M.Ed. (Educational Psychology) / This study is part of a broader research project that deals with: The perceptions of the importance of the different aspects of discipline when contemplating disciplinary actions toward children. Ten aspects are incorporated under the above mentioned project. The aim of this specific study is to discover by means of theoretical and empirical research how important teachers and parents deem the perceiving aspect of discipline when contemplating disciplinary actions towards children. This study is also aimed at establishing which aspects (as indicated in this study), teachers and parents value as the most important aspects of perceiving. The literature study describes perceiving and its role in the discipline process. The study makes special reference to educational milieu; personality; emotional and normative aspects of perceiving. Validity and reliability was ascertained by means of Factor Analyses and Item Analyses. The identified variables (ie (Ui) gender, language, educational capacity, involvement in school affairs, residence, religious engagement, number of children in primary school, number of children in high school, educational qualifications, age, marital state and income), constituted the multi-dimensional role used to investigate this specific facet.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uj/uj:10961 |
| Date | 08 May 2014 |
| Creators | Strydom, Yvette |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Rights | University of Johannesburg |
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