In practice, the learner with low self worth struggles to achieve certain goals and does not experience success in the classroom. Teachers involved in the lives of these learners do not always have the skills to motivate and handle them in the classroom. The general aim and focus of the research study therefore is to identify the needs of educators in a primary school setting in order to accommodate the learner with low self worth in the classroom. The theoretical framework of this study is based on the Gestalt theory, focussing on the phenomenological method of awareness. The researcher made use of a qualitative research approach and the empirical data was collected by means of focus groups. The collected data was analysed by Creswell’s spiral of data analysis. In conclusion, the researcher identified that educators have a need regarding their training, parental involvement, personal and professional support, and a need for a guideline to accommodate the learner with low self worth in the class. In closing, the researcher made some suggestions regarding future training of educators, practice and possible ideas for future research based on the needs of educators identified through this study. / MA (Psychology), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014

Cette thèse vise l’élaboration d’un cadre d’analyse des conduites motrices des élèves engagés dans une tâche motrice en EPS. Cet objectif s’ancre dans le constat d’un déficit de connaissances des enseignants d’EPS en matière de lecture de la motricité des élèves et de guidage de leurs apprentissages. En appui sur le constat que les enseignants experts perçoivent les conduites motrices des élèves indissociablement comme forme et sens, le cadre de la Gestalttheorie a été retenu pour considérer ces conduites comme des totalités dynamiques et signifiantes. L’ancrage phénoménologique de la Gestalttheorie a conduit à recueillir deux types de données empiriques sur le terrain de l’enseignement de trois APSA (gymnastique, natation et danse) : a) des données descriptives de type morphologique, relatives aux formes de corps et de mouvements corporels donnés à voir par les élèves ; b) des données interprétatives relatives à leur expérience vécue, obtenues, d’une part, en faisant des inférences sur le sens de cette expérience à partir des formes observées et, d’autre part, en utilisant la rétroaction vidéo dans l’esprit de l’explicitation psychophénoménologique pour conduire des entretiens avec les participants. Le traitement des données a permis de faire émerger des catégories fonctionnelles de la motricité de deux ordres : des catégories infraintentionnelles et des catégories intentionnelles. Le « remplissement » de ces catégories au fil des trois études présentées, ainsi que leur mise en relation dans la structure d’ensemble que représente la conduite motrice comme gestalt, ont permis d’établir une lecture compréhensive de l’organisation motrice des participants et de mettre en évidence la cohérence de « comportements privilégiés », c’est-à-dire des conduites motrices momentanément adossées certes à un certain « vouloir », mais indissociablement à un certain « pouvoir » actuels. Les résultats montrent qu’avec l’augmentation du degré d’élaboration de l’organisation motrice, les différentes fonctions considérées pour l’analyse s’intègrent de plus en plus dans une unité fonctionnelle fédérée par une visée intentionnelle polarisée par la finalité de l’action. La synthèse des résultats montre la possibilité de baliser des éléments d’une morphogenèse des conduites motrices, dont un aspect générique saillant converge avec le principe de concrétisation énoncé par Simondon à propos des objets techniques en général. / This thesis aims to elaborate an analytical framework of pupil motor skills when takingpart in motor skills tasks in a Physical Education class. The fundamental reasoning behind thisstudy is the observation of a general lack of understanding among P.E. teachers of how tointerpret pupils’ motor skills and how to best guide pupils’ learning. Considering also theobservation that specialist Physical Education teachers perceive pupils’ motor skills as aninseparable item in both form and meaning, the Gestalttheory framework has been used toconsider these skills as dynamic and meaningful totalities. The phenomenological basis ofGestalt theory led us to collect two sorts of empirical data in fieldwork when teaching threeactivities (gymnastics, swimming and dance): a) descriptive data of a morphological type,relative to the corporeal forms and body movement made by the pupils ; b) interpretive datarelative to their actual experiences, obtained, on the one hand, by making inferences tomeaning of these experiences based on the forms observed and, on the other hand, by usingvideo replays as in a psycho-phenomenological explication to conduct interviews with theparticipants.The processing of this data allowed us to show the existence of two functional categoriesof motor skills : infra-intentional and intentional categories. The “completion” of thesecategories during the three studies mentioned, as well as the connection with the overallstructure which shows motor skills as essentially Gestalt, enabled us to establishcomprehensive understanding of the participants’ motor organisation and to underline thecoherence of “privileged behaviour”, in other words motor skills linked, be it momentarily, toa certain current “desire” but also inseparable from a certain current “ability”. The resultsshow that as the degree of elaboration of motor skills increases, the different functions studiedare constantly integrated into a functional unit mobilised by focalising an intention polarisedby the final result of the action. The synthesis of the results gives us the possibility to markout the elements of motor skills morphogenesis, whose most salient generic aspect is theconvergence with the principle of concretisation as stated by Simondon in reference totechnical objects in general.

