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Embedding community-based service learning into psychology degrees at UKZN, South Africa
Educational Research for Social Change ( IF 0.7 ) Pub Date : 2016-01-01 , DOI: 10.17159/2221-4070/2016/v5i2a9
Jacqui Akhurst

IntroductionMcGovern and Brewer (2013) referred to "a three-legged stool of faculty activity: teaching, scholarship, and service" (p. 507). As a result of democratisation, South African universities have been tasked with providing "service" through participating in key communities in their environments, providing tuition that facilitates students' community engagement, and fostering the principles of democratic citizenship (Council of Higher Education [CHE], 2006). Community engagement in South African higher education has thus evolved from being one of three elements alongside teaching and research, to being integrated into teaching and research activities (Lazarus, Erasmus, Hendricks, Nduna, & Slamat, 2008). This article aims to contribute to the South African literature in which there is limited evidence of the ways in which the three strands of activity are integrated and operationalised in the teaching of psychology.The integration of community engagement with teaching and research has been challenging in the South African context. Proponents of integration argue that this engagement should be a scholarly activity, that is, the scholarship of engagement (Boyer, 1990); others (for example, Butin, 2007) argue that the integration of community engagement activities into mainstream higher education practices serves to dilute the disruption these activities may bring to standard university business. Community engagement activities may disrupt the knowledges promoted in universities by drawing on local knowledge, cultural understandings, and practices, which may conflict with the (mostly) Western models students are taught. Community engagement has resource implications for higher education institutions, especially when a separate office is created with staffing and resource costs. Thus, when activities are integrated into curricula, there are reduced needs for separate funding and additional support because many of these are absorbed into existing teaching-related structures, and students may also help with picking up some of the associated costs such as travel.Many students are motivated to study psychology because they would like to help others (Bromnick & Horowitz, 2013; Goedeke & Gibson, 2011). This is evidenced by the substantial numbers who do voluntary community-based work, prompted by their sensitivity to issues of social justice. This potentially links with preparation for employment because the "third sector" (e.g., non-profit-making organisations, charities, and social enterprises) provides a potential career destination for graduates of psychology. In most undergraduate and honours-level psychology curricula, however, there are limited opportunities for students to experience "psychology in action"-and in the current context of resounding calls to decolonise the curriculum (Mbembe, 2015), the challenge for psychology is to move from predominantly Westernised approaches to more transformational knowledge creation and engagement. In addition, given calls for universities to promote social responsibility, psychology students need to understand the relevance of their studies to societal and global issues (Trapp & Akhurst, 2011). For these intersecting reasons, it is important to consider integrating community-based service learning (CBSL, more commonly termed service learning in the USA) into the curriculum to meet these needs and better prepare students for their roles as citizens.Drawing on constructivist approaches to understanding the links between thought and language (Deeley, 2015), service learning has its theoretical origins in Dewey's philosophy of education for democracy (as cited in Hatcher, 1997) and Boyer's (1990) scholarship of engagement. Service learning has become popular because it is a pedagogy that engages both students and faculty in their communities in ways that are intended to be educationally meaningful to all those involved (Bringle & Duffy, 1998). …

中文翻译:

