Undergraduate Teaching of Psychology: Ideas & Innovations Conference

该项目是一个为教学机构心理学系教师提供专业发展的会议。这次会议的题目是“心理学教学：理念与创新(TOP)”。心理学领域发展迅速，这就需要教师跟上教学创新的步伐，并为本科心理学专业的学生开辟另一条职业道路。近年来的变化是巨大的，导致了非常不同的本科后环境。与几年前相比，本科毕业生成功找到与心理学教育或研究生入学相关的工作所需的知识和技能有了很大的不同。为了使教师了解现代实践和问题的最新情况，正在计划举行一系列顶级会议，以提供定期更新教师知识和技能的手段。第一次顶级会议(由这笔资金支持)旨在教育教师关于本科生心理学课程的新的APA指南，并指导教师评估学生学习结果的方法。它还将根据需要向教职员工和学生提供援助，以支持历史上代表性不足的群体的出席。顶级会议的最终目标也是为本科生提供提交研究论文的环境。高层管理人员正在追求的目标是培养出对学术有深刻理解和欣赏的毕业生。

This project is a conference to provide professional development for faculty members in psychology departments in teaching institutions. The conference is called "Teaching of Psychology: Ideas and Innovations (TOP)." The field of psychology has grown rapidly, creating a need for teaching faculty to keep pace with new innovations in teaching and alternative career paths for undergraduate psychology majors. Changes in recent years have been substantial, resulting in very different post-undergraduate environment. The knowledge and skills that bachelors-level graduates need for success in finding work related to their psychology education or entry to graduate school are substantially different that a they were a few years ago. In order to bring teaching faculty up to date with modern practice and issues, a series of TOP conferences are being planned to provide a means for regular updating of faculty knowledge and skills. The first TOP conference (supported by this grant) is intended to educate teaching faculty about the new APA guidelines for undergraduate psychology programs and to instruct faculty in methods for assessing student learning outcomes. It will also support attendance by historically underrepresented groups by providing assistance to faculty and students based on need. The eventual goal of the TOP conferences is to also provide a setting for undergraduate students to present research papers. The TOP administrators are pursuing the goal of producing graduates who have a deep understanding of and appreciation for scholarship.