During her theoretical training as an educational psychologist, the researcher was intrigued and
fascinated by the expositions on the functioning of the self. With this study she pursued her goal to
gain a clearer understanding of the formation and development of the self in a child, with the focus
on the child in middle childhood (6 -12 years). In this study, she mainly focused on understanding
the connection between the three crucial components of the self, self-concept and self-esteem.
Her passion for art inspired her to be inventive and apply artistic creative methods of drawing,
painting and clay human modelling as projective means to access the child’s unconscious mind,
revealing pivotal experiences and emotions, revealing how the child relates to his or her self.
According to this qualitative arts-based research study, the DAP (Draw a Person) and variations of
PAP (Paint a Person) and CAP (Create a Person) with the use of appropriate DAP, PAP and CAP
questionnaires, seem relevant therapeutic projective measures to assist in educational psychology
in exploring the child’s self. / Further Teacher Education / M. Ed. (Guidance and Counselling)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/6038 |
| Date | 02 1900 |
| Creators | Weideman, Junita Grezelda |
| Contributors | Kruger, Deirdre |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Format | 1 online resource (x, 124 leaves) : illustrations (chiefly color), application/pdf |
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