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| 01/30/2012 03:14 PM |
| 2012 STP Election: Candidate Statements |
| Candidate statements for election to various STP offices are now posted. |
| 01/24/2012 11:09 AM |
| Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Research Grant |
| Deadline for applications: February 1, 2012 Please address questions and submit applications to Georjeanna Wilson-Doenges (email: wilsong@uwgb.edu). Research projects in any phase of development are eligible for funding (e.g., materials design, data collection, manuscript writing). However, the proposed project must have a high probability of producing a product that will be presented and/or published in a peer-reviewed outlet in a timely manner. Annually, the EC will provide a list of preferred project themes based on STP’s current needs (e.g., topics related to diversity/international issues, course-specific projects, projects that target specific student populations). The grant program is open to members of the Society for the Teaching Psychology who teach Psychology at 4-year colleges and universities, 2-year colleges, or high schools. Preference will be given to applicants who have not been awarded these funds in the previous 3 years. |
| 01/19/2012 11:02 AM |
| New Teaching Resource |
| Research Readings and Statistical Exercises Using SPSS and Excel (2012) Author(S): Cindy J. Gibson, Rebecca Klatzkin, and Lauren M. Littlefield Affiliation: Washington College Description: Each of five research readings is accompanied by a data set so that students can simulate the psychological research process. Research readings include a brief literature review, description of an experimental method that applies to the topic at hand, critical reasoning and statistics questions, and responses to the questions posed. A specific data set and a code book with summary statistics are paired with each reading; duplicate data files (one in SPSS and one in Excel) are provided so that instructors have access to data in their preferred data analysis format. |
| 01/04/2012 09:21 AM |
| 7th ANNUAL SPN ACTION TEACHING AWARD |
| (Deadline: January 15, 2012) Dear Colleagues, I'm writing to invite you to apply for this year's Social Psychology Network award honoring excellence in "action teaching" -- that is, teaching which not only leads to a better understanding of human behavior but to a more compassionate, sustainable, and peaceful world. The award is open to all instructors and student teachers as well as long-time veterans of the classroom -- regardless of student level (K-12, high school, college, graduate level, or adult learners). Entries may include a student assignment, classroom activity, field experience, or web-based demonstration. For further details, please visit: http://www.ActionTeaching.org The application process is simple , and the prize is $1,000 (tip: look at winning entries from prior years to see what information to include). If you teach in a creative, socially engaged way, please consider applying for this award! Best wishes for 2012, Scott Plous Professor of Psychology SPN Executive Director |
| 12/08/2011 03:34 PM |
| Announcement |
| The midwinter STP executive committee meeting is scheduled for January 27-28 at Xavier University in New Orleans, Louisiana from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm each day. People who have items of business that they wish to present to the EC for consideration or action, should send their requests to the appropriate Vice-President. Items that do not fall under the responsibilities of one of the Vice-Presidents should be sent to the President. The time frame for preparing the agenda book for the midwinter meeting is very short, but I will try to post the agenda on the STP members-only website prior to the meeting. Norine L. Jalbert, Ph.D. President-Elect, Society for the Teaching of Psychology/APA Division Two email: jalbertn@wcsu.edu |
| 12/01/2011 04:07 PM |
| Enhancing Teaching: The STP Master Teacher Speaker Program |
| The Society for The Teaching of Psychology (STP; Division 2 of APA) is pleased to announce a program to provide support to small regional and local conferences to bring in Master Teachers to their meetings. The goal of the program is to enhance teaching by exposing faculty attending small conferences to teachers who have been recognized nationally for being excellent teachers. The grant program is open to any gathering of psychology teachers from 4-year colleges and universities, 2-year colleges, or high schools. |
| 11/29/2011 02:10 PM |
| New Syllabi |
| Seminar in Social Psychology: Attitude theory, formation, measurement, and change, (Fall, 2011) Author(s): Joseph E. Trimble Affiliation: Western Washington University Addictions: Assessment & Interventions, (Spring, 2011) Author(s): Jeremiah Weinstock Affiliation: St. Louis University |
| 11/15/2011 05:48 PM |
| Psychological Literacy STP Task Force Subcommittee White Paper (07_20_2011) |
| It is our contention that psychological literacy is a specialized case of scientific literacy, which is also subsumed by the general notion of critical thinking. In the following essay we trace the path from critical thinking to psychological literacy, with the hope of describing where we have been and where we need to go within the realm of psychological literacy. |
| 11/15/2011 05:37 PM |
| New Grant Opportunity |
