ERIC Number: EJ764163
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Mar
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-0266-7363
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Evidence for the Efficacy of Systemic Models of Practice from a Cross-Sectional Survey of Schools' Satisfaction with Their Educational Psychologists
Boyle, James M. E.; MacKay, Tommy
Educational Psychology in Practice, v23 n1 p19-31 Mar 2007
A follow-up cross-sectional survey of the involvement of educational psychologists in pupil support in mainstream primary and secondary schools was conducted using questionnaires employed in a study carried out 10 years previously. The questionnaires were sent to the head teachers of 112 primaries and 24 secondaries in four education authorities. Ninety-one of the primaries (81%) and 21 of the secondaries (87%) responded. The findings reveal significantly higher levels of satisfaction with the current contributions of educational psychologists compared with the earlier surveys, with over 70% of head teachers valuing the input of their school's psychologist. While schools value, and the majority of psychologists offer, the traditional role of individual assessment, the findings also indicate changes in psychologists' practice and in schools' expectations, with significant and highly-valued increases in the number of educational psychologists involved at strategic level in primary and secondary schools and in research and development in primaries over the last 10 years. Implications for schools and for psychological services are considered. (Contains 4 tables.)
Descriptors: School Surveys, Case Studies, Elementary Schools, Secondary Schools, Psychological Services, Educational Psychology, School Psychologists, Questionnaires, Teacher Attitudes, Counselor Role, Administrator Attitudes, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
Audience: Support Staff; Counselors
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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