Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T20:57:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Beatriz Judith Lima Scoz.pdf: 14218864 bytes, checksum: ad350fe3b21697ef1fccc5db5abed2a9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2004-11-30 / This study aimed at understanding teachers construction of subjectivity and identity by drawing on the configuration of senses they convey in their learning and teaching processes within their families, neighbourhood, at school, and in formal training. Teachers perception of their own sense-conveying was also taken into account, as well as the new senses they went up building. Methodology used was the technique known as sandplay, created by jungian psychoanalyst Dora Kalff. It consists of a sandbox and miniature figures where subjects build up scenes. In this study, teachers built and described scenes of their lives and of teaching and learning situations. The use of this technique relied on the principles that ground it, on the researcher's own professional experience, and on the concepts put forth by authors like Fernando González Rey, Alicia Fernández, Sara Paín, Estelle Weinrib, and Ruth Ammann. Subjects' symbolic acts, reflexions, and emotional expressions during scene-building allowed for understanding the senses they make in their learning and teaching processes, hence their in process subjectivity and identity. Furthermore, the teachers were able to perceive themselves their situation, overcoming their fragmented understanding and redefining meanings concerning their learning and teaching processes. The use of sandplay itself has also proved educational: teachers awareness of their capacity to produce meanings, to question them, and to make new senses emerge led them to acknowledge their own thinking ability and move about through a "near-development zone", thus opening up space that favours learning. Such technique may thus be a valuable resource to overcome troubling situations in teacher training, with a view to better-quality education and teaching / Este estudo visou compreender a construção da subjetividade e identidade de professoras/es, com base na configuração de sentidos que produzem em seus processos de aprender e de ensinar em suas famílias, em suas comunidades de convivência, escolas e em seus processos formativos. Também foi considerada a percepção que os professores têm de suas próprias produções de sentidos e, com base nestas, dos novos sentidos que iam produzindo. A metodologia utilizada foi a técnica vivencial denominada Jogo de Areia (Sandplay) criada por Dora Kalff, analista junguiana. Trata-se de uma caixa com areia e miniaturas onde os sujeitos constroem cenas. Neste estudo, as professoras construíram e relataram cenas de suas trajetórias de vida e de situações de ensino e aprendizagem. A utilização desse meio de pesquisa foi alicerçada nos princípios que o norteiam, na experiência profissional da pesquisadora e nas concepções de autores como Fernando González Rey, Alicia Fernández, Sara Paín, Estelle Weinrib e Ruth Ammann. O ato simbólico, os momentos reflexivos e o aflorar das emoções presentes na construção dos cenários possibilitaram a compreensão dos sentidos que as professoras produziam em seus processos de aprender e de ensinar e, conseqüentemente, de suas subjetividades e identidades em construção. Além disso, elas mesmas percebiam a situação em que se encontravam, superavam a maneira fragmentada de compreendê-la e redefiniam novos sentidos em relação a seus processos de aprender e de ensinar. A vivência com o Jogo de Areia revelou-se também um meio educativo: a capacidade de produzir sentidos, de questioná-los e, a partir daí, fazer surgir novos sentidos, fez com que as professoras reconhecessem sua capacidade pensante e transitassem por uma "zona de desenvolvimento próximo", abrindo-se assim espaços facilitadores de aprendizagem. Tal vivência pode pois constituir valioso recurso para superar situações problemáticas relativas à formação de professores, na direção de uma melhor qualificação da educação e do ensino

