| Document Type |
Master's Dissertation |
| Author |
Viljoen, Jeandre Renette
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| Email |
jeandrev@absamail.co.za |
| URN |
etd-03302005-103206 |
| Document Title |
Identifying assets in the memory-box-making-process with vulnerable children |
| Degree |
MEd (Educational Psychology) |
| Department |
Educational Psychology |
| Supervisor |
| Advisor Name |
Title |
| Dr L Ebersöhn |
Co-Supervisor |
| Prof I Eloff |
Supervisor |
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| Keywords |
- asset-based approach
- memory-box-making process
- memory box
- memory book
- support
- rural children
- visual assets
- vulnerable children
- assets
- action research
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| Date |
2004-12-05 |
| Availability |
unrestricted |
Abstract
Many children are left vulnerable due to circumstances beyond their control, for example, poverty, violence, limited education and the HIV & AIDS epidemic. One way of supporting vulnerable children is by making memory boxes. This study endeavoured to identify the assets during the memory-box-making process with vulnerable children. The aim of the study was to contribute towards an understanding of vulnerable children in South Africa and the memory-box-making process that frames vulnerable children in terms of assets, resources and capacities, instead of deficits. A combination of an interpretive and constructivist paradigm was used within an action research design. The site of the study was a deep rural community in the Limpopo Province, South Africa. Five participants and one helper contributed towards the research process. Primary data was collected within the memory-box-making process – by means of simple and participatory observation, individual and group interviews, audio-visual methods and field notes. Fifteen memory-box-making sessions took place over a period of six weeks. The data analysis consisted of a theme analysis that utilized the asset-based approach as a theoretical framework. The results from the study indicate a wealth of internal and external assets during the memory-box-making process with vulnerable children.
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