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Record Nr.

UNINA9910160764503321

Autore

Winefield Tony

Titolo

A history of the psychology schools at Adelaide's universities / / edited by Tony Winefield and Ted Nettelbeck [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University of Adelaide Press, 2016

Adelaide : , : The University of Adelaide Press, , 2016

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 206 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

150.71194

Soggetti

Psychology - Study and teaching (Higher) - Australia - South Australia

Psychology - Australia - South Australia - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Aug 2017).

Nota di contenuto

Preface / Tony Winefield -- 1. Introduction / Tony Winefield -- 2. Origins and early history of the University of Adelaide's School of Psychology / Malcolm Jeeves and Tony Winefield -- 3. Later years / Anna Chur-Hansen -- 4. Teaching applied psychology at the University of Adelaide: A personal view / Neil Kirby -- 5. Flinders University: Psychology in the twentieth century / Leon Lack -- 6. Recent history of Flinders School of Psychology / Tracey Wade -- 7. History of Psychology at the University of South Australia: From little things big things grow / Jacques Metzer -- 8. History of Psychology at the University of South Australia: Recent history / Kurt Lushington.

Sommario/riassunto

This book commemorates the history of the psychology schools in Adelaide's three Universities: The University of Adelaide, Flinders University and the University of South Australia. Its publication in 2016 coincides with their 60th, 50th and 25th birthdays respectively. Their core activities comprise undergraduate teaching, postgraduate research training, research and postgraduate professional training.