Thesis (MA)--University of Stellenbosch, 2001. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of the present study was an exploratory examination/study of the self-concept of
learners with Special Education Needs. To this end, all 1005 subjects completed the Piers-Harris
Self Concept Questionnaire once. This questionnaire consists of 80 statements divided into six
subscales i.e. : Behaviour, Intellectual and School status, Physical appearance, Anxiety, Popularity
and Happiness and satisfaction. A total score is then culculated from those separate dimensions.
Learners in the four Special Schools were selected per school as follows:
• in random order
• sex
• medium of instruction
• technical subject
• hostel/day scholar
• grade/standard
Correlations between self-concept variables were examined, but two other questionnaires
containing certain biographical details and information concerning the learners' academic and
technical marks and the parents' marital status, were also used in the study. By using these two
questionnaires, correlations between self-concept variables and certain biographical variables such
as the following were possible :
• sex and self-concept
• medium of instruction and self-concept
• living in the school hostel and self-concept
• evaluation of relationship with technical teacher and self-concept
• academic achievement and self-concept
• technical subject and self-concept and
• marital status of parents and self-concept correlations
The following decisive correlations emerged as a result of the study :
• regarding the correlation between self-concept variables, Happiness and satisfaction as well as
Popularity featured strongly with limited Anxiety. Physical Appearance correlated strongly with
Popularity and with Happiness and satisfaction.
• regarding the correlation between sex and self-concept, it appeared that boys have a better/higher
self-concept than girls with regard to Physical Appearance, Happiness and satisfaction and
limited Anxiety.
• regarding the correlation between medium of instruction and self-concept, there appeared to be a
significant link between the self-concept variables: Anxiety, Popularity and Happiness and
satisfaction. English speaking learners registered higher values on the scores than Afrikaans
speaking learners in all three self-concept variables.
• regarding the correlation between living in the school hostel and self-concept, it appeared that day
scholars had higher self-concept scores with regard to Physical Appearance, Popularity,
Happiness and satisfaction than hostel residents.
• regarding the correlation between evaluation of relationship with technical teacher and
self-concept, it appeared that there was a significant link between evaluation of the relationship
with the teacher and two self-concept variables : Behaviour and Intellectual and School Status.
Learners to whom the technical teacher meant a great deal, had higher self-concept scores in
Intellectual and School Status than those to whom the technical teacher meant little.
regarding the correlation between academic achievement and self-concept and sex, there were
significant correlations between academic achievement and self-concept variables such as :
Behaviour, Intellectual and School Status and Happiness and satisfaction. Differences between
the size of correlations between boys and girls were however, insignificant.
• regarding the correlation between technical subject and self-concept, there are significant links
between technical subject and Physical Appearance, Anxiety, Popularity and Happiness and
satisfaction.
• regarding the correlation between marital status of parents and self-concept variables, it appeared
that learners whose parents are in the process of divorce, scored lower for Anxiety. They
experienced a reasonably high degree of Anxiety and also less Happiness and satisfaction
compared to persons whose parents were married or divorced.
