The purpose of this study was to analyse the effectiveness of Statistics South Africa's internship programme in developing the statistical skills of interns. A mixed method approach which included semi-structured interviews, document study and electronic questionnaires was used to gain insight into the thoughts and perceptions of 38 participants. The study revealed that many of the crucial elements for a successful internship programme are present in the current internship programme. It was also found that the interns do not get the opportunity to implement or utilize their skills in the areas in which they are being placed. The absorption and retention strategy also seems to pose a challenge for the internship programme of which the goal is to retain as many statisticians as possible. Finally, a proper absorption strategy, better and more formal assessments, and a higher salary level for interns being absorbed into the organization should also be considered / Language Education, Art and Culture / M. Ed. (Adult Education)

This study explores trainee psychotherapists' experiences of double bind situations and inconsistency between explicit and implicit contexts of training. The epistemological foundations of this text are postmodern, social constructionist and ecosystemic. A review of the relevant literature is presented, which includes aspects such as explicit and implicit contexts, double bind and experiences of trainees in training. This is followed by an account of the qualitative research approach adopted, namely, discourse analysis. Themes that are extracted from the text of the transcribed interviews are assumed to reflect discourses in training and the broader societal contexts in which trainees find themselves. These discourses are seen to inform trainees' constructions of their experiences in training. The findings of the analysis are found to concur with the initial hypotheses of this dissertation, as well as with findings in the literature. Recommendations for future research are offered. / Psychology / M.A. (Clinical Psychology)

Psychology / M.A.(Psychology)

This study is qualitative in nature. It reflects on the rich and varied experiences I encountered during training to be a psychotherapist. The content and process information around training is explored. My personal biases and prejudices towards training are made explicit. The experiences reflected upon are contextualized within the Unisa academic and the hospital clinical internship training contexts. The two contexts of training are contrasted accordingly showing their epistemological stance in their contribution to training of trainee therapists. The primary data in this research is the trainee researcher who is also the only participant subject in the study. The rest of the data is drawn from the experiences of the subject in interaction with others in different systems and subsystems. Through the creative synthesis step in the heuristic research approach the inferred theme is integrated in the analysis. Finally the research shows the limitations and implications involved. / Psychology / M.A. Psychology

This autoethnographic study qualitatively explores a trainee's journey towards becoming a clinical psychologist in South Africa. Both the formal and informal processes for becoming a psychotherapist are explored. The formal processes governing the training and registration of a clinical psychologist in South Africa are outlined. A critical appraisal of the training program is covered. The informal processes of the journey of this trainee psychologist is contextualised within the life story of that same person. In so doing a seventeen-year long struggle and academic relationship with UNISA is highlighted, including the insatiable desire and life long dream of the writer in wanting to become a psychologist. An autoethnographic study was done by using the researcher as the only research subject. The personal writings of the researcher and her family serve as the primary data for the study. An autoethnographic approach was employed in creating and collecting the data. The stories are presented in narrative form, and the data are analysed by employing narrative analysis for extracting and highlighting initial and inferred themes. / Psychology / M. A. (Clinical Psychology)

Psychotherapy is an interpersonal encounter where a therapist collaborates with clients to facilitate a healing process. Due to the personal nature of the therapeutic encounter, the therapist requires the necessary skills and knowledge, as well as a differentiated sense of self. The importance of supporting the psychotherapy trainee’s own differentiation process seemed to have been neglected in research in recent years. In South Africa there has recently been increasing pressure to select larger groups of trainees which has the risk that the tending to differentiation would further be neglected. The purpose of this research study is to reemphasise the importance of differentiation of self of the psychotherapy trainee by examining my own process of differentiation during my psychotherapy training. This study introduces the reader to these concepts and explores psychotherapy training in general and the Unisa training method specifically. The research design of this study is autoethnography which falls in the realm of social constructionism and the coding method is Thematic Data Analysis. The research findings as reflected in the two global themes namely individuation; and gaining and strengthening authentic relationships, seem to accurately reflect the process of differentiation. The specific training method of the Unisa training team in combination with the way in which I engaged with this process seemed important for the facilitation of this process of differentiation. / Psychology / M.A. (Clinical Psychology)

