Submitted by Maike Costa (maiksebas@gmail.com) on 2016-07-21T11:55:12Z No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivo total.pdf: 3180013 bytes, checksum: af9b75ccb5db9313b0156f70cef6f81d (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-21T11:55:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivo total.pdf: 3180013 bytes, checksum: af9b75ccb5db9313b0156f70cef6f81d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-11-09 / In this study, we investigated scenes of joint attention that occurs between teachers and children and among children themselves in the language acquisition process in a day care center from a public early childhood institution, with the following objectives: to analyze the structure and functioning of these social interactions; to identify skills these children have, considering the use of language and its multimodality; to discuss the importance of these scenes in fostering this acquisitional process. During our investigations, we chose to do a qualitative research, a case study type, of a longitudinal character. Video recordings and their transcripts constituted the corpus investigation. Filming occurred within a year, with weekly, biweekly and monthly intervals, respectively, and was directed to spontaneous and planned situations found in the institution‟s pedagogical routine, observing the structure and functioning of these mentioned scenes. Sixteen children between 09-30 months old, six teachers and the researcher were the subjects involved. We sought for elements in studies of joint attention, represented by Tomasello (1995; 1983; 2003; 2005; 2009) and Bruner (1974, 1983), and language, trying to establish a dialogue with the following authors in an interactionist perspective: Vygotsky (1991; 2005); Bakhtin (1988; 2003); Bruner (1983); and Tomasello (2003). The hypotheses to the questions that guided the research report that: in the day care center, scenes of joint attention between adults and children, and among children themselves, are structured and driven by adult language; in the these scenes, there is the child‟s perception of the other's intention in Tomasellians molds; children identify insights and statements of significance in the scenes mentioned; social interactions of joint attention are important for language acquisition and use by children. Our data confirm these hypotheses, however suggests reworking the first one. Therefore, children participation in these scenes seems to be driven also by the intense and constant use of this interaction format in the institution‟s pedagogical routine, making children to become experienced in them. Among the evidence of this study we included: another type of joint attention, the quadratic interaction; two complex cognitive skills in the children who participate in these mentioned scenes, the redirected and collective/collaborative attention; and evidence which characterize that these same children recognize the other's intentions through language in its multimodal use. We concluded that social interactions of joint attention between teachers and children are constitutive of language, in its multimodal use, and are relevant in the acquisition process of this phenomenon, which seems to be driven not only by the adult as an interactive partner, but by children themselves. We hope that this study will contribute to the debate in the sciences dealing with language in social interactions, and as part of early childhood institutions. / Dans cette étude, nous avons investigué des scènes d'attention conjointe que se produisent entre des professeurs et des enfants en procèss d'acquisition du langage, et, entre les propres enfants dans une garderie d'une intitution publique d'éducation des jeunes enfants, avec les objectifs de : analyser le structure et fonctionnement de ces intéractions sociales ; identifier des capacités qui les enfants présentent, concernant l‟utilisation de la langage et sa multimodalité ; discuter l‟importance de ces scènes à faciliter ce processus inquisicional. Dans les chemins d‟enquête, on a choisi une recherche de genre qualitatif, du type étude de cas et de caractère longitudinal. Des videos et leur transcriptions ont constituait le corp de cette recherche. Les tournages ont été faits pendant une année, avec des pauses hebdomadaires, bihebdomadaires et mensuels, et ont été dirigés à des situations spontanées et planifiées de la rotine pédagogique de l'institution enquêté, visant la structure et le fonctionnement des scènes mentionnées. Seize enfants âgés de 09-30 mois, six professeurs et la chercheuse ont été les sujets participants. Nous avons cherché des fondements en études sur l'attention conjointe, représentés par Tomasello (1995; 1983; 2003; 2005; 2009) et par Bruner (1974; 1983), et sur le langage, en cherchant à établir un dialogue dans une perspective interactionnelle, avec les auteurs suivants: Vygotsky (1991; 2005); Bakhtin (1988; 2003); Bruner (1983); et Tomasello (2003). Les hypothèses à questions, qui ont guidé l'enquête, disent que: des scènes d'attention conjointe entre des adultes et des petits, et entre les propres enfants, dans la garderie, sont structurés et fonctionnent