将基于社区的服务学习纳入南非UKZN的心理学学位

引言McGovern和Brewer(2013)提到“教师活动的三足凳:教学,奖学金和服务”(第507页)。民主化的结果是,南非大学的任务是通过参与其环境中的关键社区来提供“服务”,提供学费以促进学生的社区参与,并树立民主公民的原则(高等教育委员会[CHE] ,2006)。因此,南非高等教育中的社区参与已从教学和研究之外的三个要素之一发展到了融入教学和研究活动的方式(Lazarus,Erasmus,Hendricks,Nduna和Slamat,2008年)。本文旨在为南非文学做出贡献,在南非文学中,很少有证据表明心理学教学中三项活动的整合和运作方式。社区参与与教学和研究的整合一直是挑战。南非的背景。支持融合的人认为,这种参与应该是一种学术活动,即参与的学术(Boyer,1990)。其他人(例如,Butin,2007年)则认为,将社区参与活动整合到主流高等教育实践中,可以减轻这些活动对标准大学业务的干扰。社区参与活动可能会通过利用本地知识,文化理解和实践来破坏大学中推广的知识,这可能与(大多数)西方模式的学生受到教conflict。社区参与对高等教育机构具有资源影响,尤其是在设立一个配备人员和资源成本的独立办公室时。因此,当将活动整合到课程中时,减少了对单独资金和额外支持的需求,因为其中许多已被吸收到现有的与教学相关的结构中,并且学生还可以帮助承担一些相关的费用,例如差旅费。学生之所以学习心理学是因为他们愿意帮助他人(Bromnick&Horowitz,2013; Goedeke&Gibson,2011)。有大量从事自愿社区工作的人证明了这一点,这是由于他们对社会正义问题的敏感性引起的。这可能与就业准备有关,因为“第三部门”(例如,非营利组织,慈善机构和社会企业)为心理学毕业生提供了潜在的职业目的地。但是,在大多数本科生和荣誉级别的心理学课程中,学生体验“行动中的心理学”的机会有限-在当前要求非殖民化课程的呼声高涨的背景下(Mbembe,2015年),心理学面临的挑战是从主要是西化的方法转变为更具变革性的知识创造和参与。此外,应大学呼吁提高社会责任感,心理学专业的学生需要了解他们的学习与社会和全球问题的相关性(Trapp&Akhurst,2011)。由于这些相交的原因,重要的是要考虑将基于社区的服务学习(CBSL,在美国更常用的服务学习)整合到课程中,以满足这些需求,并更好地为学生做好准备,使其成为公民。服务学习理解了思想与语言之间的联系(Deeley,2015),其理论起源于杜威的民主教育哲学(如Hatcher,1997所述)和Boyer(1990)的参与奖学金。服务学习之所以流行,是因为它是一种教学法,旨在使学生和教职人员都参与到社区中,从而对所有相关人员都具有教育意义(Bringle&Duffy,1998)。… 重要的是要考虑将基于社区的服务学习(CBSL,在美国更常用的服务学习)整合到课程中,以满足这些需求并更好地为学生做好作为公民的角色的准备。借鉴建构主义方法来理解思想之间的联系在服务和语言(Deeley,2015)中,服务学习有其理论渊源,源于杜威的民主教育哲学(如Hatcher,1997所述)和Boyer(1990)的参与奖学金。服务学习之所以流行,是因为它是一种教学法,旨在使学生和教职人员都参与到社区中,从而对所有相关人员都具有教育意义(Bringle&Duffy,1998)。… 重要的是要考虑将基于社区的服务学习(CBSL,在美国更常用的服务学习)整合到课程中,以满足这些需求并更好地为学生做好作为公民的角色的准备。借鉴建构主义方法来理解思想之间的联系在服务和语言(Deeley,2015)中,服务学习有其理论渊源,源于杜威的民主教育哲学(如Hatcher,1997所述)和Boyer(1990)的参与奖学金。服务学习之所以流行,是因为它是一种教学法,旨在使学生和教职人员都参与到社区中,从而对所有相关人员都具有教育意义(Bringle&Duffy,1998)。… 在课程中可以更好地满足学生的需求,从而更好地为学生做好公民角色的准备。借鉴建构主义的方法来理解思想与语言之间的联系(Deeley,2015),服务学习有其理论渊源杜威(Dwey)的民主教育哲学(如Hatcher,1997所引用)和Boyer(1990)的参与奖学金。服务学习之所以流行,是因为它是一种教学法,旨在使学生和教职人员都参与到社区中,从而对所有相关人员都具有教育意义(Bringle&Duffy,1998)。… 在课程中可以更好地满足学生的需求,从而更好地为学生做好公民角色的准备。借鉴建构主义的方法来理解思想与语言之间的联系(Deeley,2015),服务学习有其理论渊源杜威(Dwey)的民主教育哲学(如Hatcher,1997所引用)和Boyer(1990)的参与奖学金。服务学习之所以流行,是因为它是一种教学法,旨在使学生和教职人员都参与到社区中,从而对所有相关人员都具有教育意义(Bringle&Duffy,1998)。… 服务学习源于杜威的民主教育哲学(如Hatcher,1997年引用)和Boyer(1990年)的参与奖学金的理论渊源。服务学习之所以流行,是因为它是一种教学法,旨在使学生和教职人员都参与到社区中,从而对所有相关人员都具有教育意义(Bringle&Duffy,1998)。… 服务学习源于杜威的民主教育哲学(如Hatcher,1997年引用)和Boyer(1990年)的参与奖学金的理论渊源。服务学习之所以流行,是因为它是一种教学法,旨在使学生和教职人员都参与到社区中,从而对所有相关人员都具有教育意义(Bringle&Duffy,1998)。…
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