APA National Conference on Undergraduate Education in Psychology

心理学(73)这是2008年6月22日至27日在普吉特湾大学举行的关于心理学教学的全国性会议，由美国心理学协会(APA)主办。上一次由APA主办的全国会议是在1991年。与会者讨论了与心理学本科教育重新设计相关的广泛话题，包括新学习技术的使用(例如，自动辅导系统)、学习科学的应用、我们学生和教师的多样性增加、学习结果评估、课程模式、教学质量，以及我们对心理学的生物学和社会文化理解的革命所产生的新的伦理问题。这些专题是在APA全国心理学本科教育会议指导委员会成员确定的九个关键问题的背景下讨论的，这些问题是提供高质量本科教育的核心。参与者是56名本科生心理学教师和其他利益相关者，代表了各级教育渠道和不同的教育机构。这次会议的具体成果是：1.一套建议，将作为重新设计本科水平和更广泛的本科教育的心理学教育课程的蓝图。2.《心理学本科生教育：该学科未来蓝图》的书稿，由美国心理学会出版，作为传播会议建议的手段。3.计划开展更多的宣传活动，以便与更大的高等教育界分享会议的成果。调查结果将以多种形式提供(如在线视频、可下载的样本课程、学习活动演示和基于实验室的实验)。

Psychology (73)This is a national conference on the teaching of psychology at the University of Puget Sound during June 22-27, 2008, sponsored by the American Psychological Association (APA). The last national conference sponsored by the APA was in 1991. Conference participants are addressing a wide range of topics that are relevant to the redesign of undergraduate education in psychology, including the use of new learning technologies (e.g., automated tutoring systems), applications from the science of learning, increased diversity in our students and faculty, learning outcomes assessment, models of curricula, quality in instruction, and new ethical concerns created by a revolution in our biological and socio-cultural understanding of psychology. These topics are being addressed in the context of nine critical questions that were identified by members of the Steering Committee for the APA National Conference on Undergraduate Education in Psychology as central to providing a high quality undergraduate education. The participants are fifty six teachers of undergraduate psychology and other stakeholders, representing all levels of the educational pipeline and diverse educational institutions. Specific outputs of this conference are: 1. A set of recommendations that will serve as the blueprint for the redesign of educational programs in psychology at the undergraduate level, and in undergraduate education more broadly. 2. A book draft, Undergraduate Education in Psychology: a Blueprint for the Future of the Discipline, for publication by APA as a means to disseminate the conference recommendations. 3. Planned additional dissemination activities so that the findings from the conference can be shared with the larger higher education community. Findings will be made available in a variety of formats (such as online videos, downloadable sample curricula, and demonstrations of learning activities and lab-based experiments).