entraînés par le langage du adulte. Dans cette scène, se produit la perception de l'intentionnalité de l'autre, par l'enfant, dans les moules tomaselliens. Il est possible l'identification des compréhensions et des significations indiquées, par les enfants, dans les scènes mentionnées; des interactions sociales d'attention conjointe sont importantes pour l'acquisition et l'utilisation du langage, pour ces enfants. Les données confirment ces hypothèses, par contre suggérent le remaniement de la primière. Ainsi donc, la participation des petits dans ces scènes semblent entraîné, également, par l'utilisation intensive et constante de ce format d'interaction dans la rotine pédagogique de l'institution enquêté, en devenant les enfants expérimentés dans cette participation. Deux importants évidences caractérisent le présent étude: l'indentification de l'autre type d'interaction d'attention conjointe, l'interaction quadratique, et de deux capacités cognitives complexes, par les enfants qui participent des scènes mentionées, l'Attention redirigé et l'Attention collective/collaborative ; et des preuves que caracterisent la reconnaissance de l‟intencionnalité de l‟autre, par rapport les mênes enfants, à travers du langage dans leur utilisation multimodale. Nous concluons que des intéractions sociales d'attention conjointe, entre des professeurs et des enfants, sont constitutives du langage et pertinentes dans le processus d'approvisionnement de ce phénomène, que semble être entraînée, non seulement par l‟adulte comme un partenaire interactif, mais par les enfants eux-mêmes. Nous éspèrons que cette étude peut contribuer au débat dans le cadre des sciences que traitant du langage dans les interactions sociales, et dans le cadre des institutions d'éducation des jeunes enfants. / Neste estudo investigamos cenas de atenção conjunta que ocorrem entre professoras e crianças em processo de aquisição da linguagem, e entre as próprias crianças, em uma creche de uma instituição pública de educação infantil, com os seguintes objetivos: analisar a estrutura e funcionamento destas interações sociais; identificar capacidades que apresentam essas crianças, considerando o uso da linguagem e sua multimodalidade; discutir a importância dessas cenas no favorecimento deste processo aquisicional. Nos caminhos investigativos, optamos por uma pesquisa de natureza qualitativa, do tipo estudo de caso e de caráter longitudinal. Vídeo gravações e suas respectivas transcrições se constituíram o corpus desta investigação. As filmagens foram realizadas no período de um ano, com intervalos semanais, quinzenais e mensais, respectivamente, e eram direcionadas para situações espontâneas e planejadas da rotina pedagógica da instituição investigada, com vistas na estrutura e funcionamento dessas mencionadas cenas. Dezesseis crianças na faixa etária de 09 a 30 meses de idade, seis professoras, e a pesquisadora, foram os sujeitos envolvidos. Buscamos fundamentos em estudos sobre atenção conjunta, representados por Tomasello (1995; 1983; 2003; 2005; 2009) e por Bruner (1974; 1983), e sobre a linguagem, procurando estabelecer um diálogo, numa perspectiva interacionista, com os seguintes autores: Vygotsky (1991; 2005); Bakhtin (1988; 2003); Bruner (1983); e Tomasello (2003). Às hipóteses aos questionamentos que nortearam a investigação, dizem que: cenas de atenção conjunta entre adultos e crianças, e entre as próprias crianças, no berçário, se estruturam e funcionam impulsionadas pela linguagem do adulto; nestas cenas, ocorre a percepção da intencionalidade do outro, pela criança, nos moldes tomasellianos; é possível a identificação de compreensões e significações de enunciados, pelas crianças, nas mencionadas cenas; interações sociais de atenção conjunta são importantes para a aquisição e uso da linguagem, por essas crianças. Nossos dados confirmam essas hipóteses, mas sugere a reelaboração da primeira. Assim sendo, a participação das crianças nessas cenas parece impulsionada, também, pelo uso intenso e constante deste formato de interação na rotina pedagógica da instituição investigada, tornando as crianças experientes nessa participação. Dentre as evidências deste estudo, destacamos: outro tipo de interação de atenção conjunta, a interação quadrática; duas complexas capacidades cognitivas, por crianças que participam dessas mencionadas cenas, a Atenção redirecionada e a Atenção coletiva/colaborativa; e indícios que caracterizam o reconhecimento da intencionalidade do outro, por essas mesmas crianças, através da linguagem em seu uso multimodal . Concluímos, dentre outros, que interações sociais de atenção conjunta, entre professoras e crianças, são constitutivas de linguagem e relevantes no processo de aquisição desse fenômeno, que parece impulsionado, não apenas pelo adulto, como parceiro interativo, mas pelas próprias crianças. Esperamos que esse estudo possa contribuir com o debate no âmbito das ciências que tratam da linguagem em interações sociais, e no âmbito das instituições de educação infantil.