This study focuses on the mentally disabled pupil who receives his education in a special school. The mentally disabled pupil makes unique demands on the school. To facilitate this type of education a particular curriculum and suitable physical facilities have to be provided. For the physical facilities to be up to educational standards, the use of such facilities will have to be in accordance with the aims of the special school. The educational use of said physical facilities at a special school can be instrumental in the eradication of the handicap a pupil at the special school experiences. It is the responsibility of the headmaster of such a school to see to it that the physical facilities are used in such a way so that the aims of the school are realize. To ensure that the facilities are used optimally, the headmaster must set a criteria which is unique to the special school. The physical facilities of a special school for mentally disabled pupils, being a part of reality, functions by means of the structural moments of reality. The criteria regarding the use of the physical facilities at a special school is formulated in terms of the modalities of reality in which the school functions. / Skripsie (MEd)--PU vir CHO, 1988

This study focuses on the mentally disabled pupil who receives his education in a special school. The mentally disabled pupil makes unique demands on the school. To facilitate this type of education a particular curriculum and suitable physical facilities have to be provided. For the physical facilities to be up to educational standards, the use of such facilities will have to be in accordance with the aims of the special school. The educational use of said physical facilities at a special school can be instrumental in the eradication of the handicap a pupil at the special school experiences. It is the responsibility of the headmaster of such a school to see to it that the physical facilities are used in such a way so that the aims of the school are realize. To ensure that the facilities are used optimally, the headmaster must set a criteria which is unique to the special school. The physical facilities of a special school for mentally disabled pupils, being a part of reality, functions by means of the structural moments of reality. The criteria regarding the use of the physical facilities at a special school is formulated in terms of the modalities of reality in which the school functions. / Skripsie (MEd)--PU vir CHO, 1988

Please read the abstract in the section 00front of this document / Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2010. / Educational Psychology / MEd / Unrestricted

Die doel van die navorsing was om vanuit „n waarderingsperspektief 'n kwalitatiewe ondersoek te doen oor ouers se betrokkenheid by hul kinders se leerproses in 'n landelike omgewing. Die populasie het bestaan uit ouers met kinders in 'n primêre skool in 'n landelike omgewing, te Wellington. Inligting is bekom deur die voer van individuele onderhoude met ouers en 'n fokusgroeponderhoud. Data is ontleed en drie temas met subtemas en kategorieë is geïdentifiseer. Bevindinge en gevolgtrekkings is gemaak met betrekking tot ouers se betrokkenheid by hul kinders se leerproses. Daar is bevind dat ouers wel betrokke is by hul kinders se leerproses. Ten opsigte van hierdie navorsingstudie word tot die slotsom gekom dat die ouers deurentyd betrokke is by hul kinders se leerproses en hoë ideale vir hulle kinders koester. Ongeag lang werksure probeer hulle steeds betrokke wees. Die ouers wil graag vir hul kinders net die beste gee en koester beter beroepe vir hulle kinders. / MA (Psychology), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014

Children’s participation is embodied in Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC, 2009). Children’s participation is about the right of children who are capable of expressing their views to express them freely in all matters affecting them. In the context of paediatric palliative care children’s participation is also about access to information regarding children’s illnesses, treatment and care. Methods of communication, such as open communication and honesty are the main requirements in order for participation to be genuine. As a means to advance knowledge, this study explores parents’ perceptions of their children participation in the context of paediatric palliative care. The study aims to formulate guidelines, which can be applied to promote children’s participation in their treatment and care in the context of paediatric palliative care. The interpretive descriptive research design was used as the methodology that offers the perspective for analysing situations and enabling practical applicability. Data for this study was gathered by means of semi-structured interviews, a vignette and incomplete sentences. Participants were sampled through a purposive sampling to ensure that the participants are the holders of the needed data. The collected data was transcribed and analysed and the thematic analysis process was incorporated. The findings of this study indicate the parents’ stance towards children’s participation in the paediatric palliative care context. Participants’ perceptions indicate the fears they have with regard to children’s autonomy. Participants’ perceptions are in contrary to the literature on children’s participation and the legislation on children’s rights as their view is that children should not be involved in decision making processes regarding the children’s treatment and care. Participants made reference to their concerns related to the right of their children to participate in decision making regarding their treatment and care. Reference was also made to the societal norms and culture that is part of their existence. Findings suggest that the need exists for developing support systems which will assist the parents in facilitating their children’s participation regarding their treatment and care in the context of paediatric palliative care. Based on the findings of this study recommendation are made to health care systems, that is, the governmental bodies that are involved and responsible for the implementation of policies in health care, hospitals and hospices to focus on developing individualised support structures for parents with children who have life-limiting illnesses as the disease profiles vary and the societal response differs towards these diseases. The support structures should be based on the parents’ understanding of their circumstances and experiences regarding their children’s participation in the paediatric palliative treatment and care. / MSW, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014

