Thesis (MA(Counselling Psychology))-University of Pretoria, 2006. / Abstract in English. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (MA(Psychology))-University of Pretoria, 2006. / Abstract in English. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Psy. D.)--Wheaton College, 2007. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 105-110).

Thesis (Ph.D.(Opv. Sielk.)--Universiteit van Pretoria, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references.

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Through qualitative interviews with five teachers from three schools, two public schools within the same school management and a Waldorf school, the purpose of this study is to find out teachers' views on the phenomenon of life skills in the lower classes in school. What is the subject, how do teachers work with life skills, and should it be seen as a separate subject or integrated in all school subjects? The results show that the definition of life skills is a term with many interpretations. Two concepts that can be seen as the common denominators in the educators' views on the subject, however is, social and emotional skills. This is something that educators believe develop self-awareness and empathy in children and sees that as important as learning other subjects. However, different educators' perceptions of the life skills should be a subject or not. The methods that teachers mainly work with is SET, social and emotional training. Various calls, role-playing games, values clarification and EQ-bears are also essential elements. The teacher is seen as a great role model and her attitude is an important part in the work. / Syftet med denna studie är att ta reda på pedagogers uppfattningar kring fenomenet livskunskap i de lägre klasserna. Vad innebär livskunskap, hur arbetar pedagogerna med denna samt bör det vara ett eget ämne eller integrerat i alla ämnen? För att få svar på dessa frågor har kvalitativa intervjuer gjorts med fem pedagoger från tre olika skolor, varav två kommunala inom samma rektorsområde samt en waldorfskola. Resultatet visar att livskunskap är ett mångfacetterat område. Två delar vilka kan ses som de gemensamma nämnarna i pedagogernas syn på ämnet är social och emotionell kompetens. Detta är något som pedagogerna tror utvecklar barnens självkännedom och empatiska förmåga samt ser som lika väsentligt som att lära sig övriga ämnen. Dock skiljer sig pedagogernas uppfattningar kring om livskunskap bör vara ett skolämne eller inte. De metoder som pedagogerna arbetar med är främst SET (social och emotionell träning). De arbetar även med olika samtal, värderingsövningar, rollspel och EQ-björnar. Läraren ses i arbetet som en stor förebild och dennes förhållningssätt är således en viktig del i arbetet.

While the literature on the experiences of women in academe generaly, is growing, the experiences of women student mothers in post-secondary education are rarely explored. Given the increasing number of women students enroling in university and the fact that the student population is aging, there is a greater likelihood of these students being mothers. A study of these women is timely and crucial to understanding their needs and chalenges within the university. The purpose of the research was to examine the experiences of doctoral student mothers living at the intersection of studenthood and motherhood as it was expected that the demands from the family and university would create specific chalenges. The study delineates the women's understanding of and the degree to which they accepted the dominant North American ideology of intensive mothering and the ideology of the good student. Further, the study sought to ascertain whether the student mothers experienced contradiction between the two ideologies similar to that experienced by the women in Hay's (1996) study of employed and stay-at-home mothers. The study utilizes the concept of the public/private dichotomy and the notions of greedy institutions and competing urgencies in its framework. The design consisted of in-depth semi-structured interviews with seventeen mothers at various stages in their doctoral programme. The women range in age from thirty-three to forty-seven and have at least one child, under age of thirteen, living with them full-time. Findings noted that the women were able to articulate the dominant definitions of the good mother and the good student but, for the most part, they rejected them. They preferred to be balanced both as mothers and as students, although almost all of them insisted their children were their first priority. The women experienced a contradiction between the two ideologies and, using the concept of ideological work developed by Berger (1981), their experiences were explored. The women engaged in ideological work to support their alternative definitions of the good mother and the good student. When they were not as able to sustain their ideological work they tended to revert to the dominant definitions.