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The Pulley:
The effects of giving study
support to underprivileged
children on the professional
competences of teachers
and social workers.
Myriam Deroo & C. Barbez
www.howest.be
An overview of the presentation:
1. Context of the research
2. The research project: ‘De Katrol’/’The Pulley’
2.1. Questions
3.
4.
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6.
2.2. Objectives
2.3. Target group
The progress and methodology of the research
3.1. Case study
3.2. Qualitative research
3.3. Quantitative research
Results
Where do we go from here
Discussion
1. Context of the research
Objective 3
Future welfare workers and teachers get
a realistic picture of families living in
poverty
2. Research project
The deprivation project The Pulley:
• An evaluation of the effects of giving study
support to underprivileged children on the
professional competences of teachers and
social workers.
Promotor: Catherine Barbez
Co-promotor: Greetje Desnerck
Researcher: Myriam Deroo (40%)
Steering committee
2.1. Research questions
1. Which competences are needed to give succesful study
and educational support to poor families?
2. What have professionals learned from giving study and
educational support to poor children at home during
their training? What skills (competences) were
acquired?
3. Are there differences between disciplines (teachers,
social workers)?
4. Are there differences between professionals who have
provided study support during their studies and those
who have not?
2.2. Research objectives
1. Increasing knowledge about the significance of
real life experiences on the career of young
professionals, and more specifically on their
competences to deal with underprivileged
children and their families.
2. Giving input to ‘the Pulley’ and to the curricula
of young professionals.
2.3. Target Group
• 1. Professional helpers and teachers who have at least
one year experience with underprivileged children and
families
▫ Half of them have given study support in the Pulley
▫ Half of them have never given study support in the Pulley
• 2. Professionals involved are Bachelors Social Work,
Applied Psychology,Teachers
3. Methodology
3.1. Case study
3.2. Qualitative research
3.3. Quantitative research
3.1. Case study
Question 1: defining
competences
Literature: study of the different
sources
Questioning of key figures:3
anchors in the project The Pulley
3.2. Qualitative research
Question 2: acquired
comptences
3 focusgroups with professionals
who have experience in working
with underpriviliged families
one interview with a teacher in
part-time education
3.3. Quantitative research
Question 3 and 4: between group
differences
an online questionnaire based
on the results of the qualitative
research
Sample:
140 respondents:
70 who gave study support and 70 who
didn’’t
matching for gender, year of graduation
and profession (teachers, social
workers)
4. Results
SUPPORT!
4.1. The supporter as a human being (as
a man among men)
4.2. Support as a process
4.3. Paradoxes
4.4. Effects on the supporter
4.1. The supporter as a human being
• 4.1.1. Personal characteristics:
 Being human
 Resilience
• 4.1.2. Need of being supported
4.2. Support as a process
4.2.1. Creating trust
▫ Being honest about your own possibilities and
limits: transparency as a person
▫ Respect for who they are
▫ Listening carefully: open listening attitude
▫ Being present: availability, attention
▫ Empathy
4.2.2. Working, based on their demand
▫Characteristics of the relationship to
supportive work
▫Releasing the own frame of reference
▫ Professional context
4.3.Paradoxes
•Paradox of helping versus not helping
• Paradox of knowing and not knowing
• Paradox of speaking and not speaking
• Paradox of feeling powerless versus
sustaining (in control? )
4.4. Effects on the supporter
• The experience of growing together
with the family
• The challenge
• Positive influences
Rewarding
Personal change
5. Where do we go from here?
• These findings are being incorporated into a
quantitative measuring instrument
• Handling data statistically
• Publication of the results
• Feedback to the bachelors social work,
applied psychology and teachers
Contacts
De Katrol
Louisastraat 7, 8400 Oostende
www.dekatrol.be
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
www.howest.be
References
Book about the project The Pulley:
J.-P. Markey
From underprivileged to promising?
Studysupport and upbringing support
for children and parents from vulnerable
families (with CD-ROM)
ISBN: 9789044123968
Pages: 171
Status: Deliverable
Price: € 24,00
Publisher: Garant Uitgevers nv
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