Honors Psychology Courses: A Workshop for High School Teachers

这个为期四周的暑期工作坊由德州农工大学赞助，将为32位教授新的AP心理学课程的教师提供心理学强化课程。本课程将涵盖大学心理学入门课程的所有领域，特别强调神经心理学、认知和感觉/知觉的研究方法。额外的内容将包括演示、实验、模拟和其他可以用来说明心理学原理和现象的活动；开发和利用微型计算机实验室，作为中学课程的辅助或重要组成部分；使性别和种族心理学成为导论课程的重要组成部分AP考试的形式和内容；以及计划在职活动的信息，包括制作一个荣誉心理学的模范在职项目。暑期工作坊的工作人员由高中和大学心理学教师组成，他们根据内容专长、卓越的教学和在职培训技能被挑选出来。来自这些学校和德州农工大学的配套资金占NSF拨款的14%。

This four-week summer workshop sponsored by Texas A&M University will provide an intensive course in psychology for 32 teachers who will be offering the new AP psychology program. The course will cover all areas typically included in a college introductory psychology course, with particular emphasis on research methods, in neuropsychology, cognition, and sensation/perception. Additional coverage will include demonstrations, experiments, simulations, and other activities that can be used to illustrate the principles and phenomena of psychology; the development and utilization of a microcomputer laboratory as an adjunct to or as a significant part of the high school course; making the psychology of gender and ethnicity a significant part of the introductory course; the format and content of the AP exam; and information on planning in-service activities, including production of a model in-service program for honors psychology. Staff for the summer workshop consists of high school and college psychology teachers selected for their content expertise, their excellence in teaching, and their skills in in-service training. Matchinig funds from the schools and Texas A&M University are 14% of the NSF grant.