The Oxford Handbook of Undergraduate Psychology Education

by Dana S. Dunn

Overview

The Oxford Handbook of Undergraduate Psychology Education is dedicated to providing comprehensive coverage of teaching, pedagogy, and professional issues in psychology. The Handbook is designed to help psychology educators at each stage of their careers, from teaching their first courses and developing their careers to serving as department or program administrators. The goal of the Handbook is to provide teachers, educators, researchers, scholars, and administrators in psychology with current, practical advice on course creation, best practices in psychology pedagogy, course content recommendations, teaching methods and classroom management strategies, advice on student advising, and administrative and professional issues, such as managing one's career, chairing the department, organizing the curriculum, and conducting assessment, among other topics.

The primary audience for this Handbook is college and university-level psychology teachers (at both two and four-year institutions) at the assistant, associate, and full professor levels, as well as department chairs and other psychology program administrators, who want to improve teaching and learning within their departments. Faculty members in other social science disciplines (e.g., sociology, education, political science) will find material in the Handbook to be applicable or adaptable to their own programs and courses.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199933815
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	09/04/2015
Series:	Oxford Library of Psychology
Pages:	952
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.10(h) x 1.90(d)

About the Author

Dana S. Dunn (B.A., Carnegie Mellon University; Ph.D., University of Virginia) is Professor of Psychology and Assistant Dean for Special Projects at Moravian College. A social psychologist by training, his scholarship examines teaching, learning, and liberal education, as well as the social psychology of disability. Dunn received the Charles L. Brewer Award for Distinguished Teaching of Psychology from the American Psychological Foundation in 2013. He is Editor-in-Chief of Oxford Bibliographies: Psychology.

Table of Contents

PART I. Background and Introduction

1. Psychology Education - Dana S. Dunn

2. Teaching Psychology: Reflecting on the Art and Science of Quality Pedagogy - Dana S. Dunn and Jamie McMinn

3. Origins of Teaching Psychology in America - Jennifer L. Bazar

4. Disciplinary Initiatives in Psychology Education: Retrospect and Prospect- Jane S. Halonen

PART 2. Pedagogy and Practice Issues

5. Designing the Psychology Course: Syllabus, Readings, and Assignments - Kenneth D. Keith

6. Smart Starts and Happy Endings: Wise Choices for the First and Last Days of Class - Elliot Hammer

7. Teaching Critical Thinking to Promote Learning - Diane F. Halpern, Amanda H. R. Franco, and Heather A. Butler

8. Evaluating Learning: Designing Effective Quizzes, Tests, and Final Exams - Kevin J. Apple

9. The Head of the Class: Classroom Management and Presentation Choices - Beth M. Schwartz and Amy Fineburg

10. Becoming an Excellent Teacher - William Buskist and Jared Keeley

11. Ethical Teaching in the Classroom and Beyond- Mitchell M. Handelsman and William Douglas Woody

12. Teaching About Diversity Across the Undergraduate Psychology Curriculum - Mary E. Kite and Linh Nguyen Littleford

13. Teaching Laboratory Courses in Psychology - Jeffrey D. Holmes and Bernard C. Beins

14. Addressing the Needs of Nontraditional Students in Psychology - Mukul Bhalla, Diane Finley, and Radhika Krishnadas

15. Service Learning and Psychology - Michelle E. Schmidt and Stacey B. Zaremba

16. Conducting and Applying the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning - Regan A. R. Gurung

17. Teaching Writing for Psychology Courses - Randolph A. Smith

18. Speaking Well: Promoting Effective Oral Presentations Skills Across the Psychology Curriculum - Dana S.
Dunn, Jane S. Halonen, Suzanne C. Baker, and Maureen A. McCarthy

19. Collaboration: Student-Faculty Research - Richard L. Miller

20. Directing Undergraduate Research in Independent Studies, Honors, and Thesis Projects - Stephen L. Chew

21. Mentoring Undergraduates in Research - Lisabeth Fisher DiLalla

22. Using Technology Effectively in the Psychology Classroom - Jeffrey R. Stowell

23. Teaching Online Courses in Psychology - Jennifer Stiegler-Balfour

PART 3. Teaching the Topical Areas

24. Introductory Psychology: Unique Challenges and Opportunities - Wayne Weiten and Jeremy Ashton Houska

25. Teaching Research Methods - Bryan K. Saville

26. Statistics and Psychometrics - Maureen A. McCarthy and Bernard C. Beins

27. Psychology and Neuroscience: Teaching the Neural Basis of Behavior - Gary Muir and Erik Wiertelak

28. Animal Behavior - Suzanne C. Baker and Catherine Franssen

29. Experimental Psychology - Howard Iver Thorsheim

30. Using Science to Teach Science: Applying the Scientific Method in Teaching Physiological Psychology -
Sarah K. Johnson and Gretchen Hanson Gotthard

