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Inaugural lecture--Department of Education, Rand Afrikaans University, 16 October 1984@@In contrast with the accepted usage of the term "learning problems" as isolated entities which can be understood in terms of labeled syndromes or conditions, the pedagogical perspective of learning problems can be clearly distinguished in the sense that the child is never viewed in isolation of the pedagogical situation. Therefore the child with learning problems is considered within the context of the dynamics
of problematic upbringing. This context is considered essential for understanding and therapeutically assisting the child with learning problems. This approach inevitably results in the fact that the orthopedagogical approach not only accounts for the cognitive dimension, but also involves the affective and normative dimensions of childhood. Orthopedagogical assistance focuses on the meaning that the child attaches to his environment. It is therefore not only concerned with the solving of the learning problems, but with improvement in the quality of life of the total being.