Die kwaliteit van die ouer-kindverhouding het 'n kardinale invloed op die emosionele, sosiale, kognitiewe en konatiewe ontwikkeling van die kind. In hierdie studie is die interaksies tussen die ouer en kind tydens die toepassing van die saamleestegniek bestudeer om te bepaal wat die invloed van die saamleestegniek op die verhouding tussen die ouer en die kind met leesprobeme is. Die studie is vanuit 'n kwalitatiewe benadering voltrek om insig te verkry in die spesifieke aspekte van die saamleestegniek wat die ouer-kindverhouding kan beinvloed. Die moontlikheid word verder ondersoek dat die ouer aspekte vanuit die saamleestegniek kan veralgemeen en daagliks in die ouer-kindverhouding kan toepas om sodoende die verhouding te verbeter. Die finale gevolgtrekking is dat die ouer 'n sleutel-rol vervul tydens die toepassing van die saamleestegniek. Indien die ouer die riglyne van die tegniek kan toepas, sal die verhouding tussen die ouer en die kind met leesprobleme verbeter. / The quality of the parent-child relationship plays an essential role in the sosio­-emotional development of the child. The interaction between parent and child is researched within the context of paired reading, to ascertain whether paired reading influences the relationship between the parent and the child with reading problems. This study is qualitative and gains insight into the unique experiences of the parents and children during paired reading. The researcher aims to identify specific aspects of paired reading that could influence the parent-child relationship. The possibility that certain educational aspects from paired reading can be applied to daily parent-child interaction to improve the relationship, is also researched. The final conclusion is that the parent performs a key role in the application of paired reading: If the parent adheres accurately to the guidelines of the technique, the relationship between the parent and the child with a reading disability will improve. / Psychology of Education / M. Ed. (Voorligting)

A minor dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the Degree of Masters in Education Department of Education Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town, 2005 / Literacy research in South Africa and other developing countries has for the most part focused on poorly resourced environments and literacy practices in lower socio-economic communities. The purpose of this study is to examine the role of parents in early literacy development in well-resourced homes in South Africa. The study was aimed at investigating parents’ roles and perceptions of early literacy development in well-resourced home environments The study presents survey data from a large cohort of parents as well as observations and in-depth interviews with a smaller group of eight families. This study was conducted in a peri urban area in the Western Cape and engaged parents whose children were in reception year classrooms. The research evidence shows that reading success does not necessarily occur through the use of a variety of resources but that it needs to be mediated and modelled by parents in the home to have significant outcomes. The study finds that the parents’ perceptions and approaches only partially reflect what is envisaged to be good reading habits. The time constraints and pressures on parents today impact on literacy practices and restrict them from spending sufficient quality time engaged in these practices with their children. Finally the study shows that although children are exposed to books, television and computers in the home environment it does not necessarily ensure proficient and interested readers.

