Indian Academy of Applied Psychology, Madras Psychology Society, Chennaiand
Paaventhar
Teacher Training Institute, Puducherry.
10 -
11 January, 2009
The term school psychology is used in
a general form to refer to professionals prepared in psychology and education
and who are recognized as specialists in the provision of psychological
services to children and youth within the contexts of schools, families, and
other settings that impact their growth and development. As such, the term also
refers to and is meant to include educational psychologists and others who
display qualities this document associates with school psychology (ISPA).
The Pondicherry Psychology Association,Puducherry,in
collaboration withIndian Academy of
Applied Psychology, Madras Psychology Society, ChennaiandPaaventhar
Teacher Training Institute, Puducherry are jointly organising 11th
National Conference on School
Psychology on 10th and 11th January, 2009 at Puducherry. We hope that
this conference will become a turning point in the development of a new
approach to the school education, which will carry in it the very best of what
modern teacher education and psychological approaches have to offer. We try to
explore innovative ideas and exchange the possibilities of introducing school
psychology in the present scenario.
Objectives
Developing new
initiative to introduce school psychology in India
Exposition of various aspects of
school psychology
Exposition of existing practice
ofschool psychology in India
Exploring the possibilities of
designing new curriculum for school psychology.
Developing e-content for school
psychology.
Developing e-contents for applied
psychological experiments and testing.
To achieve the objectives described above, there will be two
plenary sessions and six concurrent technical sessions. Each of these sessions
will be devoted to one of the main objectives. The plenary sessions will have
invited speakers only.
Submission
of papers:
Delegates
are requested to submit their papers following APA style (refer website: www.jiaap.org for writing a research paper) on
any of the listed topics. To ensure a consistent high quality of all the
presentations, participants will be requested to submit the full text well in
advance and not later than 31st December,
2008. Abstract and paper should be sent by email (
) or hard
copy with CD in MS-Word format only.
No TA/DA
will be paid to the delegates.
Special Features:
IAAP- PPA Best Psychologist Award: An award with
citation will be given every year for the outstanding Psychologist of the
year
IAAP-PPA Best Educationist Award: An award with citation will be given
every year with the PPA specific guidelines.
Psychometric
Educational Services Award: A certificate and cash award Rs.1000 will be
given every year. This award was instituted by Psycho Educational
Equipment, Arcot, Tamil Nadu.
Prof.A. Gnanam Best Teacher
Award: A
certificate will be given every year for the outstanding teacher of the
year
Best Teacher Award: A certificate will
be given every year for the best teacher of the year. This award was
instituted by
Prof. Mamota Das
Best Book
Award: A Certificate and Cash award of Rs 1000 for the best book published on
psychology and related subjects. This award was instituted by
Prof. B. Viswanatham.
Best Paper Awards (Two): A Certificate and Cash award of Rs 500 for best papers presented during the conference. This award was
instituted by Prof. B.
Viswanatham.
Registration fee:
Rs.500/- per
participant.
The Registration fee should be sent in advance by DD in favour of the Pondicherry Psychology Association,
payable at Puducherry. Please note that there will be
no new registrations on the spot.
Venue:
Venue of the conference is at Hotel Ram International, Anna Salai
Puducherry. Puducherry is situated 160 kms south of Chennai. It is headquarter
of Union Territory of Puducherry. Every half an hour there are buses from
Chennai Koyampedu Bus Stand to Puducherry via ECR, the trip takes 3 - 4 hours.
Boarding and Lodging:
Boarding and Lodging for out station delegates will be arranged at
the available guest houses. The rooms will have double occupancy. You can also
make your own arrangement in one of the many hotels in Puducherry.For details you can also mail to
Future Perspectives:
The afternoon of second day of the conference will be devoted to a
reporting session in which the important ideas that transpired during the
conference will be highlighted. It should bring the depth and relevance of school
psychology into focus and find ways and means to introduce in India.
Organising Committee:
Chief Patron:
Prof.
A. Gnanam,
Former Chairman, NAAC, Bangalore and Former
Vice-Chancellor,
Pondicherry University
Patrons
Prof.
S. Hariharan,
Director, UGC-Academic Staff College, Pondicherry
University
Dr.
V. Muthu,
Chairman, Paaventhar Teacher Training Institute,
Puducherry
Advisors
Prof.
K.V. Kaliappan, Chennai
Prof.
Habib Ahmad, New Delhi
Rev.
Fr. A.J. Lawrence, Puducherry
President:
Prof. B. Mukhopadhyay,
National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training
and Research, Chennai
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