QUESTION 1:
Teaching profession requires individuals who can deal with school dynamics and
complex human behaviour. Apart from cognitive support that teachers deal with
daily, they are also expectations to provide phyco-social support to learners. As a
student teacher, briefly identify at least five phyco-social factors and discuss
their risks to learners especially when they are not supported.
Phyco-social factors and risks associated with lack of support.
1 a – Anxiety problems
b – Anxiety is caused by psychological factors such as our beliefs, thoughts, thought
processes, feelings and interpretations of things, people, experience or ourselves.
This interplay of beliefs, thoughts and feelings enables us to interact with the
world and ourselves. These factors also contribute to the formation of our self-
image and identity. Learners who constantly worry or are uneasy cannot function
normally in a class leading to missed school or incapability to complete their
studies.
2 a – Attention problems
b – Poor grades, poor reading and math standardized test scores, and increased
grade repetition are all associated with attention-deficit disorders. When learners
with attention-deficit disorders are not supported by clinical and behavioral
treatments, the learners risk performing poorly or even fail at school. This in itself
could lead to more psychosocial factors like depression, anxiety, fear of not going
to school and thoughts about suicide just to name a few.
3 a – Mood and Affect problems
b – Learners with mood and affect disorder are prone to depression and vulnerable to
suicide tendencies which adversely affect their performance in class if the
learners’ condition is not diagnosed and treated early.
4 a – Behaviour and conduct problems
b – Behaviour and conduct problems cover a wide variety of behaviors’, such as;
troublesome, disruptive and aggressive behaviour, this can also lead to an
unwillingness or inability to compete schoolwork. Learners with behaviour and
conduct problems occasionally violate their personal and property of other fellow
classmates, they are aggressive and prone to harm others if their condition is not
diagnosed and treated early.
, 5 a – Interpersonal and Social problems
b – The child’s ability and/or desire to engage and socialize with others is limited
enough to start interfering with the child’s development and activities. Learners
who experience difficulty establishing or sustaining interpersonal and social
associations are prone to poor performance in school, alongside a range of other
emotional challenges.
Teaching profession requires individuals who can deal with school dynamics and
complex human behaviour. Apart from cognitive support that teachers deal with
daily, they are also expectations to provide phyco-social support to learners. As a
student teacher, briefly identify at least five phyco-social factors and discuss
their risks to learners especially when they are not supported.
Phyco-social factors and risks associated with lack of support.
1 a – Anxiety problems
b – Anxiety is caused by psychological factors such as our beliefs, thoughts, thought
processes, feelings and interpretations of things, people, experience or ourselves.
This interplay of beliefs, thoughts and feelings enables us to interact with the
world and ourselves. These factors also contribute to the formation of our self-
image and identity. Learners who constantly worry or are uneasy cannot function
normally in a class leading to missed school or incapability to complete their
studies.
2 a – Attention problems
b – Poor grades, poor reading and math standardized test scores, and increased
grade repetition are all associated with attention-deficit disorders. When learners
with attention-deficit disorders are not supported by clinical and behavioral
treatments, the learners risk performing poorly or even fail at school. This in itself
could lead to more psychosocial factors like depression, anxiety, fear of not going
to school and thoughts about suicide just to name a few.
3 a – Mood and Affect problems
b – Learners with mood and affect disorder are prone to depression and vulnerable to
suicide tendencies which adversely affect their performance in class if the
learners’ condition is not diagnosed and treated early.
4 a – Behaviour and conduct problems
b – Behaviour and conduct problems cover a wide variety of behaviors’, such as;
troublesome, disruptive and aggressive behaviour, this can also lead to an
unwillingness or inability to compete schoolwork. Learners with behaviour and
conduct problems occasionally violate their personal and property of other fellow
classmates, they are aggressive and prone to harm others if their condition is not
diagnosed and treated early.
, 5 a – Interpersonal and Social problems
b – The child’s ability and/or desire to engage and socialize with others is limited
enough to start interfering with the child’s development and activities. Learners
who experience difficulty establishing or sustaining interpersonal and social
associations are prone to poor performance in school, alongside a range of other
emotional challenges.
