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Developing indicators of emotional school readiness of South African children and possible therapeutic use thereof

Dissertation (MA (Counselling Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2006.

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spelling oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/27894 Developing indicators of emotional school readiness of South African children and possible therapeutic use thereof Machethe, N. justinef@absamail.co.za Human, Lourens H. Fauconnier, Justine Emotional intelligence First grade teachers Emotional school readiness checklist Emotional school readiness programme Developmental ages Social and emotional development Academic success School readiness School readiness tests Emotional school readiness Grade 1 children UCTD Dissertation (MA (Counselling Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2006. The year 2002 saw the amendment of section 5(4) of the South African Schools Act no 84 of 1996. The amended Act now allows children of five years or younger to enter school. The entry of five year olds and younger into the school system left the researcher with the question: when is a child emotionally ready for school? The test and mediums currently used to determine school readiness do not place emphasis on the emotional aspects, although this plays an integral part in the child’s scholastic success. This scientific investigation was to determine the emotional development of children between the ages of four and seven years. The aim of this study was to determine which emotional aspects a child should have to be emotionally ready for school. These findings were discussed and information gathered through semi-structured interviews with grade 1 teachers. The teachers were a good source of practical and personal experience and observations on children who enter school. The information gathered from the literature study and interviews formed the basis for developing an emotional school readiness checklist and related programme that can be used to determine the emotional school readiness of a child entering grade 1. The emotional school readiness checklist and related programme that was designed was not in question, rather the aspects deemed necessary for a child to be emotionally ready for school and how therapy could be developed based on these aspects. Thus the inventory was not tested on a child, but was implemented in a case study to illustrate a therapeutic plan that could be designed based on the emotional school readiness checklist. Psychology unrestricted 2013-09-07T12:34:11Z 2005-09-12 2013-09-07T12:34:11Z 2004-09-10 2006-09-12 2005-09-12 Dissertation Fauconnier, J 2004, Developing indicators of emotional school readiness of South African children and possible therapeutic use thereof, MA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27894 > http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27894 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-09122005-133806/ © 2004, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria
spellingShingle Emotional intelligence
First grade teachers
Emotional school readiness checklist
Emotional school readiness programme
Developmental ages
Social and emotional development
Academic success
School readiness
School readiness tests
Emotional school readiness
Grade 1 children
UCTD
Developing indicators of emotional school readiness of South African children and possible therapeutic use thereof
title Developing indicators of emotional school readiness of South African children and possible therapeutic use thereof
title_full Developing indicators of emotional school readiness of South African children and possible therapeutic use thereof
title_fullStr Developing indicators of emotional school readiness of South African children and possible therapeutic use thereof
title_full_unstemmed Developing indicators of emotional school readiness of South African children and possible therapeutic use thereof
title_short Developing indicators of emotional school readiness of South African children and possible therapeutic use thereof
title_sort developing indicators of emotional school readiness of south african children and possible therapeutic use thereof
topic Emotional intelligence
First grade teachers
Emotional school readiness checklist
Emotional school readiness programme
Developmental ages
Social and emotional development
Academic success
School readiness
School readiness tests
Emotional school readiness
Grade 1 children
UCTD
url http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27894
http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-09122005-133806/