A U.K. Perspective on Psychological Literacy and Citizenship

The Psychologically Literate Citizen: Foundations and Global Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Trapp, Annie ^a   Akhurst, Jacqueline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b YORK ST JOHN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Citizenship; Psychological literacy; Subject benchmarks; Uk psychology education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922042542     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199794942.003.0051     Document Type: Chapter

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