Teaching ethics to future psychologists: Challenges and the model of an experience of a college psychology professor in a developing country

Author: Quayle, Julieta

Source: Counselling Psychology Quarterly, Volume 22, Number 1, March 2009 , pp. 97-104(8)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

Ethics is always a fundamental issue in Psychology as a profession: it guides decisions and actions in all fields, being the core of profession itself. Teaching professional ethics in our contemporary society, incorporating the questioning of modern and permanent questions in a conscious, responsible and yet interesting approach, beyond educational fads, is a challenge we must address, implicating students from the very beginning. Using active methodologies and realistic situations help fill the gap between theories, ethical codes and everyday situations, and their critical employment prepare students to deal with daily ethical problems, helping to promote human rights consciousness.

Keywords: ethics in psychology; active methodologies in teaching psychology; PBL; teaching ethics and human rights

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09515070902761172

Affiliations: 1: President of ABRAP - Brazilian Association of Psychotherapy, and Department of Psychology, Universidade Anhembi Morumbi - UAM, Laureate International Universities, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Publication date: 2009-03-01

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