MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST

WVES 221GROUPS C & D

TIPS & TRICKS

WORLDVIEWS & IDEOLOGIESSTUDY UNIT 1.1

Study Guide: Pages 4 – 5

Reader: Pages 1 – 34

Slides: Study Unit 1.1 Slides

*Please note that the reader I am referring to above refers to the reading material found at the back of the study guide.

WORLDVIEWS & IDEOLOGIESStudy Guide

1.3.1 Definition of a worldview (Wolters, Sire & Olthuis)

1.3.2 Characteristics of a worldview

1.4 Definition of an ideology (Heyns)

1.4.1 Examples of an ideology

WORLDVIEWS & IDEOLOGIESReader

Olthuis (Pg 1 – 12)

Read through pages 1 – 10

Know and understand content on pg 1 (last 2 paragraphs on page not so important)

Know and understand content on pg 3

“Worldviews: Shaped by Life Experiences” on pg 5 is important (especially last paragraph)

“Praxis and Worldviews” on pg 6 is important

“Societal dislocations” in pg 7 is important

Know and understand content on pg 8

Know and understand content on pg 10 (reasons as to why we need to adapt our worldviews and keep an

open mind when formulating/changing our worldviews)

WORLDVIEWS & IDEOLOGIESReader

Vidal (Pg 13 - 25)

Read through pages 13 - 23

Know and understand content in the introduction on pg 14

The very last paragraph on pg 19 is quite important.

Ensure you know what the term “evolution” means and to what worldview it belongs.

Remember, a scientific worldview forms part of the modern western worldview (pg 22)

WORLDVIEWS & IDEOLOGIESReader

Heyns (Pg 27 - 34)

Read through pages 27 - 34

Know and understand Heyns’s definition of an ideology on pg 27

Examples of ideologies on pg 28

“The dimensions of an ideology” on pg 28 – 30

WORLDVIEWS & IDEOLOGIESSlides

• History

• Factors influencing formation of worldviews

• 6 Components

• Ideologies

Over and above the topics mentioned above, you must know and understand all the content presented on

the slides, and make sure you read the text in the reader to gain sufficient insight as to the slides’ content.

MODERN WESTERN, TRADITIONAL AFRICAN AND CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEWSSTUDY UNIT 1.1

Study Guide: Pages 6 - 7

Reader: Pages 45 - 84

Slides: Study Unit 1.2 Slides

*Please note that the reader I am referring to above refers to the reading material found at the back of the study guide.

Study Guide

The “6 Components” table on pg 6 -7

Reader

Kim, Fisher & McCalman (Pg 45 – 52)

Briefly read through pages 45 – 52

Pay particular attention to pg 47

Reader

Murove (Pg 53 - 68)

Briefly read through pages 53 – 68

Pay particular attention to pg 67 – 68 and make sure you know what the concept of “Ubuntu”

entails, and as to what worldview it belongs.

Reader

Naugle (Pg 69 - 76)

Briefly read through pages 69 – 75 to gain insight. Although this part of the text will not

be asked extensively in the test next week.

Reader

Van Der Walt (Pg 77 - 84)

Read through pages 77 – 84

Pages 79 – 83 are VERY important. Make sure you understand the content on these pages and integrate

the information on these pages into the “6 components” table on pages 6 – 7 of the study guide.

Use the information on these pages to complement the slide on Study Unit 1.2 as well.

Slides

• Make sure you are able to identify a particular worldview by looking at a picture. In addition, you must be

able to identify which analytical component is depicted (i.e. Nature, Time, God, etc.)

• Intensively study the 6 components of each worldview presented in the slides, and add information to each

component’s slide by looking at the reader, especially pages 79 – 84 (Van Der Walt).

Over and above the topics mentioned above, you must know and understand all the content presented on the

slides, and make sure you read the text in the reader to gain sufficient insight as to the slides’ content.

We will be writing the test during class time. Same time, same place.

See you then

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