History of InterTOP Network

InterTOP Network has resulted from the series of international conferences.

The First International Conference on Psychology Education (ICOPE2002) was held in St. Petersburg, Russia, on June 12-15, 2002 (in cooperation with APA Division 2, BPS and other groups). It was an outstanding event that attracted about 100 representatives from 20 countries. Participants learned a lot about how psychology is taught around the globe. You can see materials from that Conference at the Web site: icope2002.org. Based on the information shared at the First conference a special issue International Practices in the Teaching of Psychology was edited by Victor Karandashev and Sherri McCarthy and published by the International Journal of Psychology, 2006, 41, (1).

Many attendees at the first conference suggested that similar conferences on a regular basis would be useful.

Second Conference on Psychology Education (ICOPE2005) was held in Foz de Iguacu, Brazil, on July 16-20, 2005. Based on the information shared at the Second conference the book Teaching Psychology around the World edited by Sherri McCarthy, Stephen Newstead, Victor Karandashev, Carlo Prandini, Claudio Hutz, and William Gomes was published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing in 2007.

The Third International Conference on the Teaching of Psychology (ICTP-2008) was held on July 12-16, 2008, in St. Petersburg, Russia. The conference followed the tradition of the first and second conferences. About 120 participants from 24 countries took part in the meeting. They shared innovative teaching techniques and course content updates from the international perspective. You can see materials from that Conference at the Web site: ictp-2008.spb.ru.

The Fourth International Conference on Psychology Education (ICOPE2010) was held in Sydney, Australia, on July 8-11, 2010 and organized by Australian Psychology Educators Network (APEN). More information on this meeting is available at the Conference website icope2010.psy.unsw.edu.au.

Fifth International Conference on Psychology Education(ICOPE2012) , 22-27 July, 2012, Cape Town, South Africa The conference was organized with support from the Psychological Society of South Africa for teachers, educational leaders, scholars, and researchers dedicated to teaching and training in psychology in all educational settings, including high schools, undergraduate colleges, and graduate programs around the globe. 5th International Conference on Psychology Education (ICOPE) was subsumed under 30th International Congress of Psychology. http://www.icp2012.com. See Topic Category 42: Teaching and Education in Psychology under the Abstracts/Topic Categories menu.