Brigham Young University. Department of Educational Psychology
Dates
- Existence: 1972 - 1997
Administrative History
The Department of Educational Psychology (1972-1997) was an instructional unit at Brigham Young University. The department taught courses on special education, counseling/guidance, audiology, and various forms of psychology.
The Department of Educational Psychology was established after the dissolution of the Department of Education in 1972. The department first included programs that led to the bachelor's degree in special education, and to graduate degrees-M.A., E.Ed., Ed.D., and Sixth-Year Specialist in the areas of school psychology, instructional psychology, counseling and guidance, instructional media, and special education. The Department later added degrees in audiology and speech language pathology. The Institute for Special Education was also part of the department. Teachers in this institute were trained to teach the mentally handicapped, learning disabled, visually handicapped, and emotionally handicapped children.
Department chairs included Darwin F. Gale (1972-1987), Ronald D. Bingham (1987-1988), Parley W. Newman (1988-1990), and Ronald D. Bingham (1990-1997).
Citation:
BYU Organizational History Project, via WWW, Mar. 4, 2013 (The Department of Educational Psychology 1972-1997, est. after the dissolution of the Department of Education, Department chairmen: Darwin F. Gale (1972-1987), Ronald D. Bingham (1987-1988), Parley W. Newman (1988-1990), and Ronald D. Bingham (1990-1997), bachelor's degree special education, graduate degrees-M.A., E.Ed., Ed.D., and Sixth-Year Specialist in the areas of school psychology, instructional psychology, counseling and guidance, instructional media, and special education, later degrees in audiology and speech language pathology, Special Education, aided teachers in the mentally handicapped, learning disabled, visually handicapped, and emotionally handicapped children)Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Communication centered instruction at BYU : philosophy, history, and departure
Traces history of use of communication-centered instruction (CCI) at BYU in speech therapy for children, 1960s-1980s. CCI was taught in the communicative habilitation major, successively offered by the departments of Speech and Dramatic Arts, and Educational Psychology.
Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology records
Contains records pertaining to the Department of Communication Disorders accreditation with the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) such as annual reports, correspondence, and updates on the ASHA's code of accreditation for graduate studies. Collection also includes sensitive information related to scholarship and graduate records and testing results.
Department of Counseling Psychology ;& Special Education records
Contains departmental records including correspondence, faculty files, department files, National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification files, National Commission on Accreditation of Teacher Education files, and general files, self-studies, and reports. Materials dated 1968 to 2006.
Department of Educational Psychology records
Contains accreditation/reaccreditation reports, research tests and results, communicative disorder articles, and department correspondence. Materials date from between 1968 and 1991.
Department of Educational Psychology records
Contains admissions procedures, course outlines and syllabi, program descriptions, handouts, examinations, handbooks, minutes, forms, accreditation reports, faculty vitae, policies, class schedules, and College of Education booklets.
Department of Speech and Dramatic Arts records
Includes the files and records of the department chair and other faculty.
Educational Psychology Department negatives
This collection contains negatives of students and projects for the Brigham Young University Educational Psychology Department. There are also some contact print sheets of the negatives.
Oral history interview with Marguerite Ivins Wilson
Interview by Edith Bauer with Marguerite Wilson who recounts her childhood, education and teaching in Utah, and her teaching at experiences at Brigham Young University. Includes transcript and sound recording.