Vanaf die Voorsitter se stoel In ʼn Departement met 19 akademiese en vyf ondersteuningspersoneel gebeur daar baie dinge. In die eerste instansie is daar studente wat op verskillende vlakke van geletterdheid is en uiteenlopende akademiese behoeftes het. Vanjaar het ons ongeveer 1 100 eerstejaars, 750 tweedejaars en 600 derdejaars. In [...]
Our world is becoming increasingly complex and intolerant of social difference. Schools and especially teachers have a significant role to play in creating opportunities for children and adolescents to engage in dialogue and to affirm the value of difference in themselves and others, writes Prof Ronelle Carolissen, associate professor of [...]
VANAF DIE VOORSITTER SE STOEL In die vyf maande wat ek voorsitter is, het daar reeds baie in die Departement gebeur en dalk nog meer in die groter Universiteitswese. In die Departement het die agt-jaarlikse eksterne evaluering plaasgevind terwyl die eksterne roerings verwys na die kookpot/woelinge waarin die SA Universiteitswese [...]
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Ten years ago some colleagues and I designed a teaching and learning research project for fourth-year occupational therapy, social work and psychology students at the Universities of the Western Cape and Stellenbosch. They could talk to each other about community, self and identities, concepts central to their work as professionals [...]
Note from the Departmental Chair What an eventful year it has been for higher education in South Africa! The Rhodes Must Fall campaign has had an important influence on university campuses countrywide and in large measure galvanized Stellenbosch University students into action. One of the more important meetings I had [...]
Psychology twenty years after democracy It has been twenty years since the beginning of democratic rule in South Africa, and psychology as a discipline and a profession is doing extremely well. The 20th Annual South African Psychology Congress, to be hosted in Durban in September 2014, celebrates not only two [...]
Note from the Chair… One of features of our department is that many of our undergraduate students choose psychology because they wish to become clinical or counselling psychologists. For this reason, they have their hearts set on gaining entry into our masters programme in clinical psychology and community counselling. While [...]
From the Departmental Chair … I am excited about introducing this first edition of news from the Psychology Department. As a department we are quite proud of the hard work and achievements of our staff and students but we need to share and celebrate these accolades, developments and achievements with [...]
