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  • Category: Books (Education)
  • ISBN-10:  1405138017
  • ISBN-10:  1405138017
  • ISBN-13:  9781405138017
  • ISBN-13:  9781405138017
  • Publisher:  Wiley-Blackwell
  • Publisher:  Wiley-Blackwell
  • Pages:  376
  • Pages:  376
  • Binding:  Paperback
  • Binding:  Paperback
  • Pub Date:  01-May-2005
  • Pub Date:  01-May-2005
  • SKU:  1405138017-11-MPOD
  • SKU:  1405138017-11-MPOD
  • Item ID: 100794770
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The Handbook of the Teaching of Psychology is a state-of-the-art volume that provides readers with comprehensive coverage and analysis of current trends and issues, basic mechanics, and important contextual variables related to effective teaching in psychology.

  • Uses concise and targeted chapters, written by leading scholars in the field, to explore a myriad of challenges in the teaching of psychology.
  • Employs a prescriptive approach to offer strategies and solutions to frequently occurring dilemmas.
  • Covers the gamut of current topics of interest to all current and future teachers of psychology.
Preface.

Part I: Introduction.

1. What Teachers Need to Know about Teaching and Learning: Stephen F. Davis (Texas Wesleyan University) and William Buskist (Auburn University).

2. The Scholarship of Teaching and Pedagogy: Bernard C. Beins (Ithaca College).

3. Psychology Curricula and the New Liberal Arts: Thomas V. McGovern (Arizona State University West).

4. The Society for the Teaching of Psychology: A Psychology Teacher’s Best Friend: G. William Hill IV (Kennesaw State University).

Part III: Preparing for Teaching.

5. Options for Planning a Course and Developing a Syllabus: Anne-Marie Suddreth and Amy T. Galloway (both Appalachian State University).

6. Selecting a Text and Using Publisher-Produced Courseware: Some Suggestions and Warnings: Andrew Christopher (Albion College).

7. The First Day of Class and the Rest of the Semester: Sandra Goss Lucas (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign).

Part III: Techniques of Teaching: Approaches and Stló[