Teaching of Psychology
      A special little corner of heaven on the Internet for practitioners of the noblest profession.

      Last Update:   November 4, 2002

        AP Psychology — About the course and the exam. 

         
        Cross-College E-Mail Discussion List — This site, developed by Sue Franz, is for psychology instructors who would like to contact other psychology instructors interested in connecting their respective classes for the purpose of e-mail discussions.


        Division 2: Society for the Teaching of Psychology

        ePsychlopedia —  Faculty teaching online courses may find this a useful source of materials or may wish to incorporate some of the resources into the course design.  More than just tutorials, this student-developed site is an etext for Intro Psych.  A collection of lessons cover many of the main concepts in psychology,  as well as important case studies. The site includes streaming real video interviews with experts, activities for you to try at home, online quizzes, user-rated links to more resources, and a chat forum and message-board for you to share knowledge with each other.  Also available in a Spanish language version.  A MegaPsych GottaSee site.

        Funderstanding — "Theories" should be of particular interest.
         

        Good Books in Psychology - Tony Morris's list of recommended popular books for psychology.

         
        Horizon Home Page  —  Informs educational leaders of the implications of change in the external world and provides recommendations for action to address these implications. 

         
        The "Matthew effect"  —  Papers By Dr. Robert K. Merton focusing on the quantity of publications by scientists. 

         
        National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology  —  The premier annual conference on teaching in psychology (in my opinion). 


        Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology [OTRP] Online
         

        Perception Page  —   Hugh Foley's "Resources for Teaching Perception".

        Resources for the Teaching of Social Psychology — Created by Jon Mueller as part of the CROW Project, Course Resources on the Web, this site has a large number of resources for social psychology instructors.  There are also some resources for students.

        Teaching Critical Evaluation Skills for World Wide Web Resources

        Teaching of Psychology in Secondary Schools Home Page

        THE BIG SIX - A systematic approach to information problem-solving. 

        Theory Into Practice (TIP) database — A terrific resource for brief summaries of 50 major theories of learning and instruction, and learning domains and concepts.

        TIPS  —  The web site of the premier discussion list for college (and high school) teachers of psychology — Teaching In the Psychological Sciences.

      On the Internet
        Teaching & Learning on the WWW  -  Use the search engine, and see many of the psychology courses being offered.
      Software
        Hot Potatoes Homepage — The Hot Potatoes suite includes six applications, enabling you to create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises for the World Wide Web.   Hot Potatoes is not technically freeware, but it is free of charge for non-profit educational users who make their pages available on the web. Other users must pay for a licence. 
      Employment Opportunities
        Academic Position Network — 
        The Chronicle of Higher Education: Career Network — Week-old listings are free.
        Counseling Today Online Classifieds —
        HigherEd Online — Faculty and Research Positions —
        NationJob Network —
      Relevant Discussion Lists
        TBA-L  —  Teaching Behavior Analysis Discussion Forum
        An email and web-based discussion forum for anyone who is involved in teaching behavior analysis.
        Subscription Message: subscribe TBA-L <Firstname Lastname>
        Subscription Address:  LISTSERV@LISTSERV.DT.UH.EDU
        URL:  http://listserv.dt.uh.edu/archives/tba-l.html

        COMMCOLL
        A discussion for faculty, staff and administrators at two-year institutions.
        Subscription Message: SUBSCRIBE COMMCOLL <YourFullName>
        Subscription Address: LISTSERV@LSV.uky.edu

        EDTEACH
        A listserv for graduate students that addresses questions about teaching and other academic-related issues. Sponsored by APAGS and the APA Education Directorate.
        Subscription Message: SUBSCRIBE EDTEACH <youremailaddress> < firstname> <lastname>
        Subscription Address: LISTSERV@LISTS.APA.ORG

        OCC-L (On-line College Classroom List)
        Discussions, announcements, papers, etc. that are pertinent to those who are teaching (or planning to teach) college classes on-line.
        Subscription Message: SUBSCRIBE OCC-L <YourFullName>
        Subscription Address: listproc@hawaii.edu

        NEWPSYCHLIST 
        A listserv for doctoral level psychologists and post-docs who have completed their degrees within the past five years or so. 
        Subscription Message: SUBSCRIBE NEWPSYCHLIST <firstname><lastname> 
        Subscription Address: LISTSERV@LISTS.APA.ORG

        OKPSYFAC
        Devoted to the needs of OKlahoma PSYchology FACulty.
        Subscription Message: Subscribe OKPSYFAC <YourFullName (YourSchool) >
        Subscription Address: LISTSERV@VM.Tulsa.cc.ok.us

        PsychNews
        For teachers of high school psychology (some college level faculty also subscribe).
        Subscription Message: SUBSCRIBE PSYCH-News <YourFullName>
        Subscription Address: mailserv@post-office.uh.edu

        PsychTeacher
        A moderated discussion list for high school and college/university teachers of psychology designed to be focused list rather than a freewheeling discussion list on any topic. 
        Subscription Message: SUBSCRIBE psychteacher <firstname> <lastname>
        Subscription Address: listserv@list.kennesaw.edu

        SocPsy-L
        To foster communication between researchers on issues pertaining to social psychology.
        Subscription Message: SUBSCRIBE SocPsy-L <YourFullName>
        Subscription Address: LISTSERV@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU

        SocialPsy-Teach
        The monthly (usually) newsletter accompanying the Resources for the Teaching of Social Psychology website. If you subscribe to this newsletter, it will appear in your email inbox about once a month with links to and brief descriptions of a few useful web resources for instructors of social psychology.  The collection of prior newsletters, running back to September, 2001 can be found in the socialpsy-teach Archives. 
        Subscription Address:  http://lists.imowa.org/mailman/listinfo/socialpsy-teach
         

        TIPS (Teaching In the Psychological Sciences)
        The focus of TIPS is on the exchange of information regarding teaching in general and the teaching of psychology in particular. Discussions of both practical and theoretical nature can be found on the list.
        Subscription Message: SUBSCRIBE TIPS <YourFullName>
        Subscription Address: listserv@fre.fsu.umd.edu
        URL: http://www.frostburg.edu/dept/psyc/southerly/tips/
         
         
         

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      The proper APA-style reference for this page would be:

      Nichols, J. W. (2002, November 4). Links to Sites Devoted to the Teaching of Psychology.  Retrieved May 25, 2003 from the World Wide Web: http://www.tulsa.oklahoma.net/~jnichols/teaching.html