| Abstract: | Discusses the "entry level" issue in relation to the example of school psychology, the structure of graduate programs, and the professional characteristics of psychology. A causal modeling approach to evaluating the effects of education and training on practice is presented. Two major perspectives on entry level are individuated on the basis of their emphases on education and practice, and empirical strategies for relating entry level to practice are proposed. An approach that encompasses the relative contributions of a range of individual difference, education and training, professional competence, and practice factors is suggested as an alternative to the narrow, degree-based approach to entry level. (18 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