The primary goal of retail environments is to stimulate positive behavior from consumers viewing the fulfilled plan of the designer or architect. This study explores the influence of the consumer trait, visual aesthetic sensitivity, upon the visual aesthetic design features of the store environment and consumer behavior. Treatment of the visual aesthetic design features of the retail environment as an integrated, holistic arrangement demonstrate the dynamic interrelation of the environment and perception as explained by Gestalt theory. Data was collected through traditional survey techniques. Statistical analyses using exploratory factor analysis, ANCOVA, and MANCOVA reveal distinct differences between consumers with high versus low visual aesthetic sensitivity in store environment evaluations and consumer behavior.

The Whole thesis is in Afrikaans: Epilepsy is a phenomenon that can manifest in a variety of ways, which differ mainly in severity, appearance, aetiology, effect and control thereof. In this study a lack of knowledge and education about epilepsy is pointed out as a factor that was neglected over the years. It is of utmost importance to distinguish between three main categories of epilepsy as all three types have a restraining effect that may leave any learner vulnerable. The popular belief about the concept epilepsy until recently did not recognize the type of epilepsy where a disturbance in consciousness or relapse in consciousness only occurred as in the case with elementary partial attacks (temporal and frontal lobe epilepsy). Ignorance about temporal and frontal lobe epilepsy, as well as the fact that the physical symptoms of this type of epilepsy are very subtle in nature, may be the cause why acceptance of this condition has been slow or undervalued. In reality learners with lobe epilepsy are not regarded as disabled and should such a learner not be diagnosed and not receive the correct treatment, he/she will not be able to function optimally. The researcher has made a study of epilepsy as well as the physical, cognitive, emotional, social, self image impact on the learner in family and school context. The impact of epilepsy on the primary school learner was studied from a gestalt point of view. In this study the researcher employed both a quantitative and qualitative research approach. It was therefore fitting to formulate a research question and a hypothesis. The research question formulated for this study is as follows: What is the knowledge basis of teachers regarding learners with lobe epilepsy? The empirical study indicated that the researcher could provide an answer to the research question by way of semi-structured interviews that indicated that the knowledge basis of the teachers was not sufficient to identify learners with this phenomena. The researcher determined through these interviews that teachers experienced a need to extend their knowledge about temporal and frontal lobe epilepsy. The hypothesis formulated for this study is as follows: Should information and clear guidelines regarding the identification of a learner with lobe epilepsy be offered to teachers, the learner with lobe epilepsy would be identified timeously in the school system. The researcher did a pre-test on the knowledge levels on lobe epilepsy among teachers by way of questionnaires. The pre-test was followed by a structured information session after which an after-test was done by way of questionnaires to determine the change in the teachers’ knowledge basis. The empirical study showed that the teachers’ knowledge basis increased due to the information session offered to them. After this study the teachers could identify learners and refer them for diagnosis and treatment as a result of an increased knowledge basis about this phenomena. The study was followed up by guidelines offered to the teachers on identifying the primary school learner with temporal and frontal lobe epilepsy. / Thesis (DPhil (Social Work))--University of Pretoria, 2005. / Social Work and Criminology / unrestricted

