Informing educational psychology training with students' community engagement experiences

Perspectives in Education

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 87-98

  Ebersöhn, Liesel ^a   Bender, C J Gerda ^a   Carvalho Malekane, Wendy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Community; Curricular; Educational psychology; Engagement; Experiential learning; Practicum

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958569455     PISSN: 02582236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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