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ERIC Number: EJ545296
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0098-6283
Teaching Community Psychology in Postapartheid South Africa.
White, Aaronette M.; Potgieter, Cheryl A.
Teaching of Psychology, v23 n2 p82-86 Apr 1996
Examines a community psychology course that stresses community empowerment, the myth of neutrality and objectivity in community psychology, and democratic accountability to the community. The course includes a brief history of race, class, and gender oppression in South Africa and concludes with a unit on converting social theory into practice. (MJP)
Descriptors: Apartheid, Community Development, Community Psychology, Community Responsibility, Community Role, Course Content, Course Organization, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Humanistic Education, Psychology, Racial Discrimination, Reading Materials, Role of Education, Social Action, Social Change, Social Responsibility
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Researchers; Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: South Africa