- Title
- An analysis of teacher's skills in the identification of learners with behavioural and emotional problems
- Creator
- Damons, Thirza
- Subject
- Teachers -- Training of
- Subject
- Interaction analysis in education
- Subject
- Observation (Educational method)
- Date Issued
- 2013
- Date
- 2013
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MEd
- Identifier
- vital:9451
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1012183
- Identifier
- Teachers -- Training of
- Identifier
- Interaction analysis in education
- Identifier
- Observation (Educational method)
- Description
- This study aimed to explore teachers‟ abilities to identify learners with behavioural and emotional problems, to examine the strategies that they implement to address the challenges and their measure of success in addressing these. This study was qualitative in nature and semi-structured interviews were conducted with 10 volunteer teachers located in the northern areas of Port Elizabeth and an additional 50 teachers completed open ended questionnaires. The learning areas taught by the teachers varied. Descriptive and content analysis procedures were utilized to analyze the findings. The findings indicated that teachers lack the skills and knowledge to assist learners with behavioural and emotional problems. The teachers tended to view their roles as imparting knowledge rather than tending to the mental health of learners so they did not adopt approaches to assist the learners with their behavioural and emotional challenges. This was in spite of the fact that the learners' psychological and physical well-being impacted their academic achievement.
- Format
- xi, 128 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Education
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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