Symposium 7.Teaching Psychology in South Africa

Symposium Abstract

Psychology has been taught at South African universities for over seventy years. Masters level professional psychology training programs began to develop in the seventies and psychology as a profession has received statutory recognition for over three decades, and is now situated within a national skills quality assurance framework.

The drivers that have contributed to the development of South African psychology as a science and profession will be explored, against the backdrop of critical historical periods in South Africa’s colourful and controversial history. The symposium will address the factors contributing to students’ attendance at undergraduate psychology lectures, the role of Telehealth in postgraduate training of health care professionals and the development of neuropsychology training.‘

Individual Paper Abstracts

AN OVERVIEW OF PSYCHOLOGY IN SOUTH AFRICA
Saths Cooper, Psychological Society of South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa

THE ROLE OF TELEHEALTH IN EDUCATION
Basil Pillay, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, Durban, South Africa

CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY TRAINING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: THE SOUTH AFRICAN EXPERIENCE
Ann Watts, University of Zululand & University of KwaZulu/Natal, Durban, South Africa

ATTENDANCE IN SOUTH AFRICAN PSYCHOLOGY LECTURES: WHY DO STUDENTS SKIP LECTURES?
Andrew Thatcher, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Gillian Haiden-Mooney, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa