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721	The influence of the parent-child relationship on the self-concept of the Southern Sotho learner Choko, Aphiah Kekeletso 30 June 2004 (has links) Those learners who generally struggle to relate to their teachers and peers, also appear to struggle with their parents. This research study is thus an investigation into the influence of the parent-child relationship on the self-concept of the Southern Sotho child. A literature study was done and the major dimensions of the self-concept were identified, namely, the physical self, the academic self, the social self, the value self, the family self and the psychic self. A questionnaire was developed to measure the self-concept of the child. Another questionnaire was used to measure the parent-child relationship. The results of the empirical investigation indicated that the parent-child relationship does have an influence on the self-concept of the Southern Sotho child, although certain contradictions to other research findings emerged. Problematic aspects of the research were discussed and recommendations for further research were made. / Educational Studies / M.Ed. (Guidance and Counseling) Parent-child relationship Identity Self-esteem Self Self-concept 155.2 School children -- Attitudes Parent and child Self-perception Identity (Psychology)
722	The use of gestalt therapy to re-write life script Hitge, Erika 30 November 2006 (has links) The aim of this research was to determine how Gestalt Therapy could be utilised to re-write life script. Transactional Analysis terminology was translated into Gestalt Therapy, especially the terms life script, life position and re-writing in the literature study. Gestalt Therapy concepts of importance for the research were also discussed in the literature study. An empirical study was conducted, involving one respondent, for whom Gestalt Therapy sessions were provided with the aim of determining how life script could be re-written through such intervention. Gestalt Therapy concepts and life script concepts were identified during the therapy process. A re-written life script was formulated by the researcher corresponding with the level of functioning of the respondent during therapy and in relation to the respondent's life position. The researcher deducts from the entire study, but especially from the empirical study that life script can be re-written by means of utilising Gestalt Therapy. / Social Work / M. Diac. (Play Therapy) Re-writing Life script Life position Gestalt Therapy Contact Boundary Disturbances Awareness Theory of Change The I-Thou Relation Sense of Self and Self-Concept Self-Regulation 616.89143 Gestalt therapy Boundaries -- Psychological aspects Self-perception Change (Psychology) Transactional analysis Schemas (Psychology)
723	Investigating the educational psychologist's support to parents and teachers of the adolescent with acne Radloff, Catherina Adriana 02 1900 (has links) The purpose of this study was to develop guidelines to enable the members of acne sufferers' support networks to become better sources of practical, emotional and social support. A literature study and an empirical investigation were done to investigate which factors could enable members of the acne sufferer’s support network to become better sources of support. A questionnaire was developed as an aid to identify the perceptions and emotions of acne sufferers, which was published on a website, (www.acnediaries.co.za) specifically designed for this purpose. Two semi-structured interviews with acne sufferers were also done to enrich the findings. Results of the study identified several guidelines for parents, teachers, siblings, friends and boyfriends or girlfriends of acne sufferers to enable them to give support to teenagers suffering from acne. / Further Teacher Education / M. Ed. (Guidance and Counselling) Acne Adolescent Guidelines Myths Psychological impact Questionnaires Questionnaires Self-concept 616.530019 Acne -- Psychological aspects Adolescent psychology Self-perception in adolescence Educational psychology Supportive psychotherapy Parents -- Psychology Teachers -- Psychology Teenagers -- Counseling of
724	Vocational self-concept and decision making self-efficacy of learners with visual impairment in Kenya Murugami, Margaret W. 10 1900 (has links) The aim of this research was to explore career information learners with visual impairment acquire from school to enable them develop vocational self-concept and career decision-making self-efficacy. It explored role of guidance and counselling in preparing learners for world of work from primary to university levels of education. The study adopted Career Development and Self-efficacy Theories as bases of exploration. Two standardized tools were used to assess development of these aspects. Pilot study was conducted to validate instruments, testing reliability for applicability with subjects in Kenya. Data was analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences for quantitative and Atlas Ti to code qualitative data. The major finding indicated a linear relationship between aspects implying that learners experienced increased development as they progressed in education. Other findings are explained in text. The findings affirmed need for comprehensive career guidance and counselling for learners with disabilities, culminating to suggested vocational development model. / Furthur Teacher Education / D. Ed. (Inclusive Education) Special needs education Visual impairment Vocational guidance Vocational self-concept Disability Vocational rehabilitation Impairment Participation 371.4250871096762 Self-perception -- Kenya
725	The relationship between students' academic self concept motivation and academic achievement at the university of the Free State Coetzee, Louise Rolene 06 1900 (has links) The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship that exists between academic self-concept, motivation and academic achievement at the University of the Free State. The primary aim of this study was to determine if academic self-concept and motivation of quantity surveying students at the University of the Free State could predict their level of academic achievement. The sample was selected by means of convenience sampling. Relevant literature indicated that there are contrasting findings about whether a relationship exists between students’ academic self-concepts and motivation, and academic achievement. The empirical investigation revealed that there are only significant correlations between academic self-concept, motivation and academic achievement in some of the study year levels and not in all of them. / Educational Studies / M.Ed. (Adult education) Self-concept Motivation Intrinsic motivation Extrinsic motivation 378.198096854
