-to-day challenges that schools and communities face in the township areas in South Africa.

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Reducing Violence Through Chess: Involving Pre-service Teachers in Participatory Action in Schools

Esau

2023

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“…25 See the contributions by Denise Ackermann on human dignity(e.g. 1991, 1998), alsoEsau (1997), Clowes & Conradie (2003. Violence against women and therefore gender justice has become a major focus of the DesmondTutu Centre for Spirituality and Society (see Lombard & Petersen 215; Lombard, Petersen & Pillay 2016) and subsequently in the work of Sarojini Nadar, noting that this typically also represents a broadening from Christian ethics to Religious Studies.…”

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Reconstructing the history of doing Systematic Theology at UWC

Conradie

2022

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On the basis of a companion article on reconstructing the history of doing theology at UWC, this article offers several qualifications on how to approach and not to approach doing systematic theology at UWC before eight soteriological themes that have been prominent in theological discourse at UWC are outlined, namely conversion / transformation, unity / ecumenicity, reconciliation, justice, human dignity, liberation, reconstruction / development, and the integrity of creation. It is suggested that the remarkable reception of Gustaf AulÃ©nâ€™s Christus Victor typology at UWC is indicative of the always uneasy counter-intuitive attempt to hold together liberation, evangelical / reformed and liberal theologies â€“ that is perhaps epitomised by UWC.

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Breaking the culture of silence in checkmating HIV/AIDS as a teacher-researcher

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Reducing Violence Through Chess: Involving Pre-service Teachers in Participatory Action in Schools

Reducing Violence Through Chess: Involving Pre-service Teachers in Participatory Action in Schools

Reconstructing the history of doing Systematic Theology at UWC

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