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:36:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JoseEP.pdf: 1644269 bytes, checksum: 79b8ec25e3b491428bb42be521ebaf35 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-11-03 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Tecnol?gico / This paper presents a research realized with Physics, Chemistry and Biology teachers, and it aimed to evaluate: 1) the development level of those teachers regarding the abilities that make possible to teach high school students about how to measure in practical and experimental work; 2) the formatives necessities regarding those abilities; and 3) the order of priority for teacher?s formation regarding those abilities. The study is based on the activity theory, from A. N. Leontiev (1983), since we considerer the teacher?s formation a kind of activity for which the category necessity is source of motivation and in which is a necessary condition for professionality and for the professional development. A questionnaire with open and closed questions was applied to 116 teachers during three pedagogic workshops realized to dynamize the science laboratory. The instrument allowed us to obtain the personal and professional profile of the participants, as well as their development level, their formative necessities and their order of priority about the teaching of the abilities related to the work of testing measuring hypothesis, regarding: a) to operationalize variables of a hypothesis in experimental work; b) to measure in practical and experimental work; c) to estimate possible measuring mistakes and use proper procedures to minimize them; d) to estimate the validity of a measuring; and e) to estimate the confiability of a measuring. The research results indicated some limitations of the teachers about their development level in all the analyzed abilities. More than 90% of the teachers considered those deficiencies as necessities of the continuing formation. Most of them (about 54%) expressed immediate priority for formation in each one of the abilities. From a correlation, using the statistic chi-square test, between the development level and the formative necessities for the five abilities, the obtained results allow us to assure that, for all those teaching abilities, there is a strong correlation between the development level and the formative necessity. This situation is symptomatic of the importance of approaching more the science teaching and the teacher?s formation on practical and experimental work in high school as key-component of scientific education in basic education. The obtained results can contribute, as subsidy, for continuing formation courses, having as base the necessities that constitute motivation elements of the teachers for professional development / O estudo apresenta uma pesquisa realizada com professores de F?sica, Qu?mica e Biologia o qual teve como objetivos avaliar: 1) o grau de desenvolvimento desses professores quanto ?s habilidades que possibilitam ensinar, a alunos do ensino m?dio, a habilidade de medir no trabalho pr?tico e experimental; 2) as necessidades formativas em rela??o a essas habilidades; e 3) a ordem de prioridade para a forma??o docente, no que diz respeito a tais habilidades. O estudo se fundamenta na teoria da atividade, de A. N. Leontiev (1983), uma vez que consideramos a forma??o docente um tipo de atividade para a qual a categoria necessidade ? fonte de motiva??o e na qual ? condi??o necess?ria para a profissionalidade e para o desenvolvimento profissional. Foi aplicado um question?rio de quest?es abertas e quest?es fechadas para 116 professores, durante tr?s oficinas pedag?gicas, realizadas para a dinamiza??o de laborat?rios de ci?ncias. O instrumento permitiu obter-se o perfil pessoal e profissional dos participantes assim como avaliar-se o grau de desenvolvimento destes, sua necessidade formativa e a ordem de prioridade que eles atribu?ram ? tarefa de ensinar as habilidades relativas ao trabalho de testar hip?teses de medir, no que diz respeito a: a) operacionalizar vari?veis de uma hip?tese no trabalho experimental; b) medir no trabalho pr?tico e experimental; c) estimar poss?veis erros de medi??es e utilizar procedimentos adequados para minimiz?-los; d) estimar a validez de uma medi??o; e e) estimar a confiabilidade de uma medi??o. Os resultados da pesquisa indicaram limita??es dos professores quanto ao grau de desenvolvimento em rela??o a todas as habilidades analisadas. Mais de 90% deles consideraram essas defici?ncias como necessidades de forma??o continuada. A maioria (54%, em m?dia) expressou prioridade imediata para forma??o em cada uma das habilidades. A partir de uma correla??o, utilizando-se o teste estat?stico qui-quadrado, entre o grau de desenvolvimento e a necessidade formativa para as cinco habilidades, os resultados obtidos permitem afirmar que, para todas essas habilidades de ensino, existe uma forte correla??o entre o grau de desenvolvimento e a necessidade formativa. Essa situa??o ? sintom?tica da import?ncia de se aproximar mais, no ensino m?dio, o ensino de ci?ncias e a forma??o docente no trabalho pr?tico e experimental, como componente-chave da educa??o cient?fica na educa??o b?sica. Os resultados obtidos podem contribuir, como subs?dio, para cursos de forma??o continuada, tomando como base as necessidades que se constituem em elementos de motiva??o dos professores para o desenvolvimento profissional