| Announcing a New Grant Program from the Society for the Teaching of Psychology: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Research Grant Deadline for applications: February 1, 2012 Please address questions and submit applications to Georjeanna Wilson-Doenges (email: wilsong@uwgb.edu). Research projects in any phase of development are eligible for funding (e.g., materials design, data collection, manuscript writing). However, the proposed project must have a high probability of producing a product that will be presented and/or published in a peer-reviewed outlet in a timely manner. Annually, the EC will provide a list of preferred project themes based on STP’s current needs (e.g., topics related to diversity/international issues, course-specific projects, projects that target specific student populations). The grant program is open to members of the Society for the Teaching Psychology who teach Psychology at 4-year colleges and universities, 2-year colleges, or high schools. Preference will be given to applicants who have not been awarded these funds in the previous 3 years. |
| 11/14/2011 06:00 PM |
| New Syllabus |
| Statistics in Psychology, (Fall, 2011) Author(s): Melissa Heerboth Affiliation: Mercyhurst College |
| 11/08/2011 11:34 AM |
| Deadline extended for Partnership Grants |
| The Society for The Teaching of Psychology (Division 2 of APA) is pleased to announce a program of small grants to provide support to develop partnerships across teaching institutions. The goal of the program is to promote communication and collaboration between psychology teachers from different institutions. The grant program is open to members of the Society for the Teaching Psychology who teach Psychology at 4-year colleges and universities, 2-year colleges, or high schools. Grant funds can be used to defray the costs associated with meetings involving representatives from different institutions (e.g., travel, food), as well as for other collaborative projects (e.g., research collaborations). The funded projects must be completed during the 2012 calendar year. We have total of $6000 to award. These funds will likely be divided among several outstanding proposals and awardees may only receive partial funding for their projects. Proposals should not be longer than 2 pages in length and should include the following sections: a) applicants’ names and contact information, b) title of project, b) objective(s) and anticipated benefits of the project, c) description of project goals and activities to meet those goals, d) methods by which you will measure efficacy of the project, and e) a budget. Please note that indirect costs will not be funded. Because of budget limitations, please indicate whether and how you would be willing to go forward with the project in the case of partial support. Proposals will be evaluated on the expected impact (e.g., number of people involved in project and affected by project outcome, whether project leads to an ongoing, self-sustaining collaboration), innovativeness, geographic reach of the proposed project, and the extent to which project supports the mission of STP. In addition, clarity of the proposal and efficacy of the program assessment will factor into the evaluation of proposals. New applicants and projects will be given priority over those that have previously received funds from this grant program. Grant recipients will be asked to complete a final report on the outcome of the project within one year of receipt of funds. The final report will detail how funds were spent. The report will also include an assessment of the efficacy of the project by describing such topics as how well the project met its goals and budget, and whether the partnership will continue beyond the life of the grant. Please submit proposals to Kate Morris at kmorris@butler.edu by November 17, 2011. |
| 11/02/2011 03:50 PM |
| APA Teaching Awards |
| A list of APA Teaching Awards and Grants sponsored by other APA Divisions has been published. |
| 10/25/2011 02:19 PM |
| New E-book |
| The Teaching Psychology in Autobiography (Vol. 4), 2011 |
| 10/25/2011 01:08 PM |
| New Syllabus |
| Professional Ethics and Standards, (Fall , 2011) Author(s): Melanie M. Domenech Rodríguez Affiliation: Utah State University |
| 09/27/2011 04:38 PM |
| Teaching Introductory Psychology: Tips from ToP |
| This book follows in the footsteps of the first three volumes in the Handbook for Teaching Introductory Psychology series. In the prefaces to these volumes, the various editors all stressed two major points relevant to the development of this series. These comments also apply to this book. First, introductory psychology is one of the most popular courses with students, and it is central in importance to the undergraduate psychology curriculum. Second, Teaching of Psychology (ToP) is recognized as one of the premier disciplinary pedagogical journals and, as such, regularly includes excellent articles on teaching the introductory course. Thus, a current, readily accessible, and organized collection of articles from ToP on teaching the introductory course should be an invaluable resource to introductory teachers, and indeed, this has proved to be the case for the first three volumes. We hope that the same holds true for this volume. To emphasize the resource nature of this new volume in the series, we abandoned the more formal previous titles and entitled this new volume, Teaching Introductory Psychology: Tips from ToP. |