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Title: | Die moeder se vergestalting van die onderwyserrol in tuisskoolonderrig |
Authors: | Oosthuizen, Lizebelle Bouwer, Cecilia |
Year: | 2007 |
Periodical: | Tydskrif vir geesteswetenskappe |
Volume: | 47 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 66-80 |
Language: | Afrikaans |
Geographic term: | South Africa |
Subjects: | nonformal education mothers teachers |
Abstract: | Parents increasingly choose home schooling for various reasons and these reasons have been found to influence their choice of instructional approach and methods. This article is based on a case study of mothers' perceptions of their role as a teacher and the form they give to this role in the home school situation in Pretoria, South Africa. Data collection consisted of unstructured interviews with the mothers, an analysis of the learners' schoolbooks, and the researcher's journaling of her observations. The bio-ecological method of Bronfenbrenner, a multidimensional model of human development, served as the theoretical framework for the interpretation of the findings. The mothers' perceptions of their role in home schooling differed greatly and appeared to be influenced by their own educational experiences and their views on teaching and learning. One group of mothers saw their role as that of a participant or guide, another as that of supervisor, and a third as that of a model. The mothers did not distinguish between their roles as mothers and teachers, but rather implied a synthesis of the two roles. For all of them, education included the total development of their children. Some measure of structure and expertise appears to be crucial for adequate learning to occur in the home school. Bibliogr., sum. in English and Afrikaans, text in Afrikaans. [Journal abstract, edited] |