ATPS 11th ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Will be held on Saturday 4th February 2012
VICTORIA HALLS, Dunblane (directly across from Dunblane Railway Station)
Conference theme: Curriculum for Excellence and the Challenges this brings to the Teaching of Psychology.
ATPS 10th ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Was held on Saturday 5th February 2011
STIRLING MANAGEMENT CENTRE, Stirling University Campus.
Conference theme: ATPS - 10 years on and still evolving
Many thanks to the members who attended the ATPS conference on 5 Feb, and a warm welcome to our new members. It was a great day - the response to all of our speakers and contributors has been superb, and we really appreciate their efforts in putting together such interesting and useful talks. Powerpoints for Jamie and Mark's two sessions can be downloaded from www.psychexchange.co.uk, and we hope to put the other materials onto this page soon.
ATPS 9th ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Was held on Saturday 6th February 2010
STIRLING MANAGEMENT CENTRE, Stirling University Campus.
Conference theme: Teaching Psychology in Scotland - what the future holds
This event proved to be a unique and valuable professional development for Psychology teachers and lecturers, including many new and prospective teachers.
The Conference offered opportunities for sharing ideas and good practice in learning, teaching and assessment in Psychology in the excellent conference facilities at Stirling Managment Centre. In the morning, workshop sessions were held on Higher and HN psychology, and a plenary on eating disorders was delivered by Dr Paula Collin of the Tayside Eating Disorder Service.
The early afternoon featured an examination of the issues faced by many teachers of Psychology in the quest to gain GTCS registration in their subject, with input from major stakeholders such as teacher education institutions and the Scottish Government. This took the form of a round table discussion before the audience of delegates, and it is hoped it will lead to improvements in provision of registration categories and training.
The ATPS Annual General Meeting 2010 was then held, followed by a session on the current and future psychology NQs from SQA's Mary Hainey and Marie Morrison.
There were also updates from ATP UK and the European Federation of Psychology Teachers Associations (EFPTA) during the day.