M.Ed. / Hoofstuk een voorsien die agtergrond tot die navorsing asook ‘n beskrywing van die probleme. Dit bevat die doel van die navorsing, die metodologie wat gevolg is en gee ‘n uitklaring van konsepte wat in die navorsing gebruik is. Hoofstuk twee fokus op ‘n uiteensetting van die onderwerp van die navorsing, naamlik DIE ASSESSERING VAN OUERBETROKKENHEID AS ‘N ASPEK VAN GEHEELSKOOL-EVALUERING. Die doel van die navorsingsprojek was om te bepaal watter aspekte noodsaaklik is vir die doeltreffende betrokkenheid van ouers by skoolbestuur. Om hierdie doel te verwesenlik is ‘n lite ratuurstudie onderneem wat as basis vir die empiriese navorsing gedien het. Die bespreking in hoofstuk twee handel oor die vernaamste vorme van ouerbetrokkenheid, huis-en-skoolinteraksie, die impak van ouerbetrokkenheid by skoolbestuur en die hantering van hindernisse vir doeltreffende ouerbetrokkenheid. Die studie ondersteun die siening dat ouerbetrokkenheid die perspektiewe van onderwysers verbreed en hulle sensitiwiteit vir die uiteenlopende omstandighede van ouers verhoog. Deur die bevordering van ouerbetrokkenheid kan onderwysers kennis en ‘n begrip van kinders se huise, gesinne en buite -skoolbedrywighede bekom wat lei tot hoë vlakke van akademiese prestasie by kinders. Die ontwerp van die navorsingsprojek is in hoofstuk drie uiteengesit. ‘n Beskrywing van die empiriese ondersoek is voorsien. Die vraelys is bespreek en die verloop van die navorsing kortliks aangeraak. Al die vrae met betrekking tot doeltreffende ouerbetrokkenheid het gelei tot gemiddelde tellings tussen 3,73 en 4,59. Die ontled ing en interpretasie van die empiriese data is in hoofstuk vier bespreek. Die konstrukgeldigheid van die navorsingsinstrument is deur middel van twee opeenvolgende faktoranalitiese prosedures ondersoek en sodoende is die 40 items tot twee faktore gereduseer, naamlik: · doeltreffende ouerbetrokkenheid bestaande uit 21 items met ‘n betroubaarheidskoëffisiënt van 0,9129; · doeltreffende kommunikasie bestaande uit 19 items met ‘n betroubaarheidskoëffisiënt van 0,8924. Die statistiese ontleding van die navorsing is beperk tot ‘n vergelyking van een voorbeeld van twee onafhanklike groepe met een voorbeeld van drie of meer onafhanklike groepe. Hipoteses is opgestel en multivariante statistieke gebruik om die data te ontleed en te interpreteer. Na hierdie oorsigtelike opsomming van die aspekte wat in die huidige navorsing aangeraak is, word belangrike bevindings wat uit die navorsing voortspruit gemaak. / Prof. B.R. Grobler

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Dissertation submitted in partial compliance with the requirements for the Master's Degree in Technology: Education (Management), Durban Institute of Technology, 2003. / The introduction of Curriculum 21 in South Africa in 1998 has brought with it added responsibilities for parents. According to the South African Schools' Act, No.84 (1996), parents have been granted powers to "support teachers in the performance of their task "and "determine subject choices" for their children. However, when Curriculum 21 was introduced in 1998, relevant programmes for introducing parents to these ideas dia not exist. According to Schlebusch and Spady (1999) family, home, identity and respect are important features of Curriculum 21 and only parents can create the best conditions for the academic development of their children. Therefore, the involvement of parents in the education of their children is vital. This dissertation is a case study of a rural KwaZulu- Natal public school, Hopewell Primary School, in which a pilot study of a programme to introduce parents to their responsibilities in the implementation of Curriculum 21, was first introduced. / M

M.Ed. (Educational Psychology) / The purpose of this study is to determine whether parents can be classified as a facet determining or influencing educational standards. The researcher aims at describing the importance of the parent as determinant of educational standards by means of: a literature study, which confirms the importance of the parent, as well as an empirical study, based on a questionnaire which was submitted to respondents closely involved with schooling aspects. The literature study describes the parent and its role with reference to specific aspects like personality development, cognitive development, moral development, motivation, socialization, biographical and milieu aspects. Validity and reliability of the empirical components of the investigation was ascertained by means of Factor Analyses and Item Analyses. The identified variables (ie parents and their colloquial usage, their expectations, educational qualifications, handling of discipline, moral attitude, child motivation, involvement in school affairs, socio-andeconomic status, studyfacilities offered to the child and parents' marital state), constituted the multi-dimensional role used to investigate this specific facet. Multi-variate Analyses (MANOVA and HOTELLING T-SQUARE) as well as Singlevariate Analyses (ANOVA, Student t-test, Scheffe test) were used in the statistical analysis of the data. Hypotheses on gender, home language, educational qualification, professional capacity, involvement in either High School/Primary School, school model involvement, age, place of residence, religious commitment, marital status, size of family, language medium ofschools of own children and income category were set. The most important findings were: • parents are generally regarded as positive determinants of educational standards; • specific respondents, grouped according to biographical data, eg home language, involvement in either High School or Primary School, marital status, size of family and place of residence, indicated no differences in perceptions regarding the parent as likely determinant of educational standards. • parents' motivation and assistance offered to children; their moral beliefs and attitude; parents' discipline and study guidance and facilities offered at ho.,me were rated most important by the respondents. Recommendations are: • positive training of parents in eg. child motivation and study guidance can afford them psychological backup to support and motivate their children in a structured way; • orientation towards a sound moral belief system can influence children in a positive way; • parental involvement should be promoted intensively at school level as their involvement may stimulate their children's education and schooling (ie educational standards of a high level).