Die doel van die navorsing was om vanuit „n waarderingsperspektief 'n kwalitatiewe ondersoek te doen oor ouers se betrokkenheid by hul kinders se leerproses in 'n landelike omgewing. Die populasie het bestaan uit ouers met kinders in 'n primêre skool in 'n landelike omgewing, te Wellington. Inligting is bekom deur die voer van individuele onderhoude met ouers en 'n fokusgroeponderhoud. Data is ontleed en drie temas met subtemas en kategorieë is geïdentifiseer. Bevindinge en gevolgtrekkings is gemaak met betrekking tot ouers se betrokkenheid by hul kinders se leerproses. Daar is bevind dat ouers wel betrokke is by hul kinders se leerproses. Ten opsigte van hierdie navorsingstudie word tot die slotsom gekom dat die ouers deurentyd betrokke is by hul kinders se leerproses en hoë ideale vir hulle kinders koester. Ongeag lang werksure probeer hulle steeds betrokke wees. Die ouers wil graag vir hul kinders net die beste gee en koester beter beroepe vir hulle kinders. / MA (Psychology), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014

Children’s participation is embodied in Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC, 2009). Children’s participation is about the right of children who are capable of expressing their views to express them freely in all matters affecting them. In the context of paediatric palliative care children’s participation is also about access to information regarding children’s illnesses, treatment and care. Methods of communication, such as open communication and honesty are the main requirements in order for participation to be genuine. As a means to advance knowledge, this study explores parents’ perceptions of their children participation in the context of paediatric palliative care. The study aims to formulate guidelines, which can be applied to promote children’s participation in their treatment and care in the context of paediatric palliative care. The interpretive descriptive research design was used as the methodology that offers the perspective for analysing situations and enabling practical applicability. Data for this study was gathered by means of semi-structured interviews, a vignette and incomplete sentences. Participants were sampled through a purposive sampling to ensure that the participants are the holders of the needed data. The collected data was transcribed and analysed and the thematic analysis process was incorporated. The findings of this study indicate the parents’ stance towards children’s participation in the paediatric palliative care context. Participants’ perceptions indicate the fears they have with regard to children’s autonomy. Participants’ perceptions are in contrary to the literature on children’s participation and the legislation on children’s rights as their view is that children should not be involved in decision making processes regarding the children’s treatment and care. Participants made reference to their concerns related to the right of their children to participate in decision making regarding their treatment and care. Reference was also made to the societal norms and culture that is part of their existence. Findings suggest that the need exists for developing support systems which will assist the parents in facilitating their children’s participation regarding their treatment and care in the context of paediatric palliative care. Based on the findings of this study recommendation are made to health care systems, that is, the governmental bodies that are involved and responsible for the implementation of policies in health care, hospitals and hospices to focus on developing individualised support structures for parents with children who have life-limiting illnesses as the disease profiles vary and the societal response differs towards these diseases. The support structures should be based on the parents’ understanding of their circumstances and experiences regarding their children’s participation in the paediatric palliative treatment and care. / MSW, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014

