Honors Psychology Courses: A Workshop for High School Teachers

这次为期四周的暑期工作坊由德克萨斯农工大学赞助，将为32名教师提供心理学强化课程，他们将提供新的AP心理学课程。本课程将涵盖大学心理学入门课程中通常包含的所有领域，特别强调研究方法，如神经心理学、认知和感觉/知觉。其他内容将包括演示、实验、模拟和其他可用于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高中课程的附属或重要部分；使性别和种族心理学成为入门课程的重要组成部分；AP考试的形式和内容；以及关于规划在职活动的信息，包括制作荣誉心理学在职示范方案。暑期工作坊的工作人员由高中和大学心理学教师组成，他们是根据他们的教学专长、卓越的教学能力和在职培训技能而被挑选出来的。来自这些学校和德克萨斯农工大学的Matchinig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.