“What big ideas of psychological science should an educated person know? What psychology-enhanced thinking and emotional skills support discerning, responsible citizenship? Such questions weave through this important and practical teaching and curricular guide. Kudos to these multinational contributors for focusing our attention on things that really matter.” — David G. Myers, Professor of Psychology, Hope College, and author of Psychology, 9th Edition
“From the blueprint established by a convening of teachers of psychology, the editors have created an architecturally exciting framework on how to create and encourage literacy about what psychology does and how it does its work. However we receive news and ideas – whether the source is print, electronic, or word of mouth – we need to learn how to understand and evaluate psychologists’ ideas and research. Among the many strengths of this book is the global perspective provided by teachers of psychology from both western and, especially welcome, non-western countries.” — Douglas K. Candland, recipient of the American Psychological Foundation’s Award for Distinguished Teaching in Psychology, Past President of APA’s Division for the Teaching of Psychology, and current editor of the Review of General Psychology
“Today’s daunting global problems – such as hunger, war, pollution, and climate change, to name just a few – will depend for their solution upon our capacity to understand and change human behavior. Yet every psychology teacher knows how difficult it is to overcome widely held myths and misconceptions about human behavior and psychological science. Now, for the first time, Jacquelyn Cranney and Dana Dunn have convened a diverse group of teachers to contemplate not only how we might improve psychological literacy among students, but also how it might bear upon the demands of everyday life for ordinary people.” — Kenneth Keith, Professor, Department of Psychological Sciences, University of San Diego
“Fostering psychological literacy was a dominant theme of the American Psychological Association’s 2008 National Conference on Undergraduate Education in Psychology, and served as the inspiration for this volume. This book includes contributions from outstanding educators in the United States and Australia, as well as Canada, Indonesia, Italy, New Zealand, Russia, and the UK. All teachers who want their students to become psychologically literate global citizens should read this book.” — Charles L. Brewer, Kenan Professor of Psychology, Furman University
“No review can do this book the justice it deserves. There is so much more within it to discuss. Some of the presented concepts worthy of extended discussion are the global citizen (pp. 96-99), ethical literacy (pp. 41-55), online asynchronous discussion groups (100-101), and the behavior modification example of “applied approach” to teaching psychological literacy (pp. 149-150). The book is “long time coming.” Teachers of psychology will find it particularly interesting.” — Thomas F. Cloonan, Ph.D., Fordham University, The General Psychologist
“The editors of this interesting work have gathered together a diverse collection of articles
by international researchers and writers in to examine the question of what must be taught
to our students in order to ensure they are psychologically literate. By bringing a global
perspective to the problem, they have produced a rather fascinating picture of where
psychology currently stands
and how it could move forward under a common vision… The strength of the book for
me lies mainly in its global perspective by not only examining psychology in the United Kingdom and Western Europe, but also from the likes of Russia and Indonesia… Together, this collection of 23 articles attempts to set out a blueprint of how psychology will look in the not-too-distant future. It perhaps even offers a way in which psychology can
change the world for the better by creating citizens who understand the world from
a psychological perspective.” — Marc Smith, The Psychologist
“Contributors range from graduate students to leaders in the field (from the US and worldwide) and thus bring different developmental/cultural perspectives to the discussion… Recommended…Researchers/faculty, professionals, general readers.” – D. M. Chirico, York College, CUNY, CHOICE
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