The potential use of a personal portfolio for identity development of an adolescent

dc.contributor.advisorBester, Suzanneen
dc.contributor.emailmugsyquinn@yahoo.co.uken
dc.contributor.postgraduateQuinn, Magdalena Katarzynaen
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-06T22:25:40Z
dc.date.available2011-06-15en
dc.date.available2013-09-06T22:25:40Z
dc.date.created2011-04-12en
dc.date.issued2010en
dc.date.submitted2011-06-15en
dc.descriptionDissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2010.en
dc.description.abstractThis study focuses on how a Personal Portfolio can facilitate the narration of an adolescent’s life story and the outcome on self understanding. An instrumental case study that was exploritative and descriptive in nature was used to gain insight into the potential value of using a Personal Portfolio to reflect an adolescent’s quest for identity development. Data were collected by means of Personal Portfolio activities, open-ended interviews, tape-recordings of participant interviews, reflective reports written by the research participant as well as observations and field notes recorded in a diary by the researcher. The thematic analysis of the data was done within a constructivist-interpretivist framework. Five core categories: Identity Crisis/Confusion, Identity Exploration,Identifying Developmental Assets, Unresolved Past Issues, and the Experience of Compiling a Personal Portfolio emerged. These core categories were further linked to sub-categories and related themes. This study found that compiling a Personal Portfolio supported the research participant’s quest for identity. In particular, it facilitated a process of self exploration regarding career choice and sexual identity and resulted in increased self-knowledge, an awareness of personal assets and an overall improved sense of self-worth and self-confidence. This study also provided the research participant with a platform to work from and the means to solve some personal problems. The study further more concluded that a Personal Portfolio is a cost effective method that is suitable for use in a diverse South African context which could be utilised by counsellors and educators with their task to assist adolescents with their identity development.en
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dc.description.departmentEducational Psychologyen
dc.identifier.citationQuinn, MK 2010, The potential use of a personal portfolio for identity development of an adolescent, MEd dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25554 >en
dc.identifier.otherE11/273/gmen
dc.identifier.upetdurlhttp://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06152011-093259/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/25554
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoriaen_ZA
dc.rights© 2010, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria.en
dc.subjectConstrcutivist-interpretivisten
dc.subjectLife storyen
dc.subjectPost-modern narrative counsellingen
dc.subjectSelf-knowledgeen
dc.subjectSelf-explorationen
dc.subjectIdentity crisisen
dc.subjectIdentityen
dc.subjectIdentity developmenten
dc.subjectIdentity constructionen
dc.subjectPersonal portfolioen
dc.subjectAdolescenten
dc.subjectUCTDen_US
dc.titleThe potential use of a personal portfolio for identity development of an adolescenten
dc.typeDissertationen

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