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International Competences for Undergraduate Psychology: Relevance to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Title
International Competences for Undergraduate Psychology: Relevance to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
Creator
Nolan, Susan A.; Cranney, Jacquelyn; Narciss, Susanne; Goedeke, Sonja; Souza, Luciana Karine de; Jia, Fanli; Kumar, Aneesh; Iliescu, Dragos; Foster, Lori; Tchombe, Therese Mungah Shalo; Morris, Sue; Takang, Kelly Tabe
Description
The 17 global goals of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a call to action for governments and organizations around the world to work towards a sustainable future for all people and the planet. Human behaviour is directly or indirectly tied to all of the SDGs; therefore, psychology as a discipline is critical to their achievement. In this article, wea team of 12 psychology educators from eight countries (three from the Global South) representing six continentsoutline connections between psychology and the SDGs. We argue that psychology education at the foundational undergraduate level should integrate the SDGs into curricula. We describe the framework of psychological literacy that we believe is central to a strong undergraduate education in psychology and outline its conceptual relationship to the SDGs. We then describe the International Competences for Undergraduate Psychology, which explicitly mention the SDGs, but are also closely linked to them across all seven International Competences for Undergraduate Psychology competence categories (psychological knowledge, psychological research methodologies and methods, and the five psychology-relevant areas: values and ethics; cultural responsiveness and diversity; critical thinking and problem-solving; communication and interpersonal skills; and personal and professional development). Finally, psychology educators from six countries (Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, Brazil, Cameroon, India, and the United States) describe teaching and assessment strategies that harness both the International Competences for Undergraduate Psychology and the SDGs. These strategies offer examples to spur psychology educators to consider how they might make these connections in their own classes and curricula and in their own culture and context. 2025 Canadian Psychological Association
Source
Canadian Psychology;
Date
01-01-2025
Publisher
Canadian Psychological Association
Subject
compences fondamentales en psychologie; enseignement de la psychologie; foundational psychology competences; littatie psychologique; Objectifs de deloppement durable; programmes de premier cycle; psychological literacy; psychology education; Sustainable Development Goals; undergraduate
Coverage
Nolan S.A., Department of Psychology, Seton Hall University, United States; Cranney J., School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Australia; Narciss S., Faculty of Psychology, Technische Universit Dresden, Germany; Goedeke S., Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand; Souza L.K.D., Department of Developmental and Personality Psychology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; Jia F., Department of Psychology, Seton Hall University, United States; Kumar A., Department of Psychology, Christ University, India; Iliescu D., Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science, University of Bucharest, Romania; Foster L., Department of Psychology, North Carolina State University, United States, School of Management Studies, University of Cape Town, South Africa; Tchombe T.M.S., Department of Educational Psychology, University of Buea, Cameroon; Morris S., School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Australia; Takang K.T., Department of Educational Psychology, University of Buea, Cameroon
Rights
Restricted Access; Hardcopy may be available in the library
Relation
ISSN: 7085591;
Format
online
Language
English
Type
Article

Citation

Nolan, Susan A.; Cranney, Jacquelyn; Narciss, Susanne; Goedeke, Sonja; Souza, Luciana Karine de; Jia, Fanli; Kumar, Aneesh; Iliescu, Dragos; Foster, Lori; Tchombe, Therese Mungah Shalo; Morris, Sue; Takang, Kelly Tabe, “International Competences for Undergraduate Psychology: Relevance to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed June 17, 2026, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/22512.

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