Career in Educational Career in Educational PsychologyPsychology

1.1. Who are Educational Who are Educational Psychologists (EP)?Psychologists (EP)?

2.2. What are their qualifications?What are their qualifications?3.3. Where do EPs work in Hong Where do EPs work in Hong

Kong?Kong?4.4. What do they do?What do they do?5.5. How to prepare for this career?How to prepare for this career?

Who are Educational Who are Educational Psychologists?Psychologists?

• They are social scientists who are capable They are social scientists who are capable to teach and conduct research in to teach and conduct research in educational psychology. They are also educational psychology. They are also practitioners who can provide practitioners who can provide psychoeducational services to the public.psychoeducational services to the public.

• They are a group of professional people They are a group of professional people who apply theories of Educational who apply theories of Educational Psychology to enhance the growth and Psychology to enhance the growth and development of their clients (students, development of their clients (students, parents, teachers, etc.).parents, teachers, etc.).

Educational psychology is helpful to students, teachers and parents.

Help teachers improve teaching

Help parents improve parenting

Improve school environment

Help students cope with challenges

What are their What are their qualifications?qualifications?

1.1.a first degree in Psychologya first degree in Psychology

2.2.a Master's degree in Educational a Master's degree in Educational Psychology (Professional Training)Psychology (Professional Training)

Where do educational Where do educational psychologists work?psychologists work?

• Education BureauEducation Bureau– Four regional officesFour regional offices

• Subvented SectorSubvented Sector– KindergartensKindergartens– Primary schools Primary schools – Secondary schoolsSecondary schools– Special schoolsSpecial schools– Tertiary InstitutesTertiary Institutes

• Private PracticesPrivate Practices

What do EPs do?What do EPs do?

Educational psychology is helpful to students, teachers and parents.

Help teachers improve teaching

Help parents improve parenting

Improve school environment

Help students cope with challenges

What do EPs do to help What do EPs do to help their clients?their clients?1.1. To provide To provide

psychoeducational psychoeducational assessment and assessment and diagnosis for diagnosis for students.students.

2.2. To provide To provide counselling services counselling services to children and to children and adolescents with adolescents with learning, emotional, learning, emotional, or behavioural or behavioural difficulties.difficulties.

3.3. To provide consultation services to To provide consultation services to parents, teachers, and other parents, teachers, and other professionals so as to help the children professionals so as to help the children and adolescents who are in need of and adolescents who are in need of assistance.assistance.

4.4. In collaboration with parents and In collaboration with parents and teachers, to design educational teachers, to design educational programmes or procedures for children programmes or procedures for children and adolescents with special educational and adolescents with special educational needs. needs.

5.5. In collaboration with teachers and school In collaboration with teachers and school social workers, to develop and implement social workers, to develop and implement preventive or developmental programmes preventive or developmental programmes in the whole-school-approach to guidance.in the whole-school-approach to guidance.

6.6. To develop and implement professional To develop and implement professional development programmes for educators.development programmes for educators.

7.7. To assist crisis intervention in the schools To assist crisis intervention in the schools and help develop preventive measures and help develop preventive measures and implement treatment.and implement treatment.

8.8. To conduct research on educational To conduct research on educational psychology so as to help teachers psychology so as to help teachers improve their teaching and parents improve their teaching and parents their parenting. The research will also their parenting. The research will also help improve the service quality of the help improve the service quality of the profession.profession.

9.9. To analyze organizational needs in To analyze organizational needs in the schools and provide consultation the schools and provide consultation to the management teams for to the management teams for developing effective measures.developing effective measures.

10.10.To provide consultation to education To provide consultation to education policy makers from the perspective policy makers from the perspective of educational psychology.of educational psychology.

Individuals Groups Systems Direct

Indirect

Developmental

Preventive

Remedial

Target Levels

Directness Levels

Intervention

Levels

• Master of Social Sciences Program Master of Social Sciences Program (Educational Psychology)(Educational Psychology)

• Doctor of Philosophy Program Doctor of Philosophy Program (Educational Psychology)(Educational Psychology)

• Doctor of Psychology Program Doctor of Psychology Program (Educational Psychology)(Educational Psychology)

Becoming an Educational Becoming an Educational PsychologistPsychologist

How to prepare for this How to prepare for this career in your career in your undergraduate study?undergraduate study?• Courses: Courses:

– Introduction to educational psychologyIntroduction to educational psychology– Life-span developmental psychologyLife-span developmental psychology– Advanced developmental psychologyAdvanced developmental psychology– Introduction to counseling and therapeutic Introduction to counseling and therapeutic

psychologypsychology– Research internshipResearch internship– Social innovative internship / Service leadership Social innovative internship / Service leadership

internshipinternship

• Voluntary workVoluntary work