ERIC Number: ED183971
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1979-Sep
Pages: 42
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Research in School Psychology: The Problem and the Promise.
Phillips, Beeman N.
The role of research in school psychology is discussed. An intervention perspective is developed, and its uses and limitations are analyzed. The author discusses the characteristics of different research strategies and gives examples that illustrate the nature of interaction research and its educational implications. Criteria for evaluating research and its educational relevance are presented, and problems in utilizing research in the schools are described in ecological terms. Finally, these prospective developments are related to the future of school psychology. (Author)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Childhood Needs, Counseling Theories, Counselor Role, Ecological Factors, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Influences, Information Retrieval, Interaction Process Analysis, Research Methodology, Research Needs, School Psychologists, School Psychology, State of the Art Reviews, Student Behavior
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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Note: Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association (87th, New York, NY, September 1-5, 1979); Table 4 is of marginal reproducibility