This study takes the form of intervention research in which parental guidelines to enhance emotional intelligence among children in middle childhood are developed from a Gestalt perspective. The researcher makes use of Rothman and Thomas’ (1994) Design and Development model and therefore follows phases of problem analysis and project planning, information gathering and synthesis, design, and early development in order to facilitate the research process. Guidelines deal with needs highlighted by parents (with children in middle childhood) who participated in the empirical enquiry. The researcher draws upon literature relating to emotional intelligence and parenting, Gestalt philosophy, and functional elements of relevant, existing programmes in the pursuit of addressing identified concerns. Phases of evaluation and advanced development, and dissemination are not addressed within the limited scope of this project. The possibility of exploring these final two phases of the design and development model therefore provides opportunity for future work. / Play Therapy / Thesis (M. Diac. (Play Therapy))

Thesis (M.Div. (Practical Theology and Missiology))--University of Stellenbosch, 2007. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Identity refers to the beliefs and values, the lifestyles, character, style and history of a congregation. A person has an identity, so a congregation develops an identity which is in a very close association with its members, their circumstances and history. The Kwe San and their unique history and circumstances have contributed to their current identity. This identity also determines the way in which the ministerial praxis is tailored for a specific congregation and community. The Kwe San’s current context has a practical theological response which is contextually based. Their traditional free-roaming abilities have been limited by the Tsumkwe Constituency, a prior homeland. The various original social organizations which form an integral part of the Kwe San’s life within their System Two, forms an integral part of their current life. These aspects need to be taken into consideration when formulating a congregation’s ministerial praxis. Within this community the practicality of theological ecclesiology has become important. This is due to the change in context of the Kwe San. To have a better understanding of the present ministerial praxis I have incorporated the Gestalt theory principles which help us to address the current situation and also the System Theory, in order to understand the current contextual nature of the Kwe San people. Any form of a holistic ministerial approach requires that we understand the interdependence of people and nature. It also emphasizes the fact that we are all connected to one another and that the church needs to raise to the occasion and play its part within each segment of the community. It needs to be an active participant within different interdependent or interrelated parts within the society in which we interact with one another, interact with nature and interact with God.

This study takes the form of intervention research in which parental guidelines to enhance emotional intelligence among children in middle childhood are developed from a Gestalt perspective. The researcher makes use of Rothman and Thomas’ (1994) Design and Development model and therefore follows phases of problem analysis and project planning, information gathering and synthesis, design, and early development in order to facilitate the research process. Guidelines deal with needs highlighted by parents (with children in middle childhood) who participated in the empirical enquiry. The researcher draws upon literature relating to emotional intelligence and parenting, Gestalt philosophy, and functional elements of relevant, existing programmes in the pursuit of addressing identified concerns. Phases of evaluation and advanced development, and dissemination are not addressed within the limited scope of this project. The possibility of exploring these final two phases of the design and development model therefore provides opportunity for future work. / Play Therapy / Thesis (M. Diac. (Play Therapy))

Aquesta tesi proposa una estructura de dades per emmagatzemar imatges tridimensionals. L'estructura da dades té forma d'arbre i codifica les components connexes dels conjunts de nivell de la imatge. Aquesta estructura és la eina bàsica per moltes aplicacions proposades: operadors morfològics tridimensionals, visualització d'imatges mèdiques, anàlisi d'histogrames de color, seguiment d'objectes en vídeo i detecció de vores. Motivada pel problema de la completació de vores, la tesi conté un estudi de com l'eliminació de soroll mitjançant variació total anisòtropa es pot fer servir per calcular conjunts de Cheeger en mètriques anisòtropes. Aquests conjunts de Cheeger anisòtrops es poden utilitzar per trobar òptims globals d'alguns funcionals per completar vores. També estan relacionats amb certs invariants afins que s'utilitzen en reconeixement d'objectes, i en la tesi s'explicita aquesta relació. / This thesis proposes a tree data structure to encode the connected components of level sets of 3D images. This data structure is applied as a main tool in several proposed applications: 3D morphological operators, medical image visualization, analysis of color histograms, object tracking in videos and edge detection. Motivated by the problem of edge linking, the thesis contains also an study of anisotropic total variation denoising as a tool for computing anisotropic Cheeger sets. These anisotropic Cheeger sets can be used to find global optima of a class of edge linking functionals. They are also related to some affine invariant descriptors which are used in object recognition, and this relationship is laid out explicitly.

