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THE TEACHING OF PSYCHOLOGY IN TRAINING COLLEGES
Author(s) -
COLLIER K. G.
Publication year - 1960
Publication title -
british journal of educational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.557
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 2044-8279
pISSN - 0007-0998
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1960.tb01664.x
Subject(s) - psychology , pedagogy , function (biology) , mathematics education , educational psychology , biology , evolutionary biology
S ummary . The major function of a psychology course for student‐teachers is to cultivate the student's insight into the thoughts and motives of ordinary children. A brief account is given of various methods used at a particular college for this purpose. Reference is is also made to the problem of ensuring an effective discipline of students' thinking on the academic content of the course.