Kreatiewe hulpverleningsprogram gerig op laerskoolleerders wat taalhindernisse ervaar
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Authors
De Beer, Anna Cornelia
Issue Date
2000-06
Type
Thesis
Language
af
Keywords
Kreatiwiteit , Hulpverleningsprogram , Leerhindernisse , Taalhindernisse , Taalintelligensie , Leesvaardigheid , Spellingvaardigheid , Multisensoriese tegnieke , Perseptuele vaardighede , Leerstyle , Creativity , Support programme , Learning barriers , Language barriers , Language intelligence , Reading skills , Spelling skills , Multi-sensory techniques , Perceptual skills , Learning styles
Alternative Title
A creative support programme aimed at primary school learners with language barriers
Abstract
Die doel van hierdie studie was om te bepaat of 'n hulpverleningsprogram die
laerskoolleerder wat taalhindemisse ervaar kan help om sy probleme op 'n
kreatiewe wyse te benader. 'n Algemene oorsig van leerhindemisse wat
laerskoolleerders ervaar, is gegee. lndien 'n leerder taalhindernisse ervaar, sal dit 'n
direkte invloed op sy ander skoolvakke ook he omdat taal vir die leeraksie benodig
word.
Die kreatiwiteitsbegrip is ook van naderby beskou. Kreatiwiteit kan as die skep van
iets wat oorspronklik, maar ook bruikbaar is, gedefinieer word. Dit sluit egter ook die
Ie van ongewone verbande tussen twee of meer sake of voorwerpe in.
Die program wat ontwikkel is, het as onderbou die teorie oor taalintelligensie van
Howard Gardner, 'n opvoedkundige sielkundige aan Harvard Universiteit. Gardner
meen dit is deur 'n kreatiewe ingesteldheid, multisensoriese tegnieke en gepaste
leerstyle rnoontlik om taalintelligensie teverbeter. Hy is van mening dat
taalintelligensie nie iets is wat op 'n bepaalde tydstip gemeet kan word en
onveranderd bly nie. Soos met alle intellektuele vermoens, kan taalvaardighede ook
uitgebrei en ontwikkel word. Beproefde remedierende tegnieke, wat reeds deur die
navorser in die praktyk met welslae uitgetoets is, is op 'n vars, nuwe manier .in die
hulpverleningsprogram gebruik.
Die hulpverleningsprogram het op die verbetering van perseptuele, mondelinge
stelwerk-,lees- en spellingvaardighede gefokus. Dit het gedurende die empiriese
studie duidelik geword dat leerders wat op 'n bepaalde leergebied nie na wense
presteer nie, dikwels 'n "sielkundige blokkasie" ten opsigte van daardie leerareas
ontwikkel. Hulle assosieer Jaasgenoemde in die meeste gevalle met leeronvermoe
en leermislukking. Die enigste manier om hierdie gevoel van leermagteloosheid aan
te spreek, is om die problematiese leerareas met 'n minder ernstige akademiese
aanslag, waarin die pret-element sterk aanwesig is, te benader. Wanneer die
leeraksie as 'n aangename ondervindingervaar word, kan leerders hulle leervrese
aanspreek en meer waagmoedig begin optree.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the success of an innovative support programme aimed at assisting primary school learners with language barriers to overcome these. An overview was given of learning barriers primary school learners may experience. A learner with a language barrier will find that the other learning areas are negatively influenced because language is essential for learning. The concept of creativity, defined as the creation of something original, yet useful, was adhered to. It included the idea that creativity allows for the connecting of unrelated issues or objects. The theories of Howard Gardner, an educational psychologist at Harvard University, concerning language intelligence, supported this study. According to Gardner it is possible to improve language intelligence through creative awareness, multi-sensory techniques and appropriate learning styles. Gardner postulates that language, as in the case of other intellectual abilities, can be developed and expanded. Remedial techniques successfully used by the researcher in practice, have been presented in this support programme in a novel and innovative form. The creative support programme compiled for this thesis focused on the 1 improvement of perceptual, oral, reading and spelling skills. The need for a more informal support approach was evident in the empirical research of this study. Learners sometimes develop a "psychological block" when experiencing repeated difficulties in a specific learning area. Such learners associate these difficulties with failures and the inability to learn. In order to overcome the experience of learning dispair, the feelings of anxiety associated with the problem learning area, have to be replaced with a less rigid approach in which play encourages feelings of enjoyment and ease. When learning becomes a pleasant experience, learners start overcoming their fears and become risk takers.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the success of an innovative support programme aimed at assisting primary school learners with language barriers to overcome these. An overview was given of learning barriers primary school learners may experience. A learner with a language barrier will find that the other learning areas are negatively influenced because language is essential for learning. The concept of creativity, defined as the creation of something original, yet useful, was adhered to. It included the idea that creativity allows for the connecting of unrelated issues or objects. The theories of Howard Gardner, an educational psychologist at Harvard University, concerning language intelligence, supported this study. According to Gardner it is possible to improve language intelligence through creative awareness, multi-sensory techniques and appropriate learning styles. Gardner postulates that language, as in the case of other intellectual abilities, can be developed and expanded. Remedial techniques successfully used by the researcher in practice, have been presented in this support programme in a novel and innovative form. The creative support programme compiled for this thesis focused on the 1 improvement of perceptual, oral, reading and spelling skills. The need for a more informal support approach was evident in the empirical research of this study. Learners sometimes develop a "psychological block" when experiencing repeated difficulties in a specific learning area. Such learners associate these difficulties with failures and the inability to learn. In order to overcome the experience of learning dispair, the feelings of anxiety associated with the problem learning area, have to be replaced with a less rigid approach in which play encourages feelings of enjoyment and ease. When learning becomes a pleasant experience, learners start overcoming their fears and become risk takers.
Description
Summaries in Afrikaans and English
Citation
De Beer, Anna Cornelia (2000) Kreatiewe hulpverleningsprogram gerig op laerskoolleerders wat taalhindernisse ervaar, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17946>