'n Evaluering van samelewingsdiensleer as opleidingskomponent van magisterstudente in sielkunde aan die Universiteit van die Vrystaat

English: The sosio-political changes and cultural diversity in South Africa forced the psychology profession to adapt to the demands of the changing society. The psychology training programme, which is based on the European and American models of training, is, according to all indications, not relevant in a South African context. Service learning (SL) is an attempt to accommodate the strive to relevancy. One of the University of the Free State’s (UF’s) contributions to reconstruction and development of the country and outreach to communities, is its commitment to service learning. The Department of Psychology at the UF enclosed a service learning element as component of their training programme in the master’s degree in Psychology. In it’s strive for quality, the UF has a policy, which requires regular evaluation and monitoring. The Department of Psychology also has the need to evaluate their training and practice in order to give momentum to their aims and aspirations for relevancy. The SL-component of the master’s degree in Psychology at the UF is evaluated by involving the three partners of the course. The ex-students (service provider), learners who used the service (community) and the teachers and learners who did not use the service ( service receivers), were involved in the study. They completed questionnaires, which were developed by the researcher to determine the various partner’s perceptions and experiences of the service. The results showed that all three partners reported a positive experience of the SL. The experience was significantly more positive where learners who used the service were concerned, as in the case of those who did not use the service.