Student Representations of Psychology in the UK

Autor/inn/en	Banyard, Philip; Duffy, Karen
Titel	Student Representations of Psychology in the UK
Quelle	In: Psychology Teaching Review, 20 (2014) 2, S.110-120 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0965-948X
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Psychology; Student Attitudes; Student Surveys; Online Surveys; Statistical Analysis; Secondary School Curriculum; Student Interests; Barriers; Course Evaluation; Change Strategies; Student Educational Objectives; Relevance (Education); United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Psychologie; Schülerverhalten; Schülerbefragung; Statistische Analyse; Studieninteresse; Lösungsstrategie; Relevance; Relevanz; Großbritannien
Abstract	Psychology is a popular choice for UK students in their secondary school curriculum. Policy makers and elite universities, however, express concern about the subject. The British Psychological Society (2013) commissioned a detailed study of the provision of school curricula in psychology and as part of this work a survey of students was conducted. There were 870 responses to an online survey which used similar questions to a previous survey in 2001. The quantitative data showed a consistent set of responses across the two surveys and confirmed the high regard for the subject held by students. The student representation of psychology in the UK is of a subject that is interesting, engaging, challenging and relevant. The risk for the continued high regard of students for this subject comes from a bias towards historical account in the syllabuses, the attitude to the subject of policy makers and the advice given to students about subject choice by universities. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01