From the results of this study, it appears that the placing of a learner in a special school, despite the
criticisms expressed by opponents, does show positive correlations between self-concept and
certain biographical variables as discussed. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van die huidige ondersoek was In verkennende ondersoek na die selfkonsep van leerders
met Spesiale Onderwysbehoeftes. Om dit te bewerkstellig, het al 1005 proefpersone die Piers -
Harris Selfkonsepvraelys eenmalig beantwoord. Dié vraelys bestaan uit 80 stellings wat in ses
subskale onderverdeel word, naamlik : Gedrag, Intellektuele- en skoolstatus, Fisiese voorkoms,
Angs, Populariteit en Geluk en tevredenheid. In Totaaltelling word dan uit hierdie afsonderlike
dimensies bereken. Leerders in die vier Spesiale Skole is per skool soos volg geselekteer :
• op In gelykkansige wyse
• geslag
• onderrigtaal
• tegniese vak
• koshuis/dagskoliere
• graad/standerd
Verbande tussen selfkonsepveranderlikes onderling is ondersoek, maar twee ander vraelyste waarin
sekere biografiese besonderhede en inligting oor leerders se akademiese en - tegniese punte en
ouers se huwelikstatus bekom is, is ook in die ondersoek gebruik. Deur dié twee vaelyste ook te
gebruik, kon verbande tussen selfkonsepveranderlikes en sekere biografiese veranderlikes soos die
volgende ondersoek word:
• verband tussen geslag en selfkonsep
• verband tussen onderrigtaal en selfkonsep
• verband tussen koshuisinwoning en selfkonsep
verband tussen evaluering van verhouding met tegniese onderwyser en selfkonsep
• verband tussen akademiese prestasie en selfkonsep
• verband tussen tegniese vak en selfkonsep en
• verband tussen huwelikstatus van ouers en selfkonsepveranderlikes
Uit die resultate van die ondersoek is die volgende beduidende verbande, gevind:
• ten opsigte van die verband tussen selfkonsepveranderlikes onderling, het Geluk en Tevredenheid
asook Populariteit redelik sterk gekorreleer met lae Angsgevoelens. Fisiese Voorkoms korreleer
ook redelik sterk met Populariteit en met Geluk en Tevredenheid.
• ten opsigte van die verband tussen geslag en selfkonsep blyk dit dat seuns 'n hoër selfkonsep het
as dogters wat betrefFisiese Voorkoms, Geluk en Tevredenheid en laer Angsgevoelens.
• ten opsigte van die verband tussen onderrigtaal en selfkonsep blyk dit dat daar 'n beduidende
verband is tussen selfkonsepveranderlikes : Angs, Populariteit en Geluk en Tevredenheid. Byal
drie selfkonsepveranderlikes toon Engelssprekende leerders hoër waardes op die tellings as
Afrikaanssprekendes.
• ten opsigte van die verband tussen koshuisinwoning en selfkonsep blyk dit dat leerders wat nie
inwoon nie, hoër selfkonseptellings het ten opsigte van Fisiese Voorkoms, Populariteit, Geluk en
Tevredenheid as leerders wat inwoon.
• ten opsigte van die verband tussen evaluering van verhouding met tegniese onderwyser en
selfkonsep blyk dit dat daar 'n beduidende verband is tussen evaluering van verhouding met
tegniese onderwyser en twee selfkonsepveranderlikes : Gedrag en Intellektuele en Skoolstatus.
Leerders vir wie die tegniese onderwyser baie tot geweldig baie beteken, het hoër
selfkonseptellings op Intellektuele en Skoolstatus as diegene vir wie die tegniese onderwyser baie
min tot min beteken. • ten opsigte van die verband tussen akademiese prestasie en seljkonsep en per geslag is daar
beduidende korrelasies tussen akademiese prestasie en selfkonsepveranderlikes soos : Gedrag,
Intellektuele en Skoolstatus en Geluk en Tevredenheid. Verskille tussen grootte van korrelasies
tussen seuns en dogters is egter baie gering.
• ten opsigte van die verband tussen tegniese vak en seljkonsep is daar beduidende verbande tussen
tegniese vak en Fisiese Voorkoms, Angs, Populariteit en Geluk en Tevredenheid en
• ten opsigte van die verband tussen huwelikstatus van ouers en seljkonsepveranderlikes blyk dit
dat persone wie se ouers besig is om te skei, laer angstellings het, met ander woorde hulle ervaar
'n redelik hoë mate van Angs en ook minder Geluk en Tevredenheid in vergelyking met persone
waarvan die ouers in ander huwelikstate verkeer.
Uit die resultate van die ondersoek wil dit tog voorkom asof die plasing van 'n leerder in 'n spesiale
skool, nieteenstaande al die kritiek wat deur teenstanders uitgespreek word, tog positiewe verbande
toon tussen selfkonsepveranderlikes en sekere biografiese veranderlikes soos bespreek
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/52374 |
| Date | 03 1900 |
| Creators | Herbert, Petrus du Toit |
| Contributors | Meyer, J.C., Theron, M.J., Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Psychology. |
| Publisher | Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | af_ZA |
| Detected Language | Unknown |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 179 p. |
| Rights | Stellenbosch University |
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