TY - JOUR
T1 - School psychology research and practice in East Asia
T2 - Perspectives on the past, present, and future directions of the field
AU - Brown, Jacqueline A.
AU - Watanabe, Yayoi
AU - Lee, Dong Hun
AU - McIntosh, Kent
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, © The Author(s) 2016.
PY - 2016/12/1
Y1 - 2016/12/1
N2 - To engage in a comparison of school psychology research and practice in eastern and western countries, the current study sought to identify key themes that have influenced the field of school psychology in East Asian countries. Forty-six leading school psychology professionals in Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Thailand, and Taiwan provided their perspectives to a six-question survey based on a survey created by McIntosh, Martinez, Ty, and McClain (2013) regarding pivotal ideas and findings related to research and practice in the past 25 years, present, and future that they find particularly exciting. Qualitative thematic analysis, using NVivo software, yielded nine major and 41 minor categories. Across the three time periods (past, present, future), six of the nine major categories (Data-Informed Practices and Their Implementation, Knowledge and Practice of Individual Differences, Theory Development, Technology Development, Development of School Psychology, and Consultation and Collaboration) and seven of the 41 minor categories were present. A comparison between the current study and the McIntosh and colleagues (2013) study suggests that there were many consistencies in major and minor categories. Comparisons between these two studies, along with limitations, future areas for research, and implications for practice, are also discussed.
AB - To engage in a comparison of school psychology research and practice in eastern and western countries, the current study sought to identify key themes that have influenced the field of school psychology in East Asian countries. Forty-six leading school psychology professionals in Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Thailand, and Taiwan provided their perspectives to a six-question survey based on a survey created by McIntosh, Martinez, Ty, and McClain (2013) regarding pivotal ideas and findings related to research and practice in the past 25 years, present, and future that they find particularly exciting. Qualitative thematic analysis, using NVivo software, yielded nine major and 41 minor categories. Across the three time periods (past, present, future), six of the nine major categories (Data-Informed Practices and Their Implementation, Knowledge and Practice of Individual Differences, Theory Development, Technology Development, Development of School Psychology, and Consultation and Collaboration) and seven of the 41 minor categories were present. A comparison between the current study and the McIntosh and colleagues (2013) study suggests that there were many consistencies in major and minor categories. Comparisons between these two studies, along with limitations, future areas for research, and implications for practice, are also discussed.
KW - East Asia
KW - Hong Kong
KW - Japan
KW - South Korea
KW - Taiwan
KW - Thailand
KW - international school psychology
KW - practice
KW - research
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85006124275&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0143034316671354
DO - 10.1177/0143034316671354
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85006124275
SN - 0143-0343
VL - 37
SP - 557
EP - 582
JO - School Psychology International
JF - School Psychology International
IS - 6
ER -