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No. of bitstreams: 1 Caroline Arantes Magalhães.pdf: 2119746 bytes, checksum: 29ce059f5b99f38bf5b6f430a2e45aff (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-01-30 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / Grounded on the mapping of research production on supervised internship in teacher education, especially for the formation of Biology teachers, and on the reality of recent political actions regarding internship for which the legislation points to the increased value of practice in professional formation, actions of basic school teachers have been noticed to be an object of study which enables researchers to learn the characteristics of these basic education professionals and should help Biological Sciences teachers-to-be to get into the school reality. Thus, the present research aims to discuss the actions of these co-teacher educators and investigate how they perceive their role as educators and in which conditions their practice is developed. This study is grounded on Pierre Bourdieu’s concept of habitus and on the sociological concepts of experience and logic of actions proposed by François Dubet to understand different dispositions acquired by the teachers. The central hypothesis of this work focuses on understanding the possibility teachers have to report and analyze their experiences in the profession involving life at school and, by doing so, identify the characteristics of their relationship with internees as well as the real contribution of supervised internship to prepare new Biology teachers to start the career. Four major axes of analysis were used to examine the information gathered in the field (choice and entry into the profession, education and action contexts, and self-perception). Patterns were found in the statements, in the expressed forms of thought and in the behaviors of the participants, teachers who acted as supervisors. Many influential factors and a great complexity in their articulation were found in their actions. Relationships among the choice to take up an undergraduate course in Teaching of Biological Sciences, the beginning of experiencing supervised internship, learning the profession, professional trajectories, current positions in the labor market, pedagogical actions and their personal and professional experiences are connected and configure the way each one perceives his work and how they perceive themselves in relation to their internees’ education. It was found that the participants of this research could not recognize themselves as teacher educators, nor did they develop autonomy of thought in relation to the possibility they have, and the condition that the supervisory role gives them to report and analyze their professional experiences in order to contribute socially to the formation of less unprepared Biology teachers / A partir do mapeamento da produção de pesquisa sobre estágio supervisionado na formação docente, especialmente na formação de professores de Biologia, e considerando a realidade das ações políticas recentes sobre os estágios em que a legislação aponta para uma valorização cada vez maior da prática na formação profissional, percebe-se que a constituição das ações dos professores regentes da escola básica como objeto de estudo é um meio de conhecer as características deste profissional da educação básica, que deveria auxiliar a inserção dos seis licenciandos em Ciências Biológicas na realidade escolar. O presente estudo problematiza as ações dos quatro professores coformadores, investigando como percebem seu papel formador e em que condições desenvolvem seu trabalho. Diante disso, a opção teórica foi dirigida aos conceitos de habitus proposto por Pierre Bourdieu para compreensão de diferentes disposições adquiridas a serem detectadas junto aos professores, aliado aos conceitos de sociologia da experiência e lógicas de ação propostos por François Dubet. A hipótese central está na detecção da possibilidade que os professores têm de relatar e analisar suas experiências vividas na profissão envolvendo a vida das escolas e, por tal canal, permitir que se identifiquem as características das relações com os estagiários e a real contribuição que essa atividade pode oferecer na formação de novos professores de Biologia mais preparados para o ingresso na profissão. Quatro grandes eixos de análise (de escolha e ingresso na profissão, de contextos formativos, de ações pedagógicas e auto percepção) perscrutaram as informações coletadas em campo. Foram encontrados padrões nos depoimentos, nas formas de pensamento expressos e nos comportamentos dos professores supervisores. Foram encontrados múltiplos fatores influentes em suas ações bem como uma grande complexidade na articulação dos mesmos. As relações entre a escolha pela Licenciatura em Ciências Biológicas, o início das vivências nos estágios, o aprendizado da profissão, as trajetórias profissionais, as colocações atuais no mercado de trabalho, as ações de natureza pedagógica, suas experiências pessoais e profissionais, estão conectadas entre si e configuram a maneira como cada um percebe seu trabalho e como se percebem diante da formação de seus estagiários. Constatou-se que os sujeitos participantes desta investigação não conseguem se reconhecer como formadores, tampouco desenvolveram autonomia de pensamento em relação à possibilidade que eles têm, e a condição que o papel de supervisão lhes dá para que relatem e analisem suas experiências profissionais a fim de contribuir socialmente com a formação de professores de Biologia menos despreparados

This autoethnographic study qualitatively explores a trainee's journey towards becoming a clinical psychologist in South Africa. Both the formal and informal processes for becoming a psychotherapist are explored. The formal processes governing the training and registration of a clinical psychologist in South Africa are outlined. A critical appraisal of the training program is covered. The informal processes of the journey of this trainee psychologist is contextualised within the life story of that same person. In so doing a seventeen-year long struggle and academic relationship with UNISA is highlighted, including the insatiable desire and life long dream of the writer in wanting to become a psychologist. An autoethnographic study was done by using the researcher as the only research subject. The personal writings of the researcher and her family serve as the primary data for the study. An autoethnographic approach was employed in creating and collecting the data. The stories are presented in narrative form, and the data are analysed by employing narrative analysis for extracting and highlighting initial and inferred themes. / Psychology / M. A. (Clinical Psychology)

This study explores trainee psychotherapists' experiences of double bind situations and inconsistency between explicit and implicit contexts of training. The epistemological foundations of this text are postmodern, social constructionist and ecosystemic. A review of the relevant literature is presented, which includes aspects such as explicit and implicit contexts, double bind and experiences of trainees in training. This is followed by an account of the qualitative research approach adopted, namely, discourse analysis. Themes that are extracted from the text of the transcribed interviews are assumed to reflect discourses in training and the broader societal contexts in which trainees find themselves. These discourses are seen to inform trainees' constructions of their experiences in training. The findings of the analysis are found to concur with the initial hypotheses of this dissertation, as well as with findings in the literature. Recommendations for future research are offered. / Psychology / M.A. (Clinical Psychology)

Psychology / M.A.(Psychology)