The Educational and Psychological Support of Educators to Include Learners from Child-Headed Homes in Urban Classrooms

Autor/inn/en	Taggart, Nadia; Pillay, Jace
Titel	The Educational and Psychological Support of Educators to Include Learners from Child-Headed Homes in Urban Classrooms
Quelle	In: South African Journal of Childhood Education, 1 (2011) 2, S.228-249 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2223-7674
Schlagwörter	Urban Schools; Heads of Households; Teacher Student Relationship; School Districts; Teacher Attitudes; Coping; Parents; Death; Learning Problems; Sexual Abuse; Attendance; Hunger; Attention Control; Student Needs; Food; Clothing; Learning Motivation; Intimacy; Self Efficacy; Foreign Countries; Barriers; Inclusion; Incentives; Government Role; Daily Living Skills; Capacity Building; Elementary Schools; Elementary School Teachers; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; School district; Schulbezirk; Lehrerverhalten; Bewältigung; Eltern; Sterbefall; Tod; Todesfall; Lernproblem; Sexueller Missbrauch; Anwesenheit; Aufmerksamkeitstest; Lebensmittel; Kleidung; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Intimität; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Ausland; Inklusion; Anreiz; Alltagsfertigkeit; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to comprehensively capture teachers' classroom experiences and establish what educational and psychological support would help them as they were trying to include learners from child-headed homes in their classrooms and schools. The sample of teachers from two different Gauteng districts included members from the school management and school-based support teams. Data were collected through individual and focus group interviews, in addition to collages made by the teachers, survey questionnaires in which they were respondents, observations of their practice and concomitant field notes. Firstly, the findings indicate that teachers are not always aware that learner's are orphans or head their own households. They do not know how to assist learners in coping with the effects of orphanhood, which include: increased learning difficulties, incomplete schoolwork, failure to participate, school absenteeism, hunger, concentration difficulties, signs of sexual abuse, and accelerated adulthood. The efforts of teachers to create supportive learning environments include; impartial treatment, learning support provision, accessing support services and meeting their learners' basic needs for food, clothing, love, belonging, reassurance, motivation and encouragement. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01