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34 - Diversity in Psychology Education and Training

A Human Rights Imperative for a Globally Inclusive Psychology

from Part IV - Teaching, Research, and Training in Psychology and Human Rights

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 October 2020

By
Ava D. Thompson  and
Ayşe Çiftçi
Edited by
Neal S. Rubin  and
Roseanne L. Flores
Neal S. Rubin
Affiliation:
Adler University
Roseanne L. Flores
Affiliation:
Hunter College, City University of New York
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Summary

In this chapter, we provide a brief overview of the role of human rights in psychology education and training, particularly as it violates cultural and human rights. We believe the current conceptual framework for diversity training in psychology perpetuates an acontextual, ahistorical, and acultural paradigm. Based on the literature and historical background, we discuss the implications of the ongoing Euro-American domination of the field and present examples of integrating diversity and human rights education from a more inclusive perspective. We end the chapter with some recommendations for a more integrated psychology discipline that is grounded in human rights and social justice.

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diversitypsychology education and traininghuman rightsmulticultural education
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The Cambridge Handbook of Psychology and Human Rights , pp. 504 - 519
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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