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TRENDS AND CHALLENGES. Exploring the Landscape of Education in Psychology. Some Significant Trends. Diversity/Multiculturalism Education as a Business Multidisciplinary Approach Pragmatic View of Educational Goals Techno-Education Information Explosion
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TRENDS AND CHALLENGES Exploring the Landscape of Education in Psychology
Some Significant Trends • Diversity/Multiculturalism • Education as a Business • Multidisciplinary Approach • Pragmatic View of Educational Goals • Techno-Education • Information Explosion • (De)Personalization of Education • Escalating Cost of Education • Change in the Educational Landscape
A More Detailed View • Diversity/Multiculturalism • Education as a Business • Student as Consumer-Individualization of the Learning Experience • Grants • Fiscal Accountability • Evaluation of Impact • Cognitive assessments • Behavioral assessments • Attitudinal assessments • Federalism (increasing fiscal pressure to conform—impacting course and research) • Multidisciplinary Approach • Pragmatic View of Educational Goals (Defining Educational Goals for Psychology in Particular) • Preparation for Vocation vs. Life-long Learning • Preparation for Non-linear thinking • Preparation for Interdependent thinking • Techno-Education • Technology • Distance Learning (Tele-Education) • Belonging • Student-Faculty contact • Student-Student contact • Living-Learning Arrangements • Information Explosion • Course Proliferation • Claim to Knowledge • Intellectual Property Ownership • Plagiarism and Cheating • Specialization • Empirically Supported Treatments • Manualized Treatments • Capstone/Integrative Experiences (Small group/seminars 10-15 Students) • (De)Personalization of Education • Mentoring • Class size/Large numbers • Increased Interest in Psychology • Increasing Interest in Psychology • Limited Faculty resources • New technology/approaches • Discussion groups on the Internet • Blackboards on the Internet • Wireless Internet Access in Class • Interactive Video • Contact • Meaningful Laboratory Experiences • What is Meaningful • To which Courses to append • Student Inclusion in Decision-making • Shifting expectations influenced by generational gains/changes • Escalating Cost of Education • Tuition • Student Debt • Time to Earning Degree • Student Retention • Grade Inflation • “Degree” Inflation (Everyone Needs Higher Degrees) • Aging Infrastructure • Learning Conditions • Living Conditions • Inflexible Infrastructure • Change in the Educational Landscape • Faculty Aging (Retirement of the Elders) • Faculty Retention • Influx of Younger Faculty • Expectations • Grantsmanship (not Grantswomanship) • Publication • Teaching • Service • Administration • Support/Mentoring
One Particular Trend…And Some of Its Challenges Pragmatic View of Educational Goals (Defining Educational Goals for Psychology in Particular) • Preparation for Vocation vs. Life-long Learning • Preparation for Non-linear thinking • Preparation for Interdependent thinking
A Question to YOU Education: Educare or Educere? To Help or to Lead From? My view. Not either/or but both. A dynamic interaction/balance—and a perpetual challenge.
RIDING THE DRAGON We control virtually nothing; We influence everything.
Risk and OpportunityCoping with ChaosThe decisions are ours.Together?