Die emosionele welstand van hoerskool opvoeders in die Helderberg-Area

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dc.contributor.advisorDaniels, Doriaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorStrauss, Elmienen_ZA
dc.contributor.otherStellenbosch University. Faculty of Education. Dept. of Educational Psychology.
dc.date.accessioned2008-06-23T12:22:06Zen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-01T09:06:40Z
dc.date.available2008-06-23T12:22:06Zen_ZA
dc.date.available2010-06-01T09:06:40Z
dc.date.issued2008-03
dc.descriptionThesis (MEdPsych (Educational Psychology))--Stellenbosch University, 2008.
dc.description.abstractDuring the previous political dispensation, the educators in the Western Cape were captured in a process of ideological influencing. This crisis became evident in the 1976 and 1985 uproars. Although the educators attempted to act in the best interest of the learners, they were in many cases blamed by the ruling government as being liberalists. The subsequent experience of fear and anxiety endangered the emotional well-being of many educators. The election of the first democratic government in 1994 held promises of a better work environment for educators. Far-reaching transformations in education policies and the implementation of new curricula presented educators with new challenges. Disciplinary problems, multicultural classrooms, teaching in a language other than the home language, and the inclusive handling of various external as well as internal barriers to learning, became stressors that educators in the Western Cape were subjected to. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of stressors on the emotional wellbeing of educators in high schools in the Western Cape. I aimed to determine how educators in high schools perceived their own emotional well-being. Furthermore, I explored possible reasons for this and how their emotional well-being had influenced other dimensions of their wellness. I finally focused on educators’ recommendations to improve their emotional well-being. A qualitative research design, which was guided by an interpretive paradigm, was employed. During data analysis I operated in a critical paradigm. The data was collected by means of a literature review, interviews, reflective diaries, observations, documentation and artefacts. The research findings indicated that educators generally are experiencing low levels of emotional well-being. In extreme cases it is associated with emotional illnesses such as depression and burnout. It seems as if the low levels of emotional well-being experienced by educators have a negative influence on their social and physical wellbeing. Possible reasons that can explain the low levels indicate the impact of various role players, namely the type of school, an additional work load, the head master, the school management team, colleagues, learners, parents, the Western Cape Education Department, and educators’ families and friends. In spite of the experienced low levels educators were still at times committed to their occupation. Recommendations on improving emotional well-being were associated with factors in the workplace itself.en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/3115
dc.language.isoafaf_ZA
dc.publisherStellenbosch : Stellenbosch University
dc.rights.holderStellenbosch University
dc.subjectWelstanden_ZA
dc.subjectEmosionele welsynen_ZA
dc.subjectOpvoedersen_ZA
dc.subjectHelderberg-areaen_ZA
dc.subjectTheses -- Educational psychologyen_ZA
dc.subjectDissertations -- Educational psychologyen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshHigh school teachers -- Mental health -- South Africa -- Helderbergen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshHigh school teachers -- Jobstress -- Prevention -- South Africa -- Helderbergen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshTeachers -- Job satisfaction -- Testing -- South Africa -- Helderbergen_ZA
dc.titleDie emosionele welstand van hoerskool opvoeders in die Helderberg-Areaaf
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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