Essays from E-xcellence in Teaching: 2003 Volume 3
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This book is STP's fourth Web publication and represents the compilation of the twelve E-xcellence in Teaching essays (include two with extended commentaries and reply) which appeared on the PsychTeacher™ electronic discussion list between January and December, 2003.
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Table of Contents
Introduction 
Bill
Buskist (Auburn University)
Vincent Hevern (Le Moyne College)
Bryan K. Saville (Stephen F. Austin State University)
Tracy Zinn (Stephen F. Austin State University)
1. The Role of the Chair
in Providing Administrative Support
and Development of Faculty Teaching (January 2003)
Valerie Whittlesey,
Kennesaw State University
With Replies:
The Chair's Role in Hiring Good Teachers
Lewis Barker, Auburn UniversityThe Role of the Chair: Enhancing College Teaching Through Selection,
Matching, and Replacement
Stephen H. Hobbs, Augusta State UniversityA Reaction to "The Role of the Chair in Providing Administrative Support
and Development of Faculty Teaching"
Marcia J. Rossi, Tuskegee UniversityMaintaining an Environment Supportive of Quality Teaching: The Chair's Role
Ken Weaver, Emporia State UniversityA Reaction to "The Role of the Chair in Providing Administrative
Support and Development of Faculty Teaching"
David J. Pittenger, The University of Tennessee at ChattanoogaComments on "The Role of the Chair in Providing Administrative Support
and Development of Faculty Teaching"
W. Harold Moon, Augusta State UniversityCollaborative Research as Teaching
Stan Aeschleman, Appalachian State UniversityRisking Failure for the Sake of Good Teaching: Comments on
Whittlesey's "The Role of the Chair in Providing Administrative Support
and Development of Faculty Teaching"
Robert W. Hendersen, Grand Valley State UniversityChallenges of Department Chairs
Tina Vazin, Alabama State UniversityThe Role of the Chair in Providing Administrative Support and Development of
Faculty Teaching: Leadership At Its Best
Valerie Whittlesey, Kennesaw State University[Note that the
2. Looking Back: Perspectives
on a Graduate Seminar in the Teaching of Psychology (February
2003)
Andrew
N. Christopher, Albion College
3. Universities, Psychology
Departments, and the Treatment of Graduate Students (March
2003)
William
Douglas Woody, University of Northern Colorado
4. Thinking About Positive
Psychology (April 2003)
Randy
Ernst, Lincoln Public Schools, Lincoln, Nebraska
Amy C. Fineburg, Homewood High
School, Birmingham, Alabama
5. Teaching Psychology
at the Community College (May 2003)
Jerry
Rudmann, Irvine Valley College
6. The Never Ending Story:
Renewing One's Teaching and Professional Life (June 2003)
Bill Hill,
Kennesaw State University
7. Writing a Philosophy
of Teaching (July 2003)
James
H. Korn, Saint Louis University
8. The Case for Requiring
a "Careers" Course for Psychology Majors (August
2003)
Margaret
A. Lloyd, Georgia Southern University
With Replies
The Rationale for "Truth in Advertising" for Psychology Majors
R. Eric Landrum, Boise State UniversityDetermining Career-Course Level and Why the Course Should be Required
Lauren F. V. Scharff, Stephen F. Austin State UniversityThe Timing of a Careers Course in Psychology
Erin B. Rasmussen, College of CharlestonA Reply to Landrum, Scharff, and Rasmussen
Margaret A. Lloyd, Georgia State University[Note that the
9. A Parting Shot: Who
was Richter H. Moore, Jr.? (September 2003)
William
Buskist, Auburn University
10. Involving Undergraduates
in Individual Research Activities:
A Classroom Without Walls (October 2003)
Pamela E. Scott-Johnson and Earl D. Walker, Morgan State University
11. Enhanced Feedback
Using Computer-Aided Personalized System of Instruction (November 2003)
Joseph
J. Pear, University of Manitoba
12. Walking the Fine
Line: The Opposing Forces of Professional and
Personal Relationships (December 2003)
Jeff Norby, Hudson High School,
Hudson, Wisconsin
Biographical
Notes on Individual Contributors and Editors
Feedback
Feedback regarding the editorial content of this book or any of its essays should be directed toward the individual authors or the book's editors, Bill Buskist, Vincent W. Hevern, Bryan K. Saville, and Tracy Zinn. They (authors and editors) are solely responsible for the substance of the text.
Feedback regarding technical matters of formatting or accessibility of this text via the online environment of the Internet should be directed to the Internet Editor of STP. If you have any complaints or difficulties in accessing these materials, be sure to provide as detailed a description of your problem(s) as you can; you should include information about the browser you are using (e.g., Internet Explorer) and its version number as well as the type of computer you are using and its operating system (e.g., Mac PowerBook 4 running MacOS 9.2). Publication of Essays from E-xcellence in Teaching: 2003 electronically is an experimental initiative by STP and we seek to receive feedback, both positive and negative, in order to evaluate the effort. We will endeavor to respond to any complaints within a reasonable period of time but can not promise that all complaints or difficulties can always be successfully resolved.
Acknowledgment and Thanks
We dedicated Volume I to Jane Halonen (University of West Florida) for the role she played in helping establish E-xcellence in Teaching. We dedicated Volume II to Randy Smith (Kennesaw State University), for his consistent and unwavering championing of the scholarship of teaching in his role as editor of STP's journal, Teaching of Psychology. As the outgoing editor of E-xcellence in Teaching, Bill Buskist wishes to dedicate Volume III to Bill Hill and Vinny Hevern, both of whom have played and continue to play pivotal roles in the creation, development, and continued success of E-xcellence in Teaching.
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