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Co-constructing knowledge in a psychology course for health professionals : a narrative analysis
Thesis (PhD (Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2007.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/25710 Co-constructing knowledge in a psychology course for health professionals : a narrative analysis Wagner, Claire Van Schalkwyk, Gertina J. groblers3@absamail.co.za Grobler, Ilze Collaborative learning community Co-constructing knowledge Personal experience methods Narrative analysis Social constructionism Reflection-on-practice Health practitioners Story map Orthotics/prosthetics Critical psychology Higher education Agency UCTD Thesis (PhD (Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2007. The ever-changing demands of working life pose considerable challenges to higher education. The literature indicates that traditional forms of university instruction positioned a deficit model of teaching and learning, which is embedded in a logical positivist paradigm, as authoritative in the production of ‘experts’ who possess legitimate knowledge. However, in professional practice, health practitioners often deal with ill-defined problems. If health practitioners are to be prepared properly for their future careers, the development of reflective thinking should be an integral component of professional education courses. The aim of this study was to explore the public narratives on existing teaching and learning practices in higher education, orthotics/prosthetics and psychology, and to examine the authority of these narratives in the unfolding stories of students and the facilitator in a pilot applied psychology course designed for orthotist/prosthetist professionals. There is a paucity of psychological research in orthotic/prosthetic practice and further research in this domain is needed, particularly from a qualitative approach. A story map was used to integrate the methodology of personal experience methods and narrative analysis into one model that represents the voice of public and private narratives in a specific temporality of past, present and future. The analysis of public and private texts revealed the narrative themes of teaching and learning, co-constructing knowledge, reflection-on-practice, disability, community of concern and agency. A critical psychology and social constructionist approach is proposed to facilitate reflective clinical practice in a psychology module for orthotics and prosthetics. In a collaborative learning community, the lived experiences, knowledge, skills, and desires that invited orthotist/prosthetists into this helping field are honoured. In addition, they are encouraged to reflect on the value of professional interventions by using pragmatic criteria of whether an approach fits or is useful for a client, rather than relying on some abstract notion of ‘truth’. Psychology unrestricted 2013-09-06T23:37:09Z 2007-06-21 2013-09-06T23:37:09Z 2007-04-16 2007-06-21 2007-06-21 Thesis Grobler, I 2007, Co-constructing knowledge in a psychology course for health professionals : a narrative analysis, PhD thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25710 > http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25710 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06212007-121700/ © 2007, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Collaborative learning community Co-constructing knowledge Personal experience methods Narrative analysis Social constructionism Reflection-on-practice Health practitioners Story map Orthotics/prosthetics Critical psychology Higher education Agency UCTD Co-constructing knowledge in a psychology course for health professionals : a narrative analysis |
| title | Co-constructing knowledge in a psychology course for health professionals : a narrative analysis |
| title_full | Co-constructing knowledge in a psychology course for health professionals : a narrative analysis |
| title_fullStr | Co-constructing knowledge in a psychology course for health professionals : a narrative analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Co-constructing knowledge in a psychology course for health professionals : a narrative analysis |
| title_short | Co-constructing knowledge in a psychology course for health professionals : a narrative analysis |
| title_sort | co constructing knowledge in a psychology course for health professionals a narrative analysis |
| topic | Collaborative learning community Co-constructing knowledge Personal experience methods Narrative analysis Social constructionism Reflection-on-practice Health practitioners Story map Orthotics/prosthetics Critical psychology Higher education Agency UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25710 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06212007-121700/ |