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Summary Chapter 2 Causes of underachievement
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- University Of South Africa (Unisa)
Summary of 2 pages for the course EDT102H - Guidance, Counselling and Life Skills Development at Unisa (Exam prep)
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The FamilyLearners background – major impact on academic success
o Stable background – will not place unrealistic pressure on child
Family related factors which may cause learner to underachieve:
o Unrealistic expectation from parents (too high/no thigh enough)
o Excessive pressure
o Too much/too little parental involvement
o Excessive discipline
o Unhappy martial relationship between parents
o Constant moving of houses
o Rejection of child
o Inconsistent parental behaviour
o Inadequate communicate between child and parents
o Contradictions in parents educative attitude
o Inadequate recognition of childs sense of dignity
o Incomplete family (death of 1 or both parents)
o Absence of mother (work)
o Family disintegration as a result of different factors + circumstances
o Over-organisation of childs life
o Parents with limited education
o Over protection of child
The School
Often overlooked
Physical school – doesn’t cause problem – climate that prevails at particular school
- Climate will enhance or hinder
School climate – type of group mentality, atmosphere that exists because of characteristics
working together
Affect of school climate – leadership, activities, method of instruction, curriculum &
interrelations between staff & learners
Inviting school climate - encourage learning
Uninviting school climate – degrade, discourage & demoralise learners
Factors that contribute to uninviting school climate:
o Biased, excessive emphasis on achievement
o Premature intro to curriculum
o Curriculum worked through too quickly
o Inadequate quality of teaching
o Insufficient variety within curriculum
o Presentation of subject matter – rigid/authoritarian lines
o Inadequate counselling on demands made in academic + intellectual sphere
o Wrong school placement
o Inadequate support by educator in class
o Inadequate identification with sex of educator
o School practices which lead to inadequate intellectualising
o Heterogeneous division of classes
o Inadequate planning by school in extracurricular activities
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