The mentally retarded child as a member of society should enjoy equality of rights of existence just like any other individual created by God. This study endeavours to research the training needed for white mentally retarded children in the RSA and to what extent these needs are catered for. In a literature study an overview is given of relevant concepts and terminology concerning mental retardation. Concepts with reference to the Act for the training of mentally retarded children are used. Possible criteria for identifying mentally retarded children are proposed. These criteria should be present in a higher or lesser degree to confirm mental retardation. The utilization of these criteria are further discussed as aids in the formal classification of retardedness. The basic personal and social needs of the mentally retarded child are perused as well as the need for industrial orientation. Attention is then also given to the extent to which these needs are addressed in the RSA and the facilities for "education" and training of these children. The present criteria for admission and placement of these children in training centres is also discussed. An exemplary study of the E.S. le Grange centre for retarded children was done to illustrate the concepts mentioned. The history and development of the centre is described. An evaluation was made as to the extent the needs of the mentally retarded children at the centre are fulfilled in accordance with the background of Act no. 63 of 1974. It was found that this centre fully subscribed to the said act. Individual problem areas were however identified and suggestions put forward for their rectification. / Skripsie (MEd)--PU vir CHO, 1988

Accountable education for mentally handicapped pupils who receive their tuition at special schools should lead to self-actualisation. The pupil achieves self-actualisation through, among other factors, the choice of a sui table career, as this helps him to become a useful, self-supporting and competent member of society. However, the training which a pupil attending a special school receives, does not provide him with direct access to training as an apprentice. Pupils often expect that the practical fields in which they specialised at school will lead to their obtaining employment in these fields and even to their being given further training in their chosen fields. Unfortunately, it is a fact that most of these pupils, on leaving school, are appointed in professions that have little or no bearing on their training at school. In this study an attempt to found a pedagogically viable vocational training programme for educable mentally retarded pupils, based on literature studies, is made. The education of these pupils is studied through the perspectives of their restrictions, their potential, their expectations, their needs and their right to vocational training. The interest which parents have in the education of their mentally retarded child, the special school's responsibility in supplying suitable vocational training, as well as the role that employers should play in this regard, are identified and studied. The programme of educational training at special schools in the Transvaal is analysed in the light of literature studies. The identification of mentally handicapped pupils, the curricula for special schools and the syllabuses for the majority of the subjects are discussed and problem areas are identified. An empirical investigation confirms the actuality of the identified problems. Questionnaires sent to all special schools in the Transvaal and schedules completed by a number of employers were designed. The findings are presented and interpreted. Recommendations aimed at a more vocationally oriented education system for pupils at special schools are made. Possible areas for further research are identified. / Skripsie (MEd)--PU vir CHO, 1988

An investigation was conducted into possible differences in motor abilities between 98 mentally retarded and 100 mentally normal girls aged between 13 - 17 years. For the purpose of this study certain motor aspects as contained in previously selected tests were chosen. The motor aspects in question were those which appear in the Physical Education Syllabus for girls in the section handling of objects. The success with which the girls performed the prescribed movement tasks was measured quantitatively (to indicate attainment of the desired result) as well as qualitatively (to indicate the movement pattern) . A movement-directed analysis was conducted by studying the possible effect which the kind of skill, as well as the relative perceptual-motor abilities, could have on the achievement of the pupils. A preceding literature study was done in order to obtain relevant information pertaining to the study. The quantitative data were studied by means of a variance analysis investigation with a view to the significance of the differences (p ~ 0,05), while the qualitative data, being nominal, were analysed by means of chi-square techniques. The predominant findings indicate that, in spite of heterogeneity within the group, deficient motor ability is indeed prevalent among the mentally retarded pupils. This does not, however, hold good for all aspects of the movement abilities and is not always meaningful. The biggest differences are found in the movement pattern. Task complexity, the degree of cognitive involvement as well as perceptual-motor abilities included in the skills do play a role as regards the successful performance by the mentally retarded group. Carefully planned motor programmes conducted with retarded pupils could therefore be a means of abolishing under-actualization of their personality realisation - especially as they are directed towards motor rather than cognitive orientated occupations. / Thesis (MA)--PU vir CHO, 1987