Transforming the learning environment: Closing the theory and practice divide in an undergraduate industrial psychology module

Philosophiae Doctor - PhD === This study explored the learning and teaching of students registered for the undergraduate Training Management Module in the Industrial Psychology Department at a traditional university in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. The aim of the study was to explore ho...

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Main Author: Hamman-Fisher, Desiree
Other Authors: McGhie, Venicia
Language:en
Published: University of the Western Cape 2021
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11394/8157
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Summary:Philosophiae Doctor - PhD === This study explored the learning and teaching of students registered for the undergraduate Training Management Module in the Industrial Psychology Department at a traditional university in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. The aim of the study was to explore how situated learning can inform a more practically orientated learning and teaching of ETD practitioners. The criticism levelled at institutions of higher learning is that education, training and development practitioners are poorly trained to integrate theory taught, into practical situations.