Thesis (MTech(Education))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2009 / This dissertation researches the connection between the training of low literate child carers in a ruraI
area to stimulate the language development of children from birth to 4 years, and school performance,
Here it is argued that the problem of the low literacy performance of ruraI learners manifests within
the first year of school and that the potential to solve the problem can be found in the first four years
of a child's life. All the intervention strategies of the Department of Education failed to produce the
expected results while the Department of Social development focuses on the physical needs of the
young child.
The literature study underlines the importance of the first four years and how interpersonal
relationships influence children's emotional well being, their behaviour and ability to learn. The role
of the child carer in the life of the child in relation to their language development is researched,
because of the time they spend together during the day. Attention is focussed on the relationship
between the educator and the child and the influence of the hidden curriculum on the development of
attitudes and values of the child carer during training.
Training was used by the researcher as a method to investigate the learning needs and problems of low
literate child carers in order to stimulate the language development of children before the age of five.
Existing training programmes for child carers were critically investigated to use for the training.
The researcher came to the conclusion that this research can be the first phase of a project where
different role players can cooperate. Educators and community developers can interact with
communities to promote awareness
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:cput/oai:localhost:20.500.11838/1894 |
| Date | January 2009 |
| Creators | Le Roux, Alfreda Mabel |
| Publisher | Cape Peninsula University of Technology |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | other |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Rights | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/za/ |
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