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1.4.9 Life-world
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According to Vrey (1984 : 15) life-world is the Gestalt of the individual person's
meaningful relationships. One's life-world includes all the people, objects, ideas,
systems, forces, attitudes, self, - everything to which one has attributed meaning and
which one therefore understands.
. 1.4.10 Pedagogical neglect
Without the sufficient participation of an adult in the dynamics of the education
situation, the essential meaning of education is not fulfilled because the child is not
involved in an intimate relationship with an educator (parent) who focusses on
adulthood. When an educator and a child co=unicate inadequately, all the acts of
upbringing itself are necessarily performed inadequately (Van Niekerk 1987 : 9). The
pedagogically inadequate actualisation ofthe child's psychic life is the inevitable result.
1.5 AIM OF TIIIS STUDY
The aim of this study stems from the statement of the problem and can be formulated
as follows:
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To describe the life-world of the abused child from a psychopedagogical
perspective at the hand of the available relevant research literature.
To determine in the light of the findings obtained from the literature
study, certain guidelines according to which accountable support can be
instituted in order to meet the needs of the abused child.
1.6 METHOD OF RESEARCH
Research with regard to this study will be conducted by means of a literature study of
available relevant research literature. In addition to the literature study, visits to
families and informal interviews will be conducted with authoritative persons such as