Friday 24 July 09:50
- 11:20
Hall: 13 - Room 10 SA
Chair and Presenter:
Job Remo
Co-Chair:
Machin Michael Anthony
Division: Division 5: Education and School Psychology
Psychology education varies widely across Nations in terms of the length of the specific psychology programs offered (typically 4-to-6 years), the university level available (BA, MA, PhD), the space devoted to different subject matters, and the professional outcome (professional psychologist vs. liberal art professionals). Also, psychology is often offered as a subject matter in other programs, such as teacher training, behavioral economics, health professions, to name just a few. These different patterns may index the effort of a given Country's administrative norms and Universities to accord training programs to their differing cultural and contextual situations or they may result from markedly differing assumptions about the function of psychology education. In this Symposium, we would analyze and discuss some of these issues and try to draw implications by the differing patterns. The first presentation will provide an overview of the activities of ICOPE regarding psychology education, will then briefly discuss recent legislative and academic development of psychology training in Italy, and will present a short comparison among three Countries that pattern differently about the graduate careers psychology undergraduates may pursue. The second presentation will provide insights on the nature of and recent developments in psychology education programs in Australia. The third presentation will focus on Brazil, a Country where psychology is flourishing and where professional training is delivered at undergraduate level following the acquisition of foundational competences. The fourth presentation will address the structure of psychology education in Japan and will discuss the co-existence of several qualifications and certifications for professional psychologists. The fifth presentation will discuss some trends in teaching ethics, considered a foundational aspect of psychological literacy, to undergraduate and graduate students of psychology in the USA, and the recommended pedagogical and assessment standard.
