Concept Note, Themes & Tracks

Concept Note

Psychology is a growing discipline with new fields and branches stemming in the past decade. Global changes, including the pandemic, technology, and globalisation, directly impact psychology teaching and learning. The specific issues of a community, location or nation place a demand on psychologists to respond with sensitivity to the culture, ethnicity and needs of the community.  Hence, psychology education is pushed to innovate and develop competent training and teaching models.  The discipline requires pedagogies and assessment models to teach and assess students' knowledge, skills, values and attitudes. The need to build foundational competencies and foster personal and professional development places a huge emphasis on the need for trained faculty. There are no formal educator training programmes for faculty in higher education. Most faculty members develop their skills through experience and experimentation within their careers.  Psychology educators apply principles of psychology and education to their teaching, learning and assessment practices. There is a growing need to document, test and validate these practices and create evidence-based and culturally competent models that are replicable and sustainable. Psychology teaching covers teaching-learning practices in high schools to doctoral-level programmes. 

Hence, the 2024 conference in India aims: 

• To document best practices in psychology teaching-learning-assessment 

• To promote research-informed and evidence-based teaching and learning practices in psychology

• To foster collaboration and build a network among psychology educators

Themes and Tracks revolve around Best Practices in Psychology Teaching Learning and Assessment that include (but not limited to)

Teaching-Learning and Assessment Models in Psychology 

Teaching models, Supervision, Mentoring, Competency-based model

Signature Pedagogies- Research-informed teaching, Case-based teaching, experiential learning, participative learning and problem-solving methodologies

Evaluation and feedback methods -use of rubrics and open-book exams. Designing assessments 

Curriculum design and development

Teaching Psychology at Different Levels (High School-Doctoral Level)

Teaching Introductory Psychology, Research methods, Foundational Knowledge, attitude and competencies. Domain/course-Specific Methods -Counsellor Education, Developmental, Social, organisational, clinical, cognitive, neuropsychology, health, educational psychology, experimental psychology, research methods and assessments. 

Psychology Educators' Experience, perceptions and challenges 

Challenges to psychology education 

Training and Professional development for educators

Community of Practice

Personal and professional development 

Educator mental health and well-being 

Psychology Student’s Engagement and Experiences

Internship, apprenticeship, service learning, professional development

Student mental health and well-being 

Positive and challenging experiences in classrooms 

Leadership, Governance and Policies in Psychology Education 

Policies and programmes, benchmarking, internationalisation 

Licensure and certification, Role of international and local organizations

Ethical practice in teaching and learning 

Current Trends and Future Directions in Teaching Psychology

Decolonolising Psychology education, Indigenous Psychology

Cultural Perspectives, Psychological literacy

Teaching for sustainability, peace, inclusivity 

Role of Artificial intelligence and technology