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Educational psychology students' experiences of academic service learning in a higher education partnership with rural schools
Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2016.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/60941 Educational psychology students' experiences of academic service learning in a higher education partnership with rural schools Mampane, Motlalepule Ruth INAMARI.DUTOIT@GMAIL.COM Ebersohn, L. (Liesel) du Toit, Ina-Mari UCTD Academic service learning Transformative learning Educational psychology Community engagement Higher education School partnerships Educational psychology Professional identity Rural education Education theses SDG-04 Education theses SDG-10 Education theses SDG-17 Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2016. The purpose of this case study was to explore and describe educational psychology students' experiences of academic service learning (ASL) as part of a higher education- rural school partnership in order to inform knowledge on higher education community engagement. The Transformative Learning Theory framed the study by engaging students in an active meaningmaking process of critical self-reflection and integration of experiences. Qualitative methodology was chosen as the preferred mode of inquiry which contributed to my insight and understanding of participants' subjective experiences of ASL. A constructivist epistemology guided dynamic interaction with participants, providing a platform for co-constructing knowledge generated based on participants' retrospective experiences. Seven cohorts of Master's students in Educational Psychology (2007 to 2013; n=22), who were involved in assessments and interventions at a rural school as part of their training at the University of Pretoria, were purposefully selected. Participants were, as far as possible, representative in terms of gender, age and cultural background. Qualitative data generation techniques (i.e. questionnaires and semi-structured interviews) were used to collect data, which were then thematically analysed by reporting on patterns across cohorts. The findings suggested that participants experienced the ASL practicum as an engaged scholarship that is socially transformative. The findings furthermore revealed that participants experienced ASL as an integral part of the educational psychology curriculum and a platform for initiating and developing professional identity. The ASL practicum experiences of participants are consistent across cohorts and similar to that experienced by other students in ASL programmes. es2026 Educational Psychology MEd Unrestricted SDG-04: Quality education SDG-10: Reduced inequalities SDG-17: Partnerships for the goals 2017-06-08T13:06:59Z 2017-06-08T13:06:59Z 2017-04-25 2016 Dissertation du Toit, I 2016, Educational psychology students' experiences of academic service learning in a higher education partnership with rural schools, MEd Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60941> A2017 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60941 en © 2017 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 University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Academic service learning Transformative learning Educational psychology Community engagement Higher education School partnerships Educational psychology Professional identity Rural education Education theses SDG-04 Education theses SDG-10 Education theses SDG-17 Educational psychology students' experiences of academic service learning in a higher education partnership with rural schools |
| title | Educational psychology students' experiences of academic service learning in a higher education partnership with rural schools |
| title_full | Educational psychology students' experiences of academic service learning in a higher education partnership with rural schools |
| title_fullStr | Educational psychology students' experiences of academic service learning in a higher education partnership with rural schools |
| title_full_unstemmed | Educational psychology students' experiences of academic service learning in a higher education partnership with rural schools |
| title_short | Educational psychology students' experiences of academic service learning in a higher education partnership with rural schools |
| title_sort | educational psychology students experiences of academic service learning in a higher education partnership with rural schools |
| topic | UCTD Academic service learning Transformative learning Educational psychology Community engagement Higher education School partnerships Educational psychology Professional identity Rural education Education theses SDG-04 Education theses SDG-10 Education theses SDG-17 |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60941 |