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Scientists Identify Neurons That Help the Brain Forget, Reading Strategies That Work…and more in this week new’s roundup!
Teaching Advice from Exemplary High School Psychology Teachers
The literature on teaching excellence is abundant, and educational scholars have produced a robust body of research on best teaching practices at all educational levels. While a healthy body of literature exists regarding teaching excellence in both psychology and teaching excellence at the secondary level, few sources are devoted to the combination of improving teaching excellence at the secondary level in psychology. To begin to fill this critical information void, the authors performed a qualitative analysis of each chapter written by a high school teacher who was included in the Society of the Teaching of Psychology’s (STP) series of five e-books titled The Teaching of Psychology in Autobiography: Perspectives from Exemplary Psychology Teachers.
Engaging Students and Supporting Learning in Large Classes and more in this week’s news roundup!
36 of Our Best Back To School Psychology Resources
Psychology’s insights can help teachers manage behavior problems, motivate students, assist struggling learners handle stress and much more. It can also help parents tackle issues like back to school stress, motivation issues, and resilience. With a fresh new school year ahead, we thought this would be an excellent opportunity to present some of our best resources for teachers and parents.
How Can Schools Help Kids With Anxiety?, Beneficial Effects of Explaining for Memory…and more in this week’s news roundup!
Integrating career readiness into your courses
Earlier this year, I wrote an article for the Psych Learning Curve on how faculty and academic departments can prepare undergrads for the world of work (e.g., collaborating with campus career services, etc.). I also made the case for why faculty should go through the effort. In this follow-up article, I want to focus specifically on how faculty can integrate career readiness into their respective courses.