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Most undergraduate psychology curricula are based on knowledge rather than skills. Undergraduate psychology students experience knowledge overload and diminishing motivation to learn as current techniques, such as lectures, continue to encourage superficial learning. This book uses psychological theories and learning processes, such as Problem Based Learning (PBL), to provide a new approach for teaching psychology at an undergraduate level. It creates a detailed example of a psychology degree using the PBL method and suggests how the course could be planned.
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Psychology for Psychologists
Jennings, B. and Papageorgiou, A. (2011) The Holistic Curriculum: Balancing Basic and Psychosocial Sciences with Clinical Practice. In Cavenagh, P. et al. (eds). The Changing Face of Medical Education. Oxford: Radcliffe Publishing, pp. 65–77. Coll, X., Papageorgiou, A., Stanley, A. and Tarbuck, A. (eds) (2012) Communication Skills in Mental Health Care: An Introduction. Oxford, London: Radcliffe Publishing.
Psychology for Psychologists A Problem Based Approach to Undergraduate Psychology Teaching Alexia Papageorgiou Associate Professor, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
Peter McCrorie Professor of Medical Education, St George’s, University of London, UK
Stelios Georgiades Assistant Professor, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
Maria Perdikogianni Lecturer, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
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Contents
List of Figures and Tables
vi
Preface
vii
Acknowledgements
xii
1 The Development of Undergraduate Psychology Degrees and the Need for Change
1
2 Problem-Based Learning
19
3 Student Assessment in a Problem-Based Curriculum
34
4 A Psychology Problem-Based Curriculum
74
5 Sample Problem-Based Learning Cases in Psychology
141
6 Epilogue
186
References
190
Author Index
197
Subject Index
1