Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Development of
the concept of
occupation &
occupational
science
- 1800s -
Moral
Treatment
Movement
- Constant employment &
routine
- ‘Give a man constant employment,
treat him with uniform kindness and
respect, and, however insane he may
be, very little may be feared from him,
either of mischief or indolence’
(Peloquin 1989, p. 540)
- 1880s - 1930s -
Arts & Crafts
Movement
- Sole or small group production
of objects (rather than mass
production) gives meaning
- 1920s - Adolph Meyer
- Importance on how time is spent (occupied). Work can lead
to self-respect. Environment & daily life affects a person’s
mental well-being.
- 1960s - Mary
Reilly
- Call for return to focus on occupation. ‘man through the use of his hands, as they
are energized by his mind and will, can influence the state of his own health.’
- 1980s onwards
- Anne Cronin Mosey
- OCCUPATIONAL SCIENCE
- OCCUPATIONAL SCIENCE should be
separate from Occupational Therapy
- Occupational Science should concentrate on
theory development through basic scientific
research & not practical application
- Occupational Therapy should concentrate on
testing and refinement of frames of reference
(over-arching collection of theories) through
applied research (i.e. practical application)
- Suitable theoretical information from
numerous other disciplines should be
used to support occupational practice
- To avoid confusion over what was theory
and what was profession & to ensure
research was appropriately focussed
- OCCUPATION
- Individuals have inherent
needs for work, play & rest
- Participation in major social roles is
OCCUPATIONAL PERFORMANCE
- Individuals are socially &
culturally influenced
- Individuals reach their potential through
purposeful interaction with the human &
non-human environment
- OCCUPATION is a factor that is influenced by
PERFORMANCE COMPONENTS & OCCUPATIONAL
PERFORMANCE of an individual
- Cognitive, psychological & social skills are
PERFORMANCE COMPONENTS & are
fundamental to these social roles
- Individuals seek equilibrium
- Humans adapt actions & behaviours based on
their psychological & physical circumstance &
their environment
- Florence Clark
- OCCUPATIONAL SCIENCE
- OCCUPATIONAL SCIENCE should be
allied to Occupational Therapy
- Occupational Science is 'an academic
discipline, the purpose of which is to
generate knowledge about the form, the
function and the meaning of human
occupation'
- OCCUAPATIONAL SCIENCE has a unique focus
which cannot be fully investigated by scholars
from other disciplines, although it can benefit
from knowledge from other disciplines
- Occupation can be explored through
subjective and qualitative approaches as well
as experimental & objective means
- OCCUPATION
- Occupation is 'chunks of culturally &
personally meaningful activity in which
humans engage that can be named in
the lexicon of our culture'
- Occupations are embedded in human lives, taking on
different meanings dependant on context & cutlure
- '....occupation must be studied within the
context of both the immediate
environment & the person's history....'
- '.....occupation is fired by the person's
drive for efficacy & competency....'
- '....occupation cannot be fully understood
without consideration of its significane to
the individual...
- Occupation includes work, rest, leisure & play
- 1993 Journal of Occupational Science
- Elizabeth
Yerxa
- OCCUPATIONAL SCIENCE
- Coined term
‘OCCUPATIONAL SCIENCE’
(PhD 1989)
- ‘OCCUPATIONAL SCIENCE’ is
'the study of the human need as
an occupational being including
the need for and capacity to
engage in and orchestrate daily
occupations in the environment
over a lifespan'.
- Occupational science
seen as a basic science -
i.e. one that dealt with
'universal issues about
occupation without
concern for their
immediate application'
- OCCUPATION
- Occupations - work, play, rest, leisure & other necessary occupations
- Occupations - culturally & socially influenced
- Humans adapt to environment by performing occupations
- Occupations define who we are, are performed &
organised by an individual & are goal-directed
- Occupations are not instinctually carried out; they are chosen
- Experience of performing occupations, affects
perception of quality of life
- 1917 est. of National Society for the
Promotion of Occupational Therapy
- Initial objectives included '....the study of the effects of
occupation upon the human being & the dissemintation
of scientific knowlege on this subject' (Dunton et al 1917)
- OCCUPATIONAL SCIENCE
- Concept of occupation is the focus of the enquiry
- Issue - knowledge generation which from the
outset is concerned how knowledge can be used
by practitioners vs. knowledge generation
without guidance on how to use in practice
- Understanding humans as occupational beings /
explicating the relationship between occupation &
health