This comprehensive volume is an essential resource for instructors of beginning courses in psychology. Reflecting the wisdom and creativity of many teachers of introductory psychology who contributed their ideas to the journal Teaching of Psychology, the articles discuss a variety of issues and approaches as well as provide a large number of suggestions for classroom and extra-classroom activities and demonstrations. (view table of contents)

Product Description: These books provide an invaluable reference for teachers of psychology. The plethora of teaching strategies and techniques discussed should serve to improve the quality of their teaching. For those who teach high school, college, and graduate students in psychology, education, and the social sciences, these volumes present immediate practical applications and rich sources of ideas...read more

Product Description: These books provide an invaluable reference for teachers of psychology. The plethora of teaching strategies and techniques discussed should serve to improve the quality of their teaching. For those who teach high school, college, and graduate students in psychology, education, and the social sciences, these volumes present immediate practical applications and rich sources of ideas...read more

These books provide an invaluable reference for teachers of psychology. The plethora of teaching strategies and techniques discussed should serve to improve the quality of their teaching. For those who teach high school, college, and graduate students in psychology, education, and the social sciences, these volumes present immediate practical applications and rich sources of ideas. They contain the collective experiences of teachers who have successfully dealt with students' difficulty in mastering important concepts about human behavior. Volume 1 addresses teaching strategies for courses that make up the core of most psychology curricula; introductory psychology, statistics, research methods, and the history of psychology. Volume 2 discusses teaching physiology, perception, learning, memory, and developmental psychology. Volume 3 deals with teaching personality, abnormal clinical-counseling, and social psychology. Each volume contains a table listing the articless in that volume and identifying the primary and secondary courses in which each demonstration can be used. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Useful as an introduction for students studying psychology for the first time, and also useful as a handy reference tool to tackle all issues involved in writing psychology papers throughout the course.* Updated APA format. * Expanded section on plagiarism...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Studying for Psychology

Now in its third edition, this very popular guide to studying psychology remains an invaluable tool for students at both undergraduate and pre-degree level, along with those deciding whether to take psychology as an academic subject. Providing insights into the most critical aspects of studying psychology, A Student's Guide to Studying Psychology is distinguished from other texts by its easy to follow format and practical nature. Topics covered include: * perspectives within psychology* making the most of seminars, tutorials and lectures* how to write essays and empirical reports* guidelines on exam preparation and technique* information on careers in psychology and tips for applying for jobs, including how to write your own curriculum vitae. For this fully updated third edition, new advice is included on web-based research and referencing. Subject coverage is expanded to include contemporary research trends in cognitive neuroscience, evolutionary psychology and positive psychology. In addition, new material investigates postgraduate specialisms including neuropsychology, psychotherapy and sport psychology.

Product Description: Written by some of psychology's most accomplished teachers, this is an introductory guide for first-time psychology teachers. The book provides proven teaching activities and offers ideas on how to structure the course; how to choose what material to teach; how to teach with passion and engage students; and how best to use the introductory textbook...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Based on the author's experience, this discussion of psychology as a human science (rather than a natural science) outlines classroom techniques integrating narrative psychology and dynamic interpersonal psychotherapy as a means of teaching and demonstrating the core curriculum...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This set contains three volumes that bring together selected articles, from the "Teaching of Psychology" journal, with tested ideas on how to liven up a psychology class.

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Product Description: Do your students have the tools to distinguish between the true science of human thought and behavior, and pop psychology? Ruscio's new book provides a tangible and compelling framework for making that distinction. Because we are inundated with "scientific" claims, the author does not merely differentiate science and pseudoscience, but goes further to teach the fundamentals of scientific reasoning on which students can base their evaluation of information...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: In this text, a professor from Yale University offers his wisdom gleaned from his years of experience in academia. Dr Sternberg distils his analysis of choices made over a long and successful career into densely packed maxims that should help students and new academics create a foundation for a gratifying career of their own...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Book by Jamison, Jennie Brooks

Product Description: This title examines what our students need to know to be psychologically literate citizens of the contemporary world, caring family members, and productive workers who can meet today's challenges. It contains the expert opinions of a leading group on the topic, creates a powerful new model for educating psychologically literate citizens and provides a handbook of evidence-based practical pedagogy with substantive resource materials applicable to every campus and its faculty...read more

This ground-breaking book is the first to address the learning and teaching issues associated with psychology in Higher Education in the UK and Europe Presents effective, evidence-based practice and advice for both experienced and new lecturers Covers challenging areas of psychology teaching, such as research methods and statistics, supervision of research projects and management of online learning Relevant for European Universities aligning with the Bologna Declaration

Product Description: In teaching undergraduate psychology, both new and experienced instructors are eager to find ways to engage students in learning and generate excitement for the subject matter. At the same time, instructors must balance these objectives with the need to: align course content with APA-approved guidelines; integrate instructional strategies with authentic or 'real-world' learning and assessment; and assess students' mastery of course content...read more

Product Description: Teaching Psychology 14-19 - first published as Teaching Post-16 Psychology - is a core text for all training psychology teachers, as well as experienced teachers engaged in further study and professional development. Taking a reflective approach, Matt Jarvis explores key issues and debates against a backdrop of research and theory, and provides guidance on practical ideas intended to make life in the psychology classroom easier...read more