1. Digital Storytelling as a Reflective Tool in Occupational Therapy Curriculum.
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Sonday, Amshuda
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STUDENT assignments , *OCCUPATIONAL therapy education , *TEACHING methods , *OCCUPATIONAL therapy students , *FOCUS groups , *INTERNET , *RESEARCH methodology , *CURRICULUM , *INTERVIEWING , *QUALITATIVE research , *LEARNING strategies , *EXPERIENCE , *DOCUMENTATION , *STUDENTS , *TEACHING aids , *STUDENT attitudes , *JUDGMENT sampling , *THEMATIC analysis , *EMOTIONS , *STORYTELLING , *REFLECTION (Philosophy) , *INFORMATION technology , *DIFFUSION of innovations - Abstract
With a shift in moving towards the 4th industrial revolution, digital storytelling has been identified as a novel way of facilitating teaching and learning. This paper will be aimed at offering an understanding of the experience and perspective of occupational therapy students in using digital storytelling as a reflective tool as an assignment as part of their undergraduate and masters occupational therapy curriculum at a university in South Africa. A descriptive qualitative study was undertaken, and five participants were purposively recruited. Individual semistructured interviews were conducted as well as a focus group with participants. An inductive analysis revealed two themes: Reflections on relevance within the occupational therapy curriculum and Is technology the new direction? The findings conclude that digital storytelling as a medium to showcase reflections on identifying formation was an innovative and novel way of documenting the reflective experiences of occupational therapy students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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