Association for Teaching Psychology (ATP)

  • Association for Teaching Psychology
Date:
c.1969-1987
Reference:
PSY/ATP
  • Archives and manuscripts

Collection contents

About this work

Description

Administrative records of the Association for the Teaching of Psychology.

Publication/Creation

c.1969-1987

Physical description

5 boxes

Contributors

Arrangement

The contents of the original files received were somewhat disordered, so a significant amount of rearrangement was necessary to bring this collection into more coherent organisation.

/1 Early meetings
/2 Constitution
/3 General information on the Association, fact sheets, forms, etc
/4 Minutes
/5 Correspondence
/6 Newsletters
/7 Conferences, workshops, courses, talks, etc
/8 Membership lists
/9 Psychology Teaching journal
/10 Future of the Association
/11 Louise Higgins' questionnaires of membership
/12 Reference materials

Other number refers to numbering system used by previous owners, the British Psychological Society.

Acquisition note

Original accession deposited in the library at Wellcome Collection by the British Psychological Society in September 2008.
Contents of accession 2401 include: ATP NEWSLETTERS: May 1986 - October 2016 all issues with the exception of 1987 (all), June 2001, October 2009, February 2010, February 2016. Psychology Teaching journal 1985 - 2005. ATP annual conference programmes: 1983 - 2017, all years with the exception of 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013. Includes the published proceedings of years 1994, 1995, 1996. 1997, 1998. 2 x ringbinders of committee minutes and associated papers - 1990s Foolscap envelope of papers relating to ATP Scotland - 2000s Handbook for Psychology Students, 1982. This accession is currently uncatalogued and cannot be ordered online. Requests to view uncatalogued material are considered on a case by case basis. Please contact collections@wellcome.ac.uk for more details.

Biographical note

BPS affiliate the Association for Teaching Psychology, was formed at an inaugural meeting in November 1970, held at the London University Institute of Education following an informal meeting called in May 1970 by Dr.John Radford, Head of the Psychology Department, North East London Polytechnic and Chairman of the Association.At the inaugural meeting the British Psychological Society council agreed to support the association by allowing the ATP to use their address.

Today the ATP is a voluntary body run by psychology teachers for psychology teachers.

It has an annually-elected committee and provides a variety of services for members, including a telephone helpline, help via email, ethics advice for practical and coursework, a newsletter, journals, and economically priced one-day and weekend courses for teachers new to Psychology.

The ATP holds an annual conference in July each year at a different University. There are also Lectures, Workshops and Seminars, Meetings with examiners and opportunities to put queries to them and chances to make useful contacts.

Subjects

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Identifiers

Accession number

  • 2401
  • 1611