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Roseanna Bourke; Ros Pullen; Nicole Mincher – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2024
Educational psychologists face challenging decisions around ethical dilemmas to uphold the rights of all children. Due to finite government resources for supporting all learners, one of the roles of educational psychologists is to apply for this funding on behalf of schools and children. Tensions can emerge when unintended ethical dilemmas arise…
Descriptors: Ethics, Decision Making, Educational Psychology, Foreign Countries
Harris, Danielle; Lowrie, Tom – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2018
Mathematics in Australia specifies spatial reasoning as a general capability within the curriculum. However, psychological research to date limits spatial assessment to psychometric tests leaving little room for a well-defined spatial curriculum. Although there are clear relationships between mathematics and spatial thinking, the independence in…
Descriptors: Correlation, Mathematics Instruction, STEM Education, Spatial Ability
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Escott, Sharnee; Abraham, Quentin – Educational & Child Psychology, 2021
This paper offers a first person account of an indigenous person navigating the education system to become an educational psychologist. The writing is unashamedly personal, includes cultural references, words from the first language of our country, feelings and reflections. The second author has contextualised these observations in the literary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Educational Psychology, Psychologists
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Bourke, Roseanna; Dharan, Vijaya – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2015
Psychologists working in education in Aotearoa/New Zealand work in diverse educational environments making day-to-day decisions informed by evidence-based practice. As a relatively small professional group with a complex work programme, they contribute to the assessments and decision-making processes of children and young people across multiple…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Psychology, Psychologists, Evaluation Methods
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Evers, Arne; McCormick, Carina M.; Hawley, Leslie R.; Muñiz, José; Balboni, Giulia; Bartram, Dave; Boben, Dusica; Egeland, Jens; El-Hassan, Karma; Fernández-Hermida, José R.; Fine, Saul; Frans, Örjan; Gintiliené, Grazina; Hagemeister, Carmen; Halama, Peter; Iliescu, Dragos; Jaworowska, Aleksandra; Jiménez, Paul; Manthouli, Marina; Matesic, Krunoslav; Michaelsen, Lars; Mogaji, Andrew; Morley-Kirk, James; Rózsa, Sándor; Rowlands, Lorraine; Schittekatte, Mark; Sümer, H. Canan; Suwartono, Tono; Urbánek, Tomáš; Wechsler, Solange; Zelenevska, Tamara; Zanev, Svetoslav; Zhang, Jianxin – International Journal of Testing, 2017
On behalf of the International Test Commission and the European Federation of Psychologists' Associations a world-wide survey on the opinions of professional psychologists on testing practices was carried out. The main objective of this study was to collect data for a better understanding of the state of psychological testing worldwide. These data…
Descriptors: Testing, Attitudes, Surveys, Psychologists
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Zubala, Ania; Lyszkiewicz, Kacper; Lee, Elaine; Underwood, Laura L.; Renfrew, Mary J.; Gray, Nicola M. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2019
This rapid systematic review examined the reported effects of large-scale online education on the behaviour and, ultimately, practice of health and social care professionals. Electronic databases of health and education literature were searched, 193 unique records were screened against inclusion and exclusion criteria, 31 papers were accessed for…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Behavior Change, Health Personnel, Social Work
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Annan, Michael; Chua, Jocelyn; Cole, Rachel; Kennedy, Emma; James, Robert; Markusdottir, Ingibjorg; Monsen, Jeremy; Robertson, Lucy; Shah, Sonia – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2013
A core component of applied educational and child psychology practice is the skilfulness with which practitioners are able to rigorously structure and conceptualise complex real world human problems. This is done in such a way that when they (with others) jointly work on them, there is an increased likelihood of positive outcomes being achieved…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Psychology, Educational Psychology, Problem Solving
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Rodgers, Neil – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2012
The professional identity of counsellors and guidance practitioners in Aotearoa New Zealand is currently under review as a result of the passing of legislation regulating health professionals and the proposed introduction of national registration of counsellors. In this paper I explore this debate, and examine the professional identities claimed…
Descriptors: Psychologists, Foreign Countries, Identification, Counseling Psychology
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Jimerson, Shane R.; Skokut, Mary; Cardenas, Santiago; Malone, Heather; Stewart, Kaitlyn – School Psychology International, 2008
This study examined each of the 192 Member States of the United Nations to address three important questions: (1) how many countries have professionals who provide school psychology services; (2) which countries do and do not have school psychologists; (3) what evidence of school psychology is available in each country. Of the 192 Member States of…
Descriptors: Psychologists, School Psychologists, Professional Associations, School Psychology
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Stead, Robyn – Kairaranga, 2010
This study investigates the types of assessment models used by registered psychologists employed by Ministry of Education: Special Education (MOE:SE) who work in the area of severe and challenging behaviour. The aim of the study was to identify and explore frameworks for practice which are currently used at MOE:SE; the theories which underpin…
Descriptors: Psychologists, Interviews, Counseling Theories, Behavior Theories
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Fowler, Patrick J.; Toro, Paul A. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2008
Forty years since the seminal Swampscott Conference, the principles of community psychology transcend multiple areas of action and research, as well as international boundaries. The extensive development of community psychology offers an opportunity to examine from where the field has come and where it is going. Yet, a systematic approach to…
Descriptors: Psychologists, Psychology, Action Research, Community
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Hamilton, Michelle; Litterick-Biggs, Angela – Kairaranga, 2008
The Incredible Years parent training programme is a research-based therapy which aims to help families improve the behaviour of children with conduct difficulties in the early years, while the behaviour is malleable (Webster-Stratton & Reid, 2003). The short-term goals of the programme are to reduce conduct problems in children by increasing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Education, Parent Child Relationship, Young Children
Ryba, Ken; Annan, Jean – 2001
This paper presents a new approach to contextualized problem analysis developed for use with multimodal Functional Behaviour Assessment (FBA) at Massey University in Auckland, New Zealand. The aim of problem analysis is to simplify complex problems that are difficult to understand. It accomplishes this by providing a high order framework that can…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Counseling Techniques, Educational Environment, Foreign Countries
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Babbage, Duncan R. – Clinical Psychologist, 2005
"Disruptive" vocal behaviour is common in nursing homes, but presents significant management challenges. Non-pharmacological approaches have been found to be effective and preferable interventions in such situations. A case study is presented of an 85-year-old woman who displayed frequent screaming and calling out during personal care…
Descriptors: Psychologists, Older Adults, Nursing Homes, Health Facilities
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Roe-Shaw, Maggie – Kairaranga, 2005
This article provides an introduction to The Health Practitioners Competency Assurance Act (HPCAA) which took effect on 18 September 2004. The Act was introduced to provide consistent accountability across health professions and make it easier for the New Zealand public to understand what health service each registered professional provides. To…
Descriptors: Health Services, Community Development, Health Occupations, Health Personnel