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Historical understanding and teaching in professional psychology
1Archives of the History of American Psychology, University of Akron, Ohio 44325-7285, USA. bakerd@uakron.edu
History of Psychology
|September 25, 2002
Abstract:
The teaching of the history of psychology in professional psychology training programs presents to students and teachers any number of opportunities and challenges. The increasing number of professional psychologists teaching the history of psychology coupled with advances in historical scholarship point to an ongoing evolution in the teaching of the history of psychology. In this introduction to the articles that follow, issues of content and context in teaching the history of psychology in professional psychology are discussed and affirmations offered.