The relationship that exists between the educator and the ]earners is very important. A
positive relationship will contribute to the learners' feeling safe to explore their potentiaL
A positive relationship will lead to educators feeling motivated towards teaching.
Educators do, however, bring unfinished business to the classroom that affects their
relationship with their learners. The learners also bring unfinished business to the
classroom that affects their relationship with their educators. The resulting educatorlearner
relationship is characterized by a contact making process of exclusion. 'I11is often
leads to disciplinary problems and learners being referred to the school psychologist for
counseling.
The first research objective, therefore, was to develop a Gestalt program that wiiJ assist in
creating a safe environment in which the learners and educators can share their feelings
and emotions. The second objective was to establish a contact making process of
inclusion between learners and educators in the foundation phase.
After reviewing literature on the research problem. the researcher consulted experts on
the subject. Thorough research was done on existing literature relating to the research
problem. Using as a base the information gathered from consulting experts, the literature
search and the preliminary exploratory studies, the researcher developed the program.
The program was first pilot tested at school A. After completion of the pilot study, the
program was tested under field conditions at school B. Qualitative and quantitative data
analysis procedures were used to analyze the data. The results from both the pilot test and
the field test indicated that the program increased the awareness of the educators who
formed part of the experimental group. The awareness of the educators who formed part
of the control group, who did not receive the intervention, stayed the same. The results of
the research project allowed the researcher to continue developing a product for
dissemination.
The research study contributed to the development of a Gestalt program that assisted in
creating a safe environment where the learners and educators could share their feelings
and emotions. The program also contributed lo creating a contact making process of
inclusion between educators and learners in the foundation phase. Finally the research
study provided a program that can be used to assist professionals and other individuals in
the fields of education, psychology or social work. / Social work / M. Diac.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:umkn-dsp01.int.unisa.ac.za:10500/1269 |
| Date | 31 December 2005 |
| Creators | Fourie, Alma |
| Contributors | Schoeman, J.P. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 1 online resource (xli, 412 leaves) |
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