Teachers becoming lay practitioners of school community psychology

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Ferreira, Ronel
Ebersohn, L. (Liesel)
Odendaal, Viona

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Faculty of Education, University of Johannesburg

Abstract

This article reports on a study that explored how a community-based intervention with ten teachers could enhance their knowledge and skills related to supporting community members coping with HIV/ AIDS. We conducted a case study using participatory action research methods. Individual interviews, observation, field notes, visual data and reflective journals were utilised as data sources. We found that the participating teachers displayed a willingness to support their community in coping with HIV/AIDS, yet did not perceive themselves as being adequately equipped to do so, and therefore refrained from acting intuitively. The intervention did, however, show signs of an emergent sense of ‘becoming’ lay practitioners in the face of the social upheaval brought on by the pandemic.

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Asset-based intervention, HIV/AIDS, Intuitive practice, School community

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Ferreira, R, Ebersohn, L & Odendaal, V 2010, 'Teachers becoming lay practitioners of school community psychology', Education as Change, vol. 41, no. 1, pp. S101–S111. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_edchange.html]