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 1993. / .There is.an urgent n1f toadd~SS ~.iedll~()n.alcrisis inSouth Africa where decades
of unequal provision!! of resoJit~:jt~erkl~ black teacher training and insufficient
mediation ~~Je: leftP~~pilSwith\~radl~quate ~~gnitiVe skills. Educational reform needs
Inbe. rr111'fi,ensioan~drI\1uit~4f~deiru)Ttiye teacher training.
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'Feu:erstein'lsi~~tel~prlnqjiples of med,\~ted leamil1i~ experience (MLE) were the focus. of
ti,e ~c~er I~.1! .~ftVire:.F.·. . ning p~.~.:~l•).!\me w~\thl$ research aimed to implement and
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pou/feel! ~lidW(~~1porimary school tea~!rl;rs formed ~lhesample population for the study
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quesll\:. ""('0}w~~. \rparticipants rated thr.. professional sell -percep~" II
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\\ -. \, \'.; if The intervention dr twelve w~kly ~~~~~('!!?,~,provided theo~~tiCal'and experiential
<, elaboration bf MLl~principles. Resul~~ ~~ysed on Wilcoxon Sign Rank Tests
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revealed a significan\.,increase in subJect'" ~use of four MLE principles, a decrease in
~. .~~ .' , one non-medilltional \~e'.naviour and a Signilfican1(fnCreaSe ill professional self-esteem.
There was thus SUP~\1..\.£. or the..•val~e of M~f. r.-i.·ni.1If in Improving both behavioural
and affective qimensio()! of ~cJ\ ••LiJ!a~~~f the study were discussed and
suggestions for f'urth,er r~~~earCh'~ropo~,
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/20661 |
| Date | 18 July 2016 |
| Creators | Berkwitz, Gillian Helene |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
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