726	Exploring the family life cycle from an African perspective Shange, Gugulethu L. Z. 12 1900 (has links) How African individuals perceive the family life cycle, is the topic of this research. This qualitative study was facilitated with two individuals. Constructivism was used to explore how individuals create their reality. The Person-Centred Approach was studied to understand the importance of the Self- concept in the individual, and the role played by perceptions created in an ever-changing environment. Systems theory helped understand the interaction of family members as a system (family), especially the creation of stability after a state of disequilibrium – in this case, transitions between stages of the life cycle. Only with one respondent were some differences identified compared to the Western view of the life cycle. It was thus concluded that the family life cycle can be used as a guideline during therapy, regarding difficult transitions people (including African people) have to make, for therapists working from both the Person-Centred Approach and the systems perspective. / Social Work / (M.A. (Social Work (Mental Health)) Families/individuals Constructivism Experiences Family life cycle African perspectives Family/individual as system Family therapy Person centred approach Environment Self-concept Families -- South Africa -- Soweto Life cycle, Human
727	The use of the draw a person (DAP) and DAP variations to explore the self in educational psychology Weideman, Junita Grezelda 02 1900 (has links) During her theoretical training as an educational psychologist, the researcher was intrigued and fascinated by the expositions on the functioning of the self. With this study she pursued her goal to gain a clearer understanding of the formation and development of the self in a child, with the focus on the child in middle childhood (6 -12 years). In this study, she mainly focused on understanding the connection between the three crucial components of the self, self-concept and self-esteem. Her passion for art inspired her to be inventive and apply artistic creative methods of drawing, painting and clay human modelling as projective means to access the child’s unconscious mind, revealing pivotal experiences and emotions, revealing how the child relates to his or her self. According to this qualitative arts-based research study, the DAP (Draw a Person) and variations of PAP (Paint a Person) and CAP (Create a Person) with the use of appropriate DAP, PAP and CAP questionnaires, seem relevant therapeutic projective measures to assist in educational psychology in exploring the child’s self. / Further Teacher Education / M. Ed. (Guidance and Counselling) Artistic creative methods Projective tests Self-esteem PAP (Paint a person) Create a person DAP (Draw a person) Self Self-concept CAP (Create a Person) Qualitative research Questionnaires 155.41828 Draw-A-Person Test Self-perception in children -- Testing Educational tests and measurements Educational psychology
728	Factors related to mathematics achievement of secondary school pupils Moyana, Hlengani Jackson 11 1900 (has links) This study investigated the relationships between diverse variables and secondary school pupils' Mathematics achievement. It also dealt with the relative contribution of each variable to Mathematics achievement and the significance of differences in Mathematics achievements when pupils' gender and home background as well as teachers' experience, gender, education, in-service education, homework assignment and testing frequency are taken into account. A questionnaire was administered on 163 standard 8 pupils. I The most important findings of this study were: {1) There was a significant relationship between pupil variables and Mathematics achievement. (2) Pupil variables, particularly self-concept, contributed significantly towards the variance in Mathematics achievement. (3) Pupils who wrote tests often (more than once per term) achieved significantly less than students who wrote tests less often / Psychology of Education / M. Ed. (Psychology of Education) Mathematics achievement Secondary school pupils Attitudes Gender-stereotypes Teachers' experience Teachers' qualifications In-service education Study methods Testing frequency Homework Teachers' gender Pupils' gender Socio-economic background Self-concept 371.264 Academic achievement Mathematical ability
729	An investigation of marital pathology and therapy of Zulu couples : a psycho-educational perspective Ngesi, M. J. (Mzimkhulu Justice), 1949- 04 1900 (has links) This study investigated some of the causes of marital pathology of Zulu couples. Through a questionnaire, the study investigated factors which affect Zulu marriages. It was found, according to thi~ research, that communication and infidelity by Zulu husbands are serious causes of marital pathology. The research also revealed that the historical and cultural nature of the Zulu marriage contributes to marital pathology. The second aim of the research was to investigate the marital therapy of Zulu couples. The question was whether marital therapy works among the Zulus, given the unwillingness of Zulu husbands to be counselled. The researcher found that Zulu husbands are resistant to being counselled. A therapeutic model was designed and used with two case examples. In both cases divorces were averted. This seems to indicate that marriage counselling can restore most of the Zulu marriages if husbands could cooperate in being counselled with their wives. / Psychology of Education / M. Ed. Marital pathology Marital therapy Relational therapy Therapeutic model Zulu questionnaire Personality Zulu marriage Zulu couples 616.89156 Marriage -- Psychological aspects Marriage counseling -- South Africa
730	The role of certain personality factors in oral examination Ratz, Wolfgang Edelbert 05 1900 (has links) The interdependent relationship which exists between personality characteristics of adolescents and their achievements in oral examinations have been investigated. The following related aspects were studied in the literature: * * * The role of oral evaluation in English. Personality characteristics which are meaningful to achievement in oral work. Ways to measure personality with special reference to the High School Personality Questionnaire. An empirical study inter alia revealed the following: {i) Low oral achievers are emotionally less stable than high achievers. (ii) Verbal intelligence, emotional instability, anxiety experience and introvertedness play an influential role in achievement in oral work. (iii) Girls tend to achieve better in oral work in the secondary school than boys. The educational implications of the investigation relate to the adequate becoming-adult of the adolescent. The role of the educand's personality in oral examinations and the need of teachers to possess more information about this matter during evaluation, have been revealed in this study. / Psychology of Education / M. Ed. (Psychology of Education) Personality factors Oral examinations Adolescent developmental characteristics Personality and oral communication Measurement of personality Temperament Underachievement Anxiety Self-concept Verbal intelligence Senior secondary school pupils 371.271019 Personality and academic achievement Oral examinations

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