The study was conducted in the backdrop of Section 24(1)(a) of the South African Schools Act (SASA) 84 of 1996 which promulgated that parents should be involved in the education of their children. To fulfil this requirement, each school is expected to have a legally constituted School Governing Body (SGB) as part of school governance. The involvement of the SGB does not exclude parents involving themselves in school activities as individuals but as organised groups geared towards working on a specific project of the school. Involvement also implies helping the child at home. The study investigated the extent to which black parents involve themselves in school activities as envisaged by the SASA. Conceptual literature relating to issues of parental involvement in school was reviewed. Specifically the concept parent/parental involvement as it relates to black parents was explored. Factors promoting or hindering parental involvement in school were also examined. The research is qualitative. Participants included principals, teachers, learners and chairpersons of school governing bodies of ten selected schools in the major townships of Port Elizabeth. Views and experiences of participants were captured and explained through in-depth interviews and observations. Results are discussed in relation to the relevant literature, allowing grounded theory to emerge. What emerged was a desperate situation of non-involvement of black parents in school activities largely because of the failure of the Department of Education (DoE) to capacitate all parties involved in strategies to involve parents in school. The potential for generalizability and transferability is discussed in the report and possible intervention strategies are recommended at micro- and macro-levels. The study demonstrates that the DoE needs to follow up on its policies to ensure that the envisaged change is realized.

This study addressed the questions of whether parents can give effective phonological and phonics skills instruction to their own young children, who are at risk for reading difficulties, and whether any positive changes in child attitude and parent confidence occur as a result of the instruction. Early phonological and phonics skills instruction is known to be effective for children at-risk for reading difficulties, but is not always provided in schools. Two groups of families (experimental and "waiting list" control) used a home program (providing phonological and phonics skills instruction, and Paired Reading guidance) for two separate, daily, ten-minute activity and reading sessions, for ten weeks. The program also included a process to address reading motivation, whereby parents used the language of strategies of mediation based on Vygotsky's social learning theories. Significant Time by Group interaction effects were calculated for Word Attack and Phoneme Deletion (Initial Sound). Parent and child pre-test and post-test questionnaires explored changes in motivation and attitude to reading. There were significant positive changes in child attitude to reading, and parent perceptions of progress. Small but significant correlations were also found between parent perceptions and treatment integrity, and between treatment integrity and achievement outcomes. It was concluded that the study provides limited support for the idea that parents of grade 1 children at-risk for reading difficulties can give instruction effectively when given detailed information about all three aspects of early reading. / Arts, Faculty of / Psychology, Department of / Graduate

D.Ed. (Educational Management) / The basis for parental involvement in the educative teaching of children is the responsibility parents have for the education of their children. The education and teaching of the child in the context of the home and family unit provides the foundation for the child's future use of his intellect. social relationships as well as the development of his emotions. Parental education endeavours to encourage the child to acquire knowledge on his own. The desire to learn. as it manifests itself in the family unit and in specific contents. forms the basis for the child's teaching and learning at school. To meet ethic and educational demands of society parents are compelled to make use of specialised assistance to supplement and extend their educative endeavours as regards the teaching of their children. Schools were established to meet this demand for specialised teaching by professionally trained teachers. without taking over the educative duties of parents. Schools cannot replace parental responsibility and influence. Their accepted function supplements that of parents. Responsible parents will consequently be interested in the manner the responsible school carries out its accepted duties. This forms the key to the principle of parental involvement in all aspects of teaching practice. There has been a perceptible increase in parental involvement in White schools in the Republic of South Africa since 1982. A number of reasons can be listed for this phenomenon. The problem. however, is that the participation on behalf of the parents has not brought about the desired results. This study was undertaken to determine the reasons for this failure. The research programme was conducted along dual lines. Firstly an extensive study was made of the publications concerned with White parental involvement in the education of White children. Secondly an empirical investigation was done on the various aspects of parental involvement in the schools' educational programmes. Chairmen of management councils of Transvaal provincial schools were used as respondents.

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