A guide to lecturing as a grad student
Many universities offer teaching assistantships or require graduate students to teach as part of their training. While lecturing opportunities are an excellent way to build professional skills, they can be daunting for those who lack prior teaching experience or feel nervous about public speaking. Here is some advice on how to prepare for and give a lecture to an undergraduate class, as well as how to set fair course policies.
How Satisfied Are Psychology-Degree Holders With Their Jobs?, How One High School Saved Lives with a Survey…and more in this week’s news roundup!
Practicing Mindfulness to Combat Stress in Academia
Academics spend hours sitting at a desk, thinking deep thoughts on specific topic areas. And we are also planners, thinking ahead of our next research paper or lecture. And when we think back to our previous papers and lectures, we ask the questions what went well? What did not go well? Often, we worry. Will we get tenure? Will we get that grant?
For as much thinking as we do, we are rarely self-reflexive in the present. We rarely live in the current moment, which, for many reasons, is problematic.
Strategies To Become More Trauma-Informed, Ideas For Incorporating Fun Into The Teaching Of Stats and more in this week’s news roundup!
Let’s Explore: School Psychology 101!
School Psychology is the specialty of psychology that focuses on the educational and psychological needs of children and adolescents in a school environment.
Children Aren’t Born with Learning Styles, Books On The Science Of Learning and More in this week’s news roundup!
The Jigsaw Activity: Constructivism in Action
As an educational psychologist and educator for the past 20 years, I’ve come to appreciate the claims of constructivism more and more. In particular, I’m a firm believer that students learn by doing at a much higher level of quality than when they just sit in the classroom and listen to somebody else tell them what the facts are.
Psychology named as a top 10 most versatile major, avoiding PhD Goggles…and more in this week’s news roundup!
Stressed about Work? Occupational Health Psychology Can Help
Think about someone you know who really loves their job. Now think about someone you know who is frequently stressed about their job and dreads going to work. Have you noticed that some jobs appear to be more stressful than others? Perhaps it’s due to working too many hours, a supervisor that’s hard to work for, or a lack of balance between work and life outside of work.