National Standards for High School Psychology Curricula

The "National Standards for High School Psychology Curricula" attempts to represent current knowledge in the field of psychology in developmentally appropriate ways. Psychology is a popular high school course, one that can introduce students to scientific ideas and engage students in the l...

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Published in:The American psychologist 2013-01, Vol.68 (1), p.32-40
Main Author: [Unknown]
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Standards
Benchmarking
Curricula
Curriculum
Curriculum - standards
Curriculum Development
Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Education policy
Educational psychology
Educational Quality
Educational Standards
Ethnic Diversity
High School Education
High Schools
Humans
Knowledge
Learning
Learning Processes
National Standards
Professional Associations
Psychology
Psychology - standards
Psychology Education
Quality Assurance
Quality of education
School Psychology
Schools - standards
Secondary education
Secondary School Curriculum
Standardization
Students
Teaching
Teaching Methods
United States
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Summary:The "National Standards for High School Psychology Curricula" attempts to represent current knowledge in the field of psychology in developmentally appropriate ways. Psychology is a popular high school course, one that can introduce students to scientific ideas and engage students in the learning process. However, it is difficult for even the best of teachers to present all of psychology in a single course for students who begin with virtually no formal knowledge of psychology. The standards presented here constitute the first of two reports in this issue of the "American Psychologist" (January 2013) representing recent American Psychological Association (APA) policies that support high-quality instruction in the teaching of high school psychology. These standards provide curricular benchmarks for student learning in the high school course.
ISSN:0003-066X
1935-990X
DOI:10.1037/a0029374