"Community psychology is all theory and no practice": Training educational psychologists in community practice within the South African context

South African Journal of Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 261-268

  Pillay, Jace ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

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EID: 0346331818     PISSN: 00812463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/008124630303300409     Document Type: Review

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