31. Teaching Cognitive Science - Robert J. Sternberg and Karin Sternberg

32. Psychology of Adjustment - Dana S. Dunn, Wayne Weiten, and Elizabeth Yost Hammer

33. Clinical and Counseling Psychology - Mark J. Sciutto

34. Abnormal Psychology - Susan Nolan, Paige H. Fisher, and Magdalena Galazyn

35. Teaching Child and Adolescent Development - David B. Daniel and Aaron S. Richmond

36. The Joys and Challenges of Teaching Social Psychology - Kathryn A. Morris and R. Brian Giesler

37. Teaching Personality Psychology - Marianne Miserandino

38. Teaching Health Psychology - Regan A. R. Gurung and Elise M. Rittenhouse

39. Teaching the History of Psychology: Aims, Approaches, and Debates - Wade Pickren and Alexandra Rutherford

40. Human Sexuality - Elizabeth Yost Hammer

41. Teaching Psychology of the Workplace - Tracy E. Zinn

42. Psychology of Women - Florence Denmark and Michele Paludi

43. Strategies and Resources for Teaching Psychology of Religion - Michael E. Nielsen and Christopher F. Silver

44. Positive Psychology - Jaime Kurtz

45. Teaching Cultural Psychology - Beth Morling

46. Teaching Forensic Clinical Psychology - Matthew T. Huss and Vince Flynn

47. Teaching the Psychology and Law Class - Elizabeth Swenson

48. Sport Psychology - Shane M. Murphy and Annemarie I. Murphy

49. Teaching the Psychology of Men and Masculinity to Undergraduates - Ronald F. Levant and Katherine Richmond

PART 4. Preparing Students for Life after Graduation

50. Psychology Applied: Undergraduate Internships and Field Placements - Monica Reis-Bergan

51. Career Development Courses: Preparing Psychology Majors for the Workplace - R. Eric Landrum

52. Advising Students about Graduate School in Nonpsychology Fields - Susan Burns

53. Taking Time Off Between College and Graduate School: Guidance and Recommendations - Jared Keeley

PART 5. Administrative Matters and Career Issues

54. Preparing for Teaching-Oriented, Tenure-Track Jobs: The Role of Postdoctoral, Adjunct, and Visiting
Positions - Debra Mashek, Diana M. Milillo, and Jennifer M. Tomlinson

55. Character Strengths for Well-Being in Academic Life Work and Relationships - Thomas McGovern

56. Seeking Balance in One's Early Career: Teaching, Research, Service, and Private Life - Steven Prentice-
Dunn

57. Becoming a Better Writer about Psychology - Andrew Christopher, Pam Marek, and Kevin Zabel

58. Applying the Portfolio Model of Adaptability - Frederick T. L. Leong, Siddharth Chandra, and Madhur Chandra

59. Structuring the Psychology Curriculum: Balancing Breadth, Depth, and Currency - Dana S. Dunn and Jamie
McMinn

60. Chairing the Academic Department - Michael L. Stoloff and Nathalie Coté

61. Assessing the Psychology Curriculum: A Primer for Faculty and Administrators -Claudia J. Stanny

62. Academic Program Reviews in Psychology - Dana S. Dunn, Jane S. Halonen, Suzanne C. Baker, and Maureen A.
McCarthy

63. Preparing for Postcampus Life: Late Career Issues and Retirement - G. William Hill IV

PART 6. Emerging Topics

64. How to Create a Better Future Using the Quality Principles for Undergraduate Education - Diane F. Halpern and Heather A. Butler

65. Psychological Literacy in Undergraduate Psychology Education - Jacquelyn Cranney, Suzanne Morris, and
Lorayne Botwood

66. Psychology as a STEM Discipline: Issues and Prospects for Undergraduate Education - Tyler Lorig and William B. Dragoin

67. The Promise of Psychology Education - Dana S. Dunn

Index

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