The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the potential use of Sandplay psychotherapy with an adolescent who presented with poor self-esteem. In conducting my research I assessed one adolescent’s selfesteem by means of quantitative and qualitative measures and identified potential aspects that might require intervention, related to self-esteem. After the initial assessment, Sandplay psychotherapy was implemented as intervention, after which the participant’s self-esteem was re-assessed, comparing the results with those obtained during the initial assessment (baseline data). For the purpose of my study, I fulfilled the role of researcher, involving an intern educational psychologist in assessing the participant and conducting the intervention, thereby fulfilling the role of therapist. I followed a triangulation mixed methods intervention research approach, primarily relying on the interpretivist paradigm yet being informed and elaborated upon by a post-positivist component. I studied a single clinical case situated within the context of psychotherapy outcome research. This enabled me to draw conclusions on how suitable and helpful Sandplay psychotherapy might be (or not) for an adolescent who presented with poor self-esteem. In collecting quantitative data, I employed the Self-Esteem Index (Brown&Alexander, 1991) both prior to and after the intervention had been completed. In support, a qualitative post-modern assessment was included in the form of the Rosebush technique (Oaklander, 1988). Other qualitative data collection and documentation measures include observations, semi-structured interviews (with the participant and her parents), photographs of the sand trays and a semi-structured reflection journal (of the participant), as well as reflection journals of the researcher and therapist. Based on the pre- and post-assessments I was able to compare results of the participant’s self-esteem before and after the Sandplay psychotherapy intervention had been completed. Subsequent to thematic qualitative data analysis and my comparison of the quantitative results I obtained, three main themes emerged. Firstly, the self-esteem of the participant seemed to have improved following the intervention, since her limited self-knowledge, feelings of inferiority and her uncertainty in unknown situations seemingly changed into age-appropriate self-knowledge, feelings of self-worth and facing the unknown. Secondly, she displayed changes in the emotional domain of development post-intervention. She seemed more content with her situation, reportedly feeling more safe and secure as opposed to feeling academically pressured, as was the case at the onset of my study, and having a positive future perspective. Thirdly, changes in her social domain of development occurred as she displayed age-appropriate skills, acted more assertively and felt more accepted and ready to establish relationships. Based on the findings of my study, I can conclude that it seems possible to facilitate the improvement of adolescents’ self-esteem by conducting Sandplay psychotherapy. Besides an improvement in terms of overall self-esteem, the participant in my study seemingly displayed improvement in the areas of relationships and social skills, as well as conflict resolution skills. / Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2010. / Educational Psychology / unrestricted

The purpose of this study was to explore the use of sandplay psychotherapy, as intervention technique, in overcoming a language barrier, whilst supporting a young vulnerable child emotionally. An empirical study of limited extent was undertaken, which was qualitative by nature and conducted from the interpretivist paradigm. An in-depth case study was used as research design, whilst educational psychological assessment, intervention and re-assessment, observation, interviews, analysis of documentation, field notes and visual data (photographs) were employed as data collection methods. A young Sotho-speaking girl, who resides in an institution for children who are infected with and affected by HIV&AIDS, who had been made vulnerable by various circumstances (death of primary caregivers, emotional difficulties, and being infected with HIV&AIDS), was selected as the primary participant in the study. The findings of the empirical study are supported by relevant literature with regard to the main concepts guiding the study, namely, sandplay psychotherapy, vulnerable children, and language barriers. The findings were, firstly, that sandplay psychotherapy supported the primary participant emotionally, and, secondly, sandplay psychotherapy was an effective technique for overcoming a language barrier. A further finding was that the emotional healing that appeared to take place had a positive effect on the relationships and communication skills of the primary participant. / Dissertation (MEd (Educational Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2006. / Educational Psychology / MEd / unrestricted

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But : comparer le processus de transformation intérieure au cours de la psychothérapie par le Jeu de Sable avec la transformation du néophyte au cours des rites d’initiation chez les Chamans, dans l’Alchimie et dans les cultes à mystères en Egypte et en Grèce. Méthodologie : Analyse de 856 photos des jeux de sable construits par 28 enfants de 4 à 12 ans. Conclusion : Il existe une similitude entre le processus de transformation vécu en psychothérapie et la première des trois étapes de l'initiation vécue par le néophyte. On retrouve dans les jeux de sable des scénarios archétypiques qui peuvent être classés dans des catégories spécifiques associées aux différentes étapes de la transformation intérieure décrites dans les mythes initiatiques. / Aim : comparison between the stages of inner transformation in Sandplay therapy with children and the stages of initiation in the Mystery cults of the ancient Egyptians and Greeks, in Alchemy and in Shamanism. Sample : 28 children from 4 to 12 years old. Instrument of analysis : 856 photos made during the therapy. Results : We report on a similarity between the process of transformation in Sandplay therapy and the first stage of initiation in the different cultures. We found out that in Sandplay therapy the archetypes appeared according to the own internal logic of the transformation process described in the great myths. The archetypes can be classified in categories, which are specific to different stages of the inner transformation.