Cette thèse contribue à la littérature économique sur les compétences non cognitives essentielles pour la réussite de la vie, particulièrement pour la réussite scolaire. Elle comprend quatre essais basés sur des approches économiques comportementales et expérimentales, avec deux objectifs principaux. Le premier objectif est d’étudier deux compétences non cognitives, à savoir la confiance en soi et la créativité. Notre but est alors de comprendre les déterminants de la confiance en soi et l’impact de la créativité sur les résultats économiques. Le deuxième objectif est d’étudier comment le système scolaire influence les décisions éducatives, les résultats scolaires et la mobilité intergénérationnelle, secteurs où les compétences non cognitives peuvent jouer un rôle important, en particulier via leurs effets sur la confiance en soi et la motivation. Nous observons un impact important des capacités non cognitives sur le comportement et sur les résultats économiques, notamment en ce qui concerne les décisions éducatives. Tout nous montre à penser que fondamentalement les écoles s’inquiètent du développement de ces capacités non cognitives - et non pas seulement des capacités cognitives. Aider les élèves à avoir de meilleures estimations de leur confiance en soi, favoriser le développement du potentiel créatif, stimuler la motivation et l’effort devraient alors faire partie de l’éducation que les élèves reçoivent dans les écoles ; promouvant alors de meilleures décisions, de meilleurs résultats et une société plus équitable. / This thesis contributes to the growing economic literature on noncognitive skills that are critical for life success, specially for academic success. It comprises four essays based on behavioral and experimental economics approaches, with two main objectives. The first objective is to study two noncognitive skills, namely self-confidence and creativity. We aim at understanding the determinants of self-confidence, and the impact of creative potential on economic outcomes. The second objective is to study how school systems impact educational decisions, educational outcomes and intergenerational mobility, where noncognitive skills may play an important role, specially self-confidence and motivation. We observe an important impact of the noncognitive abilities on behavior and economic results, especially for the educational achievements. Taken all our evidences together, it seems fundamental that schools worry about the development of these noncognitive abilities - and not only of the cognitive abilities. Helping students to have better estimates of self-confidence, favoring the development of creative potential, and stimulating motivation and effort should be part of the education that pupils receive in schools ; promoting then better decisions, better outcomes and a more equitable society.

ABSTRACT In standardized tests, culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) children usually perform at similar level as children with language impairment (LI), largely due to the fact that most standardized assessment tools have been developed on the basis of a monolingual population with mainstream backgrounds. As an alternative to standardized tests, a dynamic assessment approach has been advocated to assess the language abilities of CLD children. Dynamic assessment is considered to reduce test bias, since it measures the child's learning potential (i.e. modifiability) instead of the child's static performance on a certain task at one point in time. The aim of the present study was to explore if dynamic assessment was as successful in a Swedish context as it has been in American contexts. The study had a test-teach-retest design with every session conducted individually. Five typically developing monolingual Swedish children, aged six to seven, were asked to tell two stories on the basis of two comparable picture sequences. In between, a teaching session, that consisted of a mediated learning experience (MLE), was conducted. During the MLE session, a certain aspect of storytelling, chosen from the analysis of the test narrative, was targeted and 5 trained. After the MLE session, the child's modifiability was measured using five-point scales for teaching effort and student responsiveness. The test and retest results were then compared. The DA results indicated that three of the children were typically developing and that two of the children, contrary to fact, had some kind of language learning disability. The material used was found to have limitations in its narrow rating criteria and complicated scripts for the MLE sessions. The conclusions were that (a) the assessment was influenced by the examiner's subjective rating and therefore unable to show the children's true narrative abilities, (b) that the MLE material was not fully suited for younger school aged children and (c) not suitable in the Swedish context. Further studies have to be made with a larger number of children, including CLD children, to be able to tell whether dynamic assessment is a suitable method in Swedish