A research report submitted to the Faculty of Education, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Education (Educational Psychology), University of the Witwatersrand. Johannesburg, 1994 / In the light of deficits in the Black Education system, historically entrenched by the ruling
political hegemony. Black education has been severely compromised in S.A. ln an attempt
to redress the situation CEFSA, a non-governmental organisation, has set up a technical high
school for adolescents, founded on the principles of Fcuersteins Instrumental Enrichment
Programme. Five Instruments were taught in 1992. This study is an evaluation of the
changes in the students over the year on dimensions of Cognitive Processes, Learning Styles,
Creativity and Self-esteem. Changes were related to both the FIE programme, as well as to
broader Mediated Learning Experience opportunities both within and outside the school.
N = 114. Statistical procedures included a range of descriptive statistics, a stepwise
regression and a principal components analysis. Results indicated that changes on the above
dimensions occurred in both positive and negative directions. T-tests highlighted significant
changes. Demographic variables were use to explain these changes in a stepwise regression
procedure. Competence on Instruments were found to be significantly positively related to
end of year academic results, irrespective of demographic variables. The Influences of the
IE intervention were then discussed, both positive and negative in an attempt to gain
understanding of future directions to be taken in teaching thinking skills within a rapidly
changing socio-political context.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/20910 |
| Date | January 1994 |
| Creators | Braude, Georgi |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | Online resource (55 leaves), application/pdf |
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