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Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research and Policy Studies (JETERAPS) (Vol 1 No 1)
Article Title: The Impact of History on the Development Capacity of South African People
by Mr Dumisani Mhlaba

Abstract:
The primary argument of this paper is founded upon the reality of the socio-psychological dysfunction that has evidently stagnated the desirable evolution of all sectors of our nation to what has to be read as civilization. The approach to this discussion does not, however, ignore the significance and urgency of attention to the mechanical skills required to manipulate the development of economic and physical environment in our world of scientific and technology. Rather, it introduces a dimension that calls for attention to the socio-psychological reset in the persons that are expected to perform the desired development functions in the various sectors. The main concern of this argument is that there is a historic factor in our modern civilization that has produced a human breed that tends to read their world, both in general and in specific contexts, through a particular lens which influences one’s personal interaction with a given task in their social and physical environment. This discussion draws from various international authors in the fields of sociology and psychology to a dialogue with, at least, modern human history to develop a legible picture of the real state of incapacity today’s society has acquired. The main purpose of this paper is to activate discussions and considerations on the vital historic and current factors that influence the ability of society to read elements of coexistence towards collective capacity to build the desired world. This argument, therefore, calls for special capacitation mechanisms that will give attention to the reconstruction and development of the historically destroyed mindset towards meaningful and productive activity in the world that is sought to be realized.
Keywords: Capacity, Socio-psychology, Reconstruction, History, Coexistence, Mindset
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