A research report submitted to the 'Faculty of Education, University of the Witwatersrand, in partial
fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Education (Educational Psychology) / The primary aim of the study was to investigate the effect upon growth toward self-actualization;
and to explore changes in cross-cultural attitudes for Guidance pre service teachers who were
participants in a Youth Counselling program. It was hypothesised that participants would grow
significantly toward self-actualization. The data were collected through pre- and posttest
administration of Shostrom's Personal Orientation Inventory (POI) and through a researcher-designed
questionnaire, the Attitude Inventory. The control group consisted of English
Methodology students, The results indicated that participation in the Youth Counselling program
was not effective in increasing self-actualizing attitudes. Significant change in the Youth
Counsellor's perceptions of her/his ability to form interpersonal relationships with individuals
from racial groups different from her/his own was also not confirmed. Nevertheless, as, a
by-product of the study. certain Interesting findings were noted, namely South African preservice
teachers (of Guidance and English Methodology) centre excessively on the past or the future
relative to the present and tend to misuse time. Further, they are bound by social pressures and
social expectations, and are unclear as to whether to conform or to act autonomously, Empirical
observation demonstrated the Youth Counselling program was the first time that many of
the Youth Counsellors had entered into a relationship with an individual of another race,
Recommendations for further research include a Youth Counselling program which is voluntary
and not mandatory, of a greater length than five months, more closely monitored and less
ambiguous. It was suggested that a more reliable method of measuring self-actualisation, which
is more appropriate to South African conditions should be developed. It was also suggested that
further use of the Attitude Inventory is postponed until validity and control studies have occurred. / Andrew Chakane 2018
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/25460 |
| Date | January 1993 |
| Creators | Janks, A |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
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