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A community training model incorporating history, empowerment, and ecology
Author(s) -
Mulvey Anne,
Silka Linda
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6629(198707)15:3<365::aid-jcop2290150310>3.0.co;2-q
Subject(s) - training (meteorology) , practicum , empowerment , curriculum , field (mathematics) , order (exchange) , computer science , engineering ethics , management science , sociology , pedagogy , political science , engineering , business , meteorology , physics , mathematics , finance , pure mathematics , law
In many programs, the introduction of students to the community is relegated to a single practicum experience. This paper reviews one program's attempt to integrate field training more thoroughly into the curriculum. This is done by building the program around the setting features of a particular community. We describe how the basic training goals that have often been advocated but rarely achieved by community psychologists might be more broadly implemented. We outline the underlying training model, describe critical setting features, and show how the program has emphasized the features of history, empowerment, and size in the development of the curriculum. The discussion considers the assets and liabilities of programs focusing on a particular community and setting in order to illustrate the importance and difficulty of implementing field training models of this kind.