Abstract
Since the earlier study by Lowenstein (1970), there has been increasing interest in the needs of schools in other counties of Britain and this current study is dedicated towards assessing the needs of international schools throughout the world. The author was fortunate enough to be able to give a lecture at the Conference of International Schools in 1982 and a number of headteachers and teachers who were present completed a questionnaire. In addition to this, some questionnaires were mailed to other schools or passed on to the same schools in order to obtain a cross-section of opinion in connection with the role of educational psychologists on the international scene. Within the past twelve years a number of papers have been published on the subject of the role of educational psychologists, including a survey of the psychological services of England and Wales by Wedell and Lambourne (1980); the importance of the dissemination of information in educational psychology (Hart and Taylor, 1980) and research carried out by educational psychologists (Lindsay, 1982). Shum (1982) investigated the importance of psychology both in the West and the East, and compared the varying needs. Tyerman (1981) discussed the School Psychological Service in 1980 with special reference to the training of psychologists and the relationship of the School Psychological Service to the Department of Education and Science. He is of course concerned with the psychologist's role and the organization of the School Psychological Service within the local education authorities. He concluded finally that 'School Psychological Services have come a long way in the past thirty years. They would not have done so if they had not satisfactorily fulfilled a need. Their growth is the best proof of their success.'
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