Friday (24/9) and Saturday (25/9) the Center for Indigenous and Cultural Psychology (CICP) held Theory Building Training (TBT). The event, which is regularly held every year, is being held again this year, even though it is in an online format because it is still during the Covid-19 pandemic. This TBT event carries the theme “From Theory to Action”.
The event lasted 17 hours. On Friday the event will take place from 07.00 WIB to 15.00 WIB. While on the second day the event took place from 07.00 WIB until 16.00. This event was attended by 50 participants from various educational strata and various majors.
This event was attended by three speakers, namely Edilburga Wulan Saptandari M.Psi., Ph.D., Pradytia Putri Pertiwi, S.Psi., Ph.D., and Rahmat Hidayat, S.Psi., M.Sc., Ph.D. They are lecturers at the UGM Faculty of Psychology. In two days divided into six sessions, they provided material as well as intensive training to participants on the application of psychological theory in life and several types of research in psychology.
The event was opened by the Director of CICP Haidar Buldan Thontowi, S.Psi., M.A., Ph.D. In his opening remarks, Buldan hoped that the TBT event, which is held regularly every year, could provide the best for all participants in each event.
“And maybe one of our challenges is how we make an event that is relevant and interested in academics and non-academics, and attracts the public’s interest,” said Buldan.
On the first day the event took place in three sessions. The materials from the three resource persons given to the participants were Applications of Psychology in the World of Education, Applications of Activity Theory to Understand Relationships and Collaboration in Disaster Research, and Applications of Psychology in the World of Economics. The three resource persons gave intensive presentations on the application of psychology in the three domains which are close to everyday life.
Then on the second day no less interesting. The event, which ran one hour longer than the first day, participants received guidelines on Qualitative Research Writing, Policy Brief Writing, and Quantitative Research Writing in the realm of psychology. The three resource persons comprehensively explained the basic theories to the most recent developments in research methods to the use of research results for advocacy.
During these two days, participants were also invited to actively discuss, practice drafting research ideas, and make policy briefs. They were divided into several groups in a break out room to be able to focus more on discussing and exchanging ideas. At the end of the session, each group presented the results of their discussion to the other groups.
The three resource persons were very intensive, informative, and interactive when delivering material and providing training in this online TBT event held by CICP. They actively provide answers to questions raised by participants throughout the training. The resource persons also provided useful literature for participants who wish to explore training materials for future research in psychology.