M.Ed. (Educational Psychology) / As a result of the diversity of population groupings, and the influence of socia-political causes, groups with a very low socio-economic status are formed. It is here where the envirornrentally depriVed family structures of the conununity are congregated. 'Ibe aim of this investigation is research of available literature dealing with the environmentally deprived in order to develop guidelines for addressing the needs of a parent educational program. To establish the parameters of such a program and to evaluate the effects thereof on families, envirornnentally depriVed circumstances, a further empirical investigation of various case studies was made. The method used in this study was firstly, to study relative literature on the envirornnentally deprived, the Impact of the envirornnent on the child, the parent-child relationship ani possible remedial guidelines for the prevention, amelioration or compensation for such deprivation. secondly, an empirical study was undertaken whereby 7 parents were involved. 'Ibis selection was made in conjunction with the matron of a recreation centre for the environmentally deprived. Discussion followed a one on one interview with parents and followed a prepared interview schedule based on the literature study.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uj/uj:4357 |
| Date | 17 March 2014 |
| Creators | Du Toit, Nicolette |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Rights | University of Johannesburg |
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