contexts or not. A special DA material for Swedish assessments would then be useful. / Typiskt utvecklade barn med atypisk kulturell bakgrund, flerspråkighet eller låg socioekonomisk status (dvs. barn med språkskillnad) som genomgår språktestning med standardiserade tester förefaller prestera lika på dessa som barn med språkstörning. Detta pga. att de flesta standardiserade tester är skapade för enspråkiga barn med typisk bakgrund. Barnen med språkskillnad riskerar således att bli feldiagnostiserade med språkstörning. Dynamic assessment (DA) har i främst amerikanska studier visat sig vara en fördelaktig bedömningsmetod vid sådana fall, då den har lyckats särskilja barn med språkskillnad från barn med språkstörning. Detta eftersom DA, till skillnad från standardiserade tester, inte undersöker barnets förmåga att klara en viss uppgift vid ett tillfälle, utan istället undersöker barnets förmåga att lära sig att klara av en uppgift (dvs. barnets modifierbarhet). Föreliggande studie avsåg att undersöka hur DA av narrativ förmåga fungerade med svenskspråkiga typiskt utvecklade barn i åldern sex-sju år. Deltagarna genomgick individuell DA med test-teach-retest-design och fick först berätta en saga till en bildsekvens. En aspekt av narrativ förmåga, t.ex. kausalitet, valdes sedan ut och tränades vid en undervisningssession som utgjordes av en så kallad mediated learning experience (MLE). Barnets modifierbarhet under MLE skattades med hjälp av femgradiga skalor för läraransträngning och barnets responsivitet. Därefter följde retest, där varje barn fick berätta en saga till en ny bildsekvens. En jämförelse mellan test och retest skedde. Resultaten visade att tre av deltagarna fick de resultat som förväntats av barn med typisk utveckling. Två deltagare fick resultat som indikerade språkstörning. Materialet som användes bedömdes ha snävt satta bedömningskriterier och svåranvända skript för undervisningssessionerna. Slutsatserna som drogs var (a) att DA-materialet som användes gav en mycket subjektiv bedömning som inte stämde överens med barnets faktiska narrativa förmåga, (b) att MLE-skripten inte var designade på ett helt barnvänligt sätt och (c) inte passade i svensk kontext. Fler och större studier behöver göras för att kunna ge en tydligare bild av hur DA fungerar i svensk kontext. I detta fall vore ett svenskt DA-material önskvärt.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-18T18:53:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Elione Maria Nogueira Diogenes.pdf: 1577314 bytes, checksum: bb7e0ef4fed0bef2b233fd01cfa26f1e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-02-26 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / Research into practice with a focus on educational policy "New School: Education is now for life" in two dimensions: political assessment of the policy and implementation process in the State of Ceará, in the period 1996 to 2006. / Pesquisa concretizada com foco na política educacional "Novo Ensino Médio: Educação agora é para a vida" em duas dimensões: avaliação política da política e do processo de implementação no Estado do Ceará, no período compreendido entre 1996 a 2006.

Les cinq études détaillées au cours de cette thèse interrogent divers aspects de la théorie de l’esprit, de la conscience de soi ainsi que du lien (multiple ou unique) qui unit ces deux capacités sociocognitives si particulières. Les deux premières études mettent en évidence différentes variables qui peuvent – ou non- influencer l’attribution d’intention et de fausse croyance à autrui. La troisième étude porte plus précisément sur les différents composants de la conscience de soi et sur leur trajectoire développementale. La quatrième étude interroge le lien développemental entre la théorie de l’esprit et la conscience de soi, alors que la dernière étude questionne la présence de ce lien chez les chimpanzés (Pan Troglodytes). Nous démontrerons, tout au long de cette thèse, que la théorie de l’esprit et la conscience de soi sont composées de différents éléments et que leur acquisition est graduelle. / Doctorat en Sciences Psychologiques et de l'éducation / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

The thesis will provide suggestion for cooperation of a kindergarten and a family in contemporary life conditions by the means of authorial musical dramatic script. The diplomate will partially utilise results of her bachelor's thesis that she will elaborate theoretically, methodically and practically. She will carry out the pedagogical-psychological characteristics of a preschool age child from the point of view of his or her ethical profile and aesthetic feeling creation especially through the medium of project teaching. The practical part will consist of authorial script that the student will design as an integration of musical, dramatic and artistic activities in a creative cooperation of preschool age children, parents, grandparents and other contributors. The results of this thesis will be realised artistically and publicly. The diplomate will examine the efficacy of this artistic aesthetic aim by the means of analysis authorial script, surveys and interviews with actors and the audience.

