Date of Award
1974
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)
Department
Education
First Advisor
W. Preston Gleason
First Committee Member
Margaret [?]
Second Committee Member
Fay Coleman
Third Committee Member
Eunice Cox
Fourth Committee Member
Andrew F. Key
Abstract
PROBLEM: The development and presentation of theoretical assumptions about the interactional aspects of educational therapy for the severely dysfunctional pupil.
PURPOSES: To provide a conceptual framework for the study of educational therapy as practiced and to develop a baseline for further research into psycho-educational strategies and their outcome.
METHOD: An examination of systems and communications theory literature for models applicable to the educational-therapist-pupil dyad and of the use of field observations of educational therapists' behaviors.
FINDlNGS: An application of communications theory models and observations of educational therapist teaching behaviors seem to suggest the following theoretical assumptions: Initial, or first order learning, involves the establishment and sustaining of attention, perceptual and cognitive efficiency, and autonomous self-awareness, Such initial learning occurs as the educational therapist sends congruent and clear signals about the subject of discourse as well as about relationship aspects of this information. Explicit statements of roles and rules provide such relationship messages, These are both Verbal and non-verbal and carry specific kinesic aspects.
FUTURE APPLICATION: Further studies of both context and communication components among a variety of congruent and non-congruent communication component among a variety of interactions and among a variety o£ subjects are needed further for the development of effective and replicable educational strategies.
Pages
108
Recommended Citation
Bauer, Johanna R. Goldsmith. (1974). Towards An Interactional Theory Of Educational Therapy. University of the Pacific, Dissertation. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/3522
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