| This paper describes an evaluation of the Community Psychology M.A. Programme at Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU).;The results of the evaluation indicated that the programme is effective in meeting its outcome goals, but that there is room for improvement in how it is incorporating the values and beliefs of community psychology into the process of training. The major themes of the process results included: a lack of support for second-year students, competitiveness amongst students, a lack of resources for faculty and students, a weakness in the programme's attention to gender and multicultural issues, and continual improvements in the programme in attending to process issues.;This evaluation has provided a comprehensive and detailed view of the processes and outcomes of a community psychology training programme. This process has encouraged growth and development in the programme at WLU and hence, has hopefully provided some confirmation of the importance of community psychology's stated commitment to self-appraisal and evaluation. What this evaluation has provided for WLU's programme, more widespread evaluations of community psychology training programmes can provide for the field as a whole. (Abstract shortened by UMI.). |
