A new technology for teaching/learning marital and family therapy.

A pilot test was conducted to determine the usefulness of a computer technology known as Group Support Systems (GSS) in teaching/learning marital and family therapy (MFT). The GSS technology was tested in a doctoral MFT course. GSS permitted subjects to combine face-to-face interaction with dialog...

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Published in:Journal of Marital & Family Therapy Vol. 21; pp. 183 - 192
Main Authors: Gale, Jerry, Dotson, Damond, Huber, Mark
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell April 1995
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