Teaching tomorrow's psychology students: Who pays the piper?

Pressures likely to influence the teaching of psychology in the 1980s include the declining number of 18-yr-old students, student interest in clinical psychology, the emergence of professional schools of psychology, the awarding of credit for life experience to midcareer adult students, and the tigh...

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Published in:The American psychologist 1981-05, Vol.36 (5), p.506-513
Main Author: Cole, David L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
College Students
College Teachers
Course Evaluation
Curriculum
Human
Psychology Education
School Enrollment
Teacher Education
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Summary:Pressures likely to influence the teaching of psychology in the 1980s include the declining number of 18-yr-old students, student interest in clinical psychology, the emergence of professional schools of psychology, the awarding of credit for life experience to midcareer adult students, and the tightening of the job market for doctoral students. The relevance of these pressures to the use of student evaluations of teaching, to the training of graduate students, and to the undergraduate curriculum is discussed. (6 ref)
ISSN:0003-066X
1935-990X
DOI:10.1037/0003-066X.36.5.506