Education Leadership Conference: 2003 Professional Training Workshop Summary

2003 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Training ◽  
Education Leadership ◽  
Training Workshop ◽  
Workshop Summary

Defining the Competence of Psychologists with a View to Public Accountability *

1997 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 293-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ype H. Poortinga ◽  
Ingrid Lunt
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Codes Of Ethics ◽  
The Body ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Rigorous Evaluation ◽  
Judicial Proceedings ◽  
Psychological Knowledge

In national codes of ethics the practice of psychology is presented as rooted in scientific knowledge, professional skills, and experience. However, it is not self-evident that the body of scientific knowledge in psychology provides an adequate basis for current professional practice. Professional training and experience are seen as necessary for the application of psychological knowledge, but they appear insufficient to defend the soundness of one's practices when challenged in judicial proceedings of a kind that may be faced by psychologists in the European Union in the not too distant future. In seeking to define the basis for the professional competence of psychologists, this article recommends taking a position of modesty concerning the scope and effectiveness of psychological interventions. In many circumstances, psychologists can only provide partial advice, narrowing down the range of possible courses of action more by eliminating unpromising ones than by pointing out the most correct or most favorable one. By emphasizing rigorous evaluation, the profession should gain in accountability and, in the long term, in respectability.

Rethinking Education in Psychology and Psychology in Education: The Inaugural Education Leadership Conference.

2003 ◽  
Vol 58 (8) ◽  
pp. 678-684 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia D. Belar ◽  
Paul D. Nelson ◽  
Barbara Hanna Wasik
Keyword(s):  
Education Leadership ◽  
Rethinking Education
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