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Family-based activity settings of typically developing three-to-five-year old children in a low-income African context
Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2009.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/28788 Family-based activity settings of typically developing three-to-five-year old children in a low-income African context Karina Johanna Alant, Erna Balton, Sadna Natural environments Family-centered Activity settings UCTD Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2009. The transition towards family-centered practice in early childhood intervention has shifted the focus from looking at the child in isolation towards understanding the child in context. The primary context for the child’s development is the family setting which is inextricably linked to the family’s culture, beliefs and values. The cultural context is transmitted through activity settings which make up the everyday experiences and events that involve the child’s interactions with various people and the environment. Activity settings are a part of daily life and include activities like eating dinner, bath time, listening to stories and getting ready for school. Furthermore, activity settings represent how families can and do structure their time, based on tradition, the orientations provided by culture and the socio-economic system within which they live. Intervention goals that fit easily into these settings are more likely to be adopted and practised, as they are less likely to disrupt the daily functioning and coherence of the family. While there is a clear emphasis in the literature on developing intervention approaches that are applicable to families from diverse cultural contexts, little is known about the beliefs and practices of low-income urban families in South Africa. Children in Africa have frequently been judged against Euro-American norms and standards, where the aim has been to change instead of understand the context in which children live. This study therefore aims to identify everyday activities that provide children with varied opportunities for learning and development within the natural environment of the family context. A descriptive design using structured interviews was utilised to obtain information about the activity settings that children aged 3-5 years engaged in. Face-to-face interviews with 90 caregivers were conducted, utilising a self-constructed interview schedule consisting of a written list of closed and open-ended questions. This approach was chosen as it holds no bias against respondents who have varied literacy levels. The interview schedule was developed through a process of consultation with parents/caregivers from the Soweto community, using focus group discussions. The results provide information on the types of activities that children participate in, the frequency of participation, the partners involved, as well as the purpose of the activities. Caregiver perceptions on the importance of activities were also obtained through closed and open-ended questions. Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Unrestricted 2013-09-07T14:14:16Z 2009-10-29 2013-09-07T14:14:16Z 2009-09-01 2009-10-29 2009-10-17 Thesis Balton, S 2009, Family-based activity settings of typically developing three-to-five-year old children in a low-income African context, PhD thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28788 > D706/ag http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28788 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-10172009-122119/ © 2009, 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 application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Natural environments Family-centered Activity settings UCTD Family-based activity settings of typically developing three-to-five-year old children in a low-income African context |
| title | Family-based activity settings of typically developing three-to-five-year old children in a low-income African context |
| title_full | Family-based activity settings of typically developing three-to-five-year old children in a low-income African context |
| title_fullStr | Family-based activity settings of typically developing three-to-five-year old children in a low-income African context |
| title_full_unstemmed | Family-based activity settings of typically developing three-to-five-year old children in a low-income African context |
| title_short | Family-based activity settings of typically developing three-to-five-year old children in a low-income African context |
| title_sort | family based activity settings of typically developing three to five year old children in a low income african context |
| topic | Natural environments Family-centered Activity settings UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28788 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-10172009-122119/ |