Teaching and Training Psychologists in Mexico Alfredo Padilla; Arnoldo Téllez; Raymundo Calderón; Blanca Martínez; Ana Preciado; and Joaquín Caso.

The aim of the symposium is to describe, in general, the context of education and training of psychologists in Mexico from a national perspective.

Teaching psychology in Mexico: From the beginning until 1959 Padilla, Alfredo School of Engineering and Bussines, Guadalupe Victoria; Autonomus University of Baja California Téllez, Arnoldo School of Psychology, Autonomus University of Nuevo León Preciado, Ana School of Engineering and Bussines, Guadalupe Victoria; Autonomus University of Baja California

Farther evidence we have on the teaching of psychology in Mexico dates back to Teodosio Lares wrote the book entitled "Elements of Psychology". According Lares (1850), this book had the function of serving as a basis for the teaching of psychology, and that in his opinion there was at that time a document intended to have the same instruction of the new science. The work includes among other topics: Experimental psychology; Rational psychology; Theory of intelligence; Theory of sensitivity; Activity Theory; The future destiny of the human soul Lares T. (1850). Elémentos de sicología. México: Juan Murphy Impresor Librero.

Formalizing the teaching of psychology... Teodosio Lares, Minister of Justice, Ecclesiastical Affairs and Public Instruction of the government of General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna; designed and promoted by Presidential Decree 4364 called “Plan General de Estudios” (General Curriculum) The General Curriculum, issued on December 19, 1854, according to its Article 5 mandates the teaching of psychology in secondary education Moreover, the General Rules of Studies issued June 13, 1855, Article 12 says: "... In the second period will be observed the following order: In the first year: morning and evening lessons, psychology, and after logic and metaphysics, explained by the professor.” Presidencia de la República (1855, 13 de junio). Decreto del gobierno, No Reglamento general de estudios expedido por el Ministerio de Justicia. En Manuel Dublán y José María Lozano (s/a). Legislación mexicana o colección completa de las disposiciones legislativas. Biblioteca Daniel Cosío Villegas. Disponible en internet: Presidencia de la República (1854, 19 de diciembre). Decreto del gobierno, No Plan general de estudios. En Manuel Dublán y José María Lozano (s/a). Legislación mexicana o colección completa de las disposiciones legislativas. Biblioteca Daniel Cosío Villegas. Disponible en internet:

From the technical to the professional... In 1867, Plotinus Rhodakanaty proposed and defended the idea of ​​ creating a chair called "psychology" in Normal High School but was denied (Meneses, 1998); even as Iliades (2001) Rhodakanaty "... At the beginning of 1880 tried unsuccessfully to join as a professor of psychology at the National Preparatory School..." (p. 10). Iliades C. (2001, Editor). Pensamiento socialista del Siglo XIX: Plotino C. Rhodakanaty, Juan de Mata y Rivera. México: UNAM Meneses M.E. (1998). Tendencias educativas oficiales en México Segunda edición. México: Universidad Iberoamericana. Revisado en electrónico: 06 de julio de The chair was assigned by Gabino Barreda (founder of the National Preparatory School Director) in 1896 Ezequiel Adeodato Chavez Lavista who is regarded as one of the leading pioneers of the teaching of this discipline at university level. 1896

Chavez proposed to the education and especially to the psychology as a key to establish a national unity in those years of social fragility (Molina, 1997) tool. This was one of the reasons why Chavez established and formally imparted the first chair of psychology at the National Preparatory School in 1896, supported by the book "Physiological Psychology" by Charles Richet (Meneses, 1998). Later, in 1902, Chavez translated the book "Elements of Psychology" written by Edward Bradford Titchener and this book would be the basis of the department for over 25 years in the National High School (Navailles, 2010). Molina, J.A. (1997). Psicología y positivismo: La enseñanza de la psicología durante el porfiriato: En Sánchez-Sosa J.C. (Edit.). 100 años de psicología en México México: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Meneses M.E. (1998). Tendencias educativas oficiales en México Segunda edición. México: Universidad Iberoamericana. Revisado en electrónico: 06 de julio de Navalles G.J. (2010). Andanzas de la psicología social en México: historia, orígenes, recuerdos. Polis: Investigación y Análisis Sociopolítico y Psicosocial; Vol. 6 (1):

In 1916 the first psychology laboratory was established and was headed by the physician Enrique Octavio Aragon Echeagaray, at the National Preparatory School. In 1938 the first Master's program in Psychology offered by The Broad of Psychology, in the Faculty of Arts at the National University was created. In 1959 the first degree in Psychology was established at National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) with a purely experimental approach From the theory to the experimental...