Preparing Professional Psychologists to Serve a Diverse Public: Addressing Conflicts between Professional Competence and Trainee Beliefs

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuriy VINTYUK ◽  

ntroduction.The training of future special-ists with higher education in modern conditions requires the useof new approaches that will intensify the process of formation of their professional competence. New meth-ods, which have recently become more widely used in the educational process, include the use of coaching to solve the problems of the educational process. This fact fully relates to the training of future professional psychologists; the need to cover issues related to the use of coaching to prepare students studying in the specialty "Psychology", determines the relevance of this study.Purpose. To consider the features of coaching in the professional training of future professional psychologists in modern conditions. Methods. Analysis, synthesis, systematization, concretization, generalization.Results.As a result of the analysis of publications on the topic of research, the peculiarities of the use of coaching in the professional training of future specialists were established. Referring to them, the approach to the application of this technology in the performance of research studies by psychologists students in writing their coursework, based on their needs for such knowledge, the available level of knowledge and training requirements. The proposed approach in the real educational process of training of future professional psychologists in universitiesis tested.Originality. An approach to the application of coaching in the performance of research studies by psychology students in writing their coursework, based on the existing level of knowledge and training requirements, in order to make them understandable to students. The applied approach adequately reproduces the real process of scientific research in the preparation of future professional psychologists at universities; and after testing and refinement it can be recommended for introduction into the educational process.Conclusion.1. A review of the literature on the topic of the study has revealed that the works of domestic and foreign scientists have the necessary expertise to clarify the various aspects of counseling in the professional train-ingof specialists in universities in modern conditions. 2. Taking into account the data of the conducted research and the existing experience, it is possible to identify pecu-liarities of counseling in the professional training of spe-cialists, which can be used to reorganize the educational process of their preparation in accordance with the cur-rent requirements. 3. Carried out on the basis of the con-ducted research into consideration of the possibilities of counseling in the professional training of future psycholo-gists, it is intended to create conditions for solving practi-cal problems, which creates conditions for optimizing the process of their preparation and achieving the goal of the educational process. Annotation.The article deals with the peculiarities of the use of coaching in the professional training of future professional psychologists in modern conditions. Review of scientific publications on the topic of research; studied works concerning coaching in the professional training of future specialists. The basic principles of the application of coaching in professional training of specialists in modern conditions are clarified. The regularities of coaching in the professional training of future professional psychologists in universities are revealed.Conclusions have been drawn from the work done and the prospects for further research in this area are outlined.Keywords:


1999 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Muñiz ◽  
Gerardo Prieto ◽  
Leandro Almeida ◽  
Dave Bartram

Summary: The two main sources of errors in educational and psychological evaluation are the lack of adequate technical and psychometric characteristics of the tests, and especially the failure to properly implement the testing process. The main goal of the present research is to study the situation of test construction and test use in the Spanish-speaking (Spain and Latin American countries) and Portuguese-speaking (Portugal and Brazil) countries. The data were collected using a questionnaire constructed by the European Federation of Professional Psychologists Association (EFPPA) Task Force on Tests and Testing, under the direction of D. Bartram . In addition to the questionnaire, other ad hoc data were also gathered. Four main areas of psychological testing were investigated: Educational, Clinical, Forensic and Work. Key persons were identified in each country in order to provide reliable information. The main results are presented, and some measures that could be taken in order to improve the current testing practices in the countries surveyed are discussed. As most of the tests used in these countries were originally developed in other cultures, a problem that appears to be especially relevant is the translation and adaptation of tests.


2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ype H. Poortinga ◽  
Ingrid Lunt

The European Association of Psychologists’ Associations (EFPA) was created in 1981 as the European Association of Professional Psychologists’ Associations (EFPPA). We show that Shakespeare’s dictum “What’s in a name?” does not apply here and that the loss of the “first P” (the adjectival “professional”) was resisted for almost two decades and experienced by many as a serious loss. We recount some of the deliberations preceding the change and place these in a broader historical context by drawing parallels with similar developments elsewhere. Much of the argument will refer to an underlying controversy between psychology as a science and the practice of psychology, a controversy that is stronger than in most other sciences, but nevertheless needs to be resolved.


2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 90-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard P. J. Freeman ◽  
Sabine Steyaert

In 1981, the European Federation of Professional Psychologists’ Associations (EFPPA) was formed with 13 member associations (one per country) and no centralized administrative support. Thirty years later, EFPPA has become EFPA with 35 member associations representing about 300,000 psychologists across Europe. EFPA is now based in offices in the center of Brussels, the administrative heart of Europe, with a Director and staff who support the work of the EFPA Executive Council and the various Standing Committees, Task Forces, and Working Groups. In this article, the development of EFPA and the challenges faced, and mostly overcome, are outlined.


2005 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dave Bartram ◽  
Robert A. Roe

Abstract. The European Diploma in Psychology defines a common European standard for the competences required to practice as a psychologist. This paper describes how that standard was developed and defined, and why it was considered important to bring together the traditional input-based specification of professional competence, in terms of curriculum and training course content, with a more outcome-oriented approach that focuses on the competences that a professional psychologist needs to demonstrate in practice. The paper addresses three specific questions. What are the competences that a psychologist should possess? Are these competences the same for all areas of practice within professional psychology? How can these competences be assessed?


1997 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 293-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ype H. Poortinga ◽  
Ingrid Lunt

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.


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