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Browsing Educational Psychology by Type "Dissertation"
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)Many learners in the South African schooling system do not speak English as their first language. Mother-tongue instruction in schools is offered until Grade 3, after which learners are taught in English. As the country ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)This study is a systematic review of school-based interventions in high risk schools in Southern African context that make schools enabling spaces, and enhance young people’s positive educational psychology outcomes ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)The purpose of this study was to explore how a teacher intervention programme could be adapted for use with community volunteers. This study forms part of the broader Supportive Teachers Assets and Resilience (STAR) and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Father involvement is a prominent topic in literature and the discourse often refers to the availability and presence of the biological father in the home. Most homes in South Africa are female headed in which fathers are ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2009-09-14)An adolescent’s subjective experiences of mindfulness were explored in a single case study of a 17-year-old female. Data were created by means of “mindfulness sessions”, unstructured interviews, creative expression, journals ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)The literature reveals a vast gap in the functionality of South African families due to the absence of fathers. This study intended to identify adolescents’ perception of family resilience, which may help them to overcome ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2005-03-07)The purpose of this study was to see how meaningful and practically challenging a combined and structured arts therapy approach can be for an island-style counselling scenario. The overarching rationale with this particular ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)The purpose of the study was to explore and describe (Gray, 2009) how an analysis of risk and resilience in the first sand tray of youth in a rural school may inform knowledge on psychological assessment in South Africa ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008-07-22)The purpose of my study was to explore and describe the applicability of fairy tale-based sociodramatic play in developing social skills among high-functioning children with autism. My conceptual framework was based on ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008-08-13)Hijacking is an invasive and confrontational traumatic event that impacts significantly on the survivor’s biopsychosocial functioning. The experience of trauma shatters assumptions held about oneself, others and the world. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2009-08-04)The purpose of this exploratory and descriptive study was to determine the association (if any) between the self-concept awareness and emotion- focused coping of children with ADHD. Theories informing this study were ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)Homework is given to learners on a daily basis to practice a specific skill, to foster personal development and to develop planning and time management skills. Although learners in the Foundation Phase are encouraged to ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)This qualitative study forms part of a longitudinal study by the Centre for the Study of Resilience at the University of Pretoria. The RYSE (Resilient Youth in Stressed Environments) research project aims to study the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012-01-13)In this study the researcher explores the career adaptability needs of a young woman in Swaziland. The study is driven by the work of Hackett and Betz (1981) and the Career Counselling Approach of Savickas (1993, 1997,&2009). ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)This study investigated the career guidance needs of post-secondary learners who used the NQF and CAS Helpline during January 2014. The objectives-opportunities-constraints (OOC) theoretical framework of Dickenson and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010)Commitment is the passion that individuals have toward work roles or personal goals (Schreuder&Coetzee 2007). Teachers’ experience of identity plays a vital role in the ways in which they conduct their work, as well as ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010)The purpose of this study was to explore and describe teachers’ implementation of asset-based psychosocial support in a school community to promote resilience in vulnerable children and families (particularly within the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2003)This study is about the conditions that may serve as prerequisites for the development of self-regulated learning (SRL). In the context of educational psychology, SRL is not only about the formal aspects of managing one's ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010)The purpose of this descriptive and exploratory study was to obtain insight into collaborative partnership trends between educational psychology researchers and teachers, in order to inform participatory theory and practice ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013)The aim of the research undertaken was to answer the question “How do insights during Inclusive Learning Support Programme (ILSP) meetings between parents and teachers of children with Down syndrome (DS) inform mutual ...
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