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Urbana miljöers komplexitet och rörelse kräver noga planerad ljussättning och omsorgsfull prioritering i samspelet mellan att lyfta fram viktiga element och lämna andra åt sidan. För att minska risken för överbelysning genom ljussättning av objekt med stor ljushetskontrast mot dess bakgrund bör alternativa metoder för att framhäva landmärken i stadsrum utredas. Detta examensarbete undersöker hur upplevelsen av mindre urbana landmärken påverkas av ljushetskontraster i dess bakgrund. Studiens syfte är att undersöka hur landmärkenas bakgrundsbelysning utformas idag, samt hur framhävning av landmärken påverkas av ljuskontrasten i dess bakgrund. Genom att använda ljussättning av landmärkenas bakgrundsmiljö som ett verktyg, syftar studien till att bidra till att skapa en tydlig och lättförståelig orientering genom stadsmiljön under mörka timmar.  Studien genomfördes i tre delmoment genom ett fältexperiment, intervjuer och ett kvasi-experiment. Observation av utvalda urbana objekt och dess omgivning genomfördes i fältexperimentet. Detta följt av två semistrukturerade intervjuer kring ljusdesigners beaktningstagande av bakgrunden vid ljussättning av landmärken i urban miljö. Vid observation av studiens kvasi-experiment analyserades generella miljöer med olika bakgrundsprinciper i en iscensatt urban miljö.  Resultaten av studien visar att olika stort beaktningstagande tas angående ljussättningen av urbana objekts omgivning, beroende på tidigare erfarenhet av ljusplanering. Studiens kvasi-experiment visade att ljushetskontrasten mellan ett urbant objekt och dess bakgrund, tillsammans med ljushetskontraster och formen på ljusbilderna inom bakgrunden, påverkar hur objektet uppfattas. Resultaten indikerar att en ljussättning av en urban miljö, med hänsyn till ovanstående faktorer, har påverkan på upplevelsen av objekten i miljön. Då bakgrunden är ljussatt lågmält, symmetriskt och då hela bakgrunden är definierbar ges en uppfattning om den omgivande miljön, vilket gör att objektet framhävs. / The complexity and movement of urban environments require carefully planned lighting and prioritization in the interplay between highlighting important elements and leaving others aside. In order to reduce the risk of over-lighting by lighting objects with a large brightness contrast against their background, alternative methods for highlighting landmarks in urban spaces should be investigated. This thesis examines how the experience of smaller urban landmarks is affected by brightness contrasts in its background. The purpose of the study is to investigate how the background lighting of landmarks is designed and is being designed today, as well as how highlighting of landmarks is affected by the light contrast in its background. By using lighting of the landmarks background environment as a tool, the study aims to help create a clear and easy-to-understand orientation through the urban environment during dark hours.  The study was carried out in three phases through a field experiment, interviews and a final quasi-experiment. An observation of selected urban objects and their areas was carried out in the field experiment, followed by two semi-structured interviews regarding lighting designers consideration of the background when lighting landmarks in an urban environment. When observing the studys quasi-experiment, general environments with different background principles were analyzed in a staged urban environment.  The results of the study show that varying degrees of consideration are taken regarding the lighting of urban objects surroundings, depending on previous experience with lighting planning. The studys quasi-experiment showed that the brightness contrast between an urban object and its background, together with brightness contrasts and the shape of the light images within the background, affects how the object is perceived. The results indicate that the lighting of an urban environment, taking these factors into account, has an impact on the experience of the objects in the environment. When the background is lit softly, symmetrically, and when the entire background is definable, an idea of the surrounding environment is given, which makes the object emphasized.