Master's thesis addresses the implementation of didactic tool to musical movement activities of preschool children in kindergarten with respect to the integrative nature of education. The first part of the thesis is covering theoretical side of the important aspects of child development at the age of five to six years. Further it deals with the specifics of the development of musicality in preschoolers, especially focusing on instrumental side of the music. It highlights the musical creativity that flows from the principles of Orff School. Musical creativity is one of the objective of the thesis second, practical part. Here thesis research music educational project whose main component is a methodical set Cup Song that contains suggestions for practical usage. Experiment, observation and structured interview are used as methods of research that is focused on verification of the Cup Song impact on a musical and personal development of the child. KEYWORDS Music, musical abilities, preschool age child, musical instruments, integration, project, Cup Song, instrumental activity, creativity, rhythm, song, experience, Orff School.

Title: Analysis and prognosis of elite male and female triathletes performance at the ITU World Triathlon Championships in 1989-2016 in Olympic triathlon Objectives: To analyse male and female performance in individual parts of the triathlon (swim, bike, run) as well as the whole race performance during the years 1989 - 2016. To determine the performance prediction of racers using the time series analysis for Olympic triathlon in ITU World Triathlon Championship in 2028. Methods: For statistical data processing we will apply the time series analysis using SPSS Statistics 22 software. We will then add the historical content and the actual conditions of the race to the final graphs. On the basis of the processed data, we will create a performance prediction for 2028 using Excel program. Results: In swimming, women are approaching men's performance and they are now on 92.2%. In the future, women will not come closer to men's times. Performance will improve slightly. In cycling, the gap between men and women is 10%. We do not expect any major change in the future. According to the trend of development, we find deterioration in both categories, especially in men. At the moment, the performance of women in running is 88.3% of men. We do not expect any change in the future. However, male and female times...

A hospitalisation experience is serious for every toddler, and implies physical and emotional trauma of one kind or another. The reaction of the toddler in terms of this trauma in effect is a normal reaction to an unnatural situation, through which he tries to be in control of himself and his unknown environment. His lack of experience, incomplete cognitive reasoning, and lack of insight cause anxiety and stress for the toddler. Misbehaviour because of account of his anxiety and fear which the form part of the toddlers attempts to control and get hold of this unknown situation. The research is primarily aimed at how the therapist, parents and hospital personnel can prepare, assess and support the toddler, in terms of handling the hospitalisation process. Seeing that there is normally no one to blame for the toddlers admission to hospital, the child directs his anger and anxiety at himself, resulting in inner conflict and intense feelings of guilt. The research project aims to focus on preparation of the pre-primary toddler for hospitalisation, by using playtherapeutic intervention, in order to lessen the fear and anxiety of the experience. This goal was achieved by a literature study, an empirical study with the aid of application of a preparatory intervention program, as well as an assessment and an evaluation of the program, in order to make recommendations, regarding the research. Optimal care, and preparation of sick toddlers for admission in hospital, includes more than satisfying the child’s physical needs. It also asks for gratification of the toddler’s psychosocial needs. Support and preparation of both the child and his/her parents form an integral component of the sanitary care process. Therapeutic activities with the child that is going to hospital, can, according to the goals of the research study, be instrumental in reducing fear, promote self-esteem, become acquainted with the medical setting and procedures, as well as providing in the toddlers physical, emotional, psychological and psychosocial needs. A complete and refined play therapeutic preparation program was developed and evaluated through the findings of the empirical and literature study. The process of intervention research was followed in the empirical study, where data was obtained with the aid of a purposive sample, of 20 hospitalised toddler respondents. Creswell’s dominant-less-dominant model was utilised. A dominant quantitative approach was being followed, through witch data was assembled by a self developed structured observation instrument, as a post-test for both the experimental as well as the comparative group. The less dominant, but equally important qualitative approach, that consisted of 9 playtherapeutic sessions with experimental group, field notes and interviews with parents, enrich and verified the quantitative data. According to the integration of the quantitative and qualitative findings, the conclusion can be made that the preparatory playtherapeutic program had a positive impact on the way fear and the toddlers handled anxiety during hospitalisation, with less misbehaviour. The findings show that the developed preparatory playtherapeutic program can be implemented with great success and confidence, with toddlers that are going to be hospitalised. It is recommended that further research can be done on development and evaluation of preparation programmes for toddlers from less fortunate communities. Seeing that individual sessions may due to financial difficulties be less tenable, group sessions and community work can be recommended to reach larger groups of children, as well as creating community awareness for the needs of toddlers, related to hospitalisation. / Thesis (DPhil (Play Therapy))--University of Pretoria, 2005. / Social Work / unrestricted