Community-engaged curricula in higher education : the case of a master's programme in play therapy
Date
2015
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UNISA Press
Abstract
This article presents the results from research on community-engaged curricula
using feedback from international and South African academics who teach on
postgraduate programmes with a community engagement component. It also
includes the findings from a sample master’s programme in Play Therapy at
a South African university. The findings indicated that at least five important
issues are related to community-engaged master’s programmes in Play
Therapy, namely: programme relevance, integrated scholarship, community based research, reciprocal learning, and close academic staff involvement.
Based on these findings a curriculum framework is suggested which caters for
an integrated scholarship approach in master’s programmes in Play Therapy
that closely engage with community needs. Such a framework may relate to
similar or other professional master’s programme curricula.
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CITATION: Bitzer, E. M., Wilson, L. & Newmark, R. 2015. Community-engaged curricula in higher education : the case of a master's programme in play therapy. South African Journal of Higher Education, 29(4):296–314, doi:10.20853/29-4-511.
The original publication is available at http://www.journals.ac.za/index.php/sajhe
The original publication is available at http://www.journals.ac.za/index.php/sajhe
Keywords
Play therapy, Universities and colleges -- Graduate work, Education, Higher -- South Africa
Citation
Bitzer, E. M., Wilson, L. & Newmark, R. 2015. Community-engaged curricula in higher education : the case of a master's programme in play therapy. South African Journal of Higher Education, 29(4):296–314, doi:10.20853/29-4-511.