How can we best internationalize undergraduate psychology education in the United States and elsewhere? This question is more timely than ever, for at least 2 reasons: Within the United States, educators and students seek greater contact with psychology programs abroad, and outside the United States, psychology is growing apace, with educators and students in other nations often looking to U.S. curricula and practices as models. In this article, we outline international developments in undergraduate psychology education both in the United States and abroad, and analyze the dramatic rise of online courses and Internet-based technologies from an instructional and international point of view. Building on the recommendations of the 2005 APA Working Group on Internationalizing the Undergraduate Psychology Curriculum, we then advance 14 recommendations on internationalizing undergraduate psychology education--for students, faculty, and institutions.
RICH teaches a variety of psychology courses at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, including creativity, methods, and health psychology. He is currently editing a book on massage therapy research to be published by Harcourt/Churchill Livingstone. He maintains an interest in anthropology and is guest editing a forthcoming special issue of the AAA journal Anthropology of Consciousness on body and consciousness. His popular writing has appeared in Psychology Today, Skeptical Inquirer, and Massage Therapy Journal. His academic writing has focused on a variety of topics, including peak experience, music, culture, and adolescence.
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