STP 2nd Annual Online e-Workshop
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Teaching the Millennial Student
Society for the Teaching of Psychology Online e-Workshop
Co-sponsored by Ball State University and the
Georgia Southern University Psychology Department
Open to all interested teachers!
Friday, January 23, 2009
1:00 – 4:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time)
The Society for the Teaching of Psychology’s (STP) LIVE online e-Workshop will focus on teaching the millennial student. Keynote speakers are Diane Halpern and Jeffrey Nevid. The e-Workshop will also include a session of additional topics related to meeting the unique teaching and learning needs of today’s students. The registration fee will include password access to the online e-Workshop, where participants can send in questions and comments during the live presentations. In addition, those who register will receive access to an archive of the workshop as well as any materials shared by presenters.
Only Internet access is required to watch (and hear) the presenters. Registered participants will receive access instructions and passwords approximately one week prior to the broadcast. For additional information contact STP Program Director Janie Wilson at jhwilson@georgiasouthern.edu.
e-Workshop Program (all listed times are Eastern Standard Time)
1:00-1:10 pm: Introductions
1:10-2:10 pm: Teaching and Assessing Critical Thinking: Better Thinking Skills Really Can be a College Outcome (Diane Halpern, Claremont McKenna College)
- Diane F. Halpern is Professor of Psychology at Claremont McKenna College. She has won many awards for her teaching and research, including the 2002 Outstanding Professor Award from the Western Psychological Association, the 1999 American Psychological Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching, 1996 Distinguished Career Award for Contributions to Education given by the American Psychological Association, the California State University’s State-Wide Outstanding Professor Award. Diane was president of the American Psychological Association in 2004 and is a past president of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology. Diane is the author of many books: Thought and Knowledge: An Introduction to Critical Thinking (4th ed., 2003), Thinking Critically About Critical Thinking (with Heidi Riggio, 2003), Sex Differences in Cognitive Abilities (3rd ed., 2000), She joined Mike Gazzaniga and Todd Heatherton on the 3rd edition of their book for introductory psychology, Psychological Science (3rd ed.), which will be published in 2009 by Norton. Her most recent book is coauthored with Fanny Cheung at Chinese University, entitled Women at the Top: Powerful Leaders Tell Us How to Combine Work and Family (Wiley/Blackwell Publishers, 2008). Most recently, Diane chaired the National Conference on Undergraduate Education in Psychology held at University of Puget Sound in June 2008. An edited book based on the work at that conference will be published by APA books in 2009.
- Teaching and Assessing Critical Thinking:
Better Thinking Skills Really Can be a College Outcome
The twin abilities of knowing how to learn and knowing how to think clearly are the most important intellectual skills for the educated workforce of the future. The real question is can we teach critical thinking so that the skills generalize across domains and last long into the future. Empirical research has shown that with appropriate instruction, college students and other adults can become better thinkers. A short sampler of applications from cognitive psychology designed to improve thinking skills will be presented in an interactive workshop.
2:15-3:15 pm: Reaching and Teaching the Millennial Student: Teaching Tips for Effective Learning (Jeffrey Nevid, St. John’s University)
- Jeff Nevid is Professor of Psychology and Director of Clinical Psychology at St. John’s University in New York. He received his doctorate from the SUNY Albany and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Northwestern University. He has authored or coauthored 35 college textbooks in various editions, including Psychology: Concepts and Applications (Cengage, 3rd ed., 2009), Abnormal Psychology in a Changing World (Pearson Education, 7th ed., 2008), and Psychology and the Challenges of Life (John Wiley & Sons, 10th ed., 2007). Jeff has also conducted research in many areas of psychology, including health psychology, clinical and community psychology, social psychology, gender and human sexuality, adolescent development, and teaching of psychology. He has served on the editorial boards of the journals Health Psychology and Psychology and Marketing and as Associate Editor of the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. He teaches at both the undergraduate and graduate levels and is actively involved in conducting pedagogical research to find new ways of helping students become more effective learners. His present research focuses on the use of interactive concept mapping, a new visual learning tool, and mastery quizzing.
- Reaching and Teaching the Millennial Student: Teaching Tips for Effective Learning
They have never known a world without personal computers and the Internet. Millenials are an Internet-surfing, iPoding, texting. Googling, facebooking, and instant-messaging generation. They are 80 million strong and are often described by words such as special, plugged in, sheltered, team-oriented, conventional, and achievement-oriented. They are our students and we need to explore ways of adapting the college classroom to reach them and teach them effectively. We also need to recognize that the human brain was not magically rewired during the past generation. This presentation focuses on ways of adapting the classroom to meet the learning needs of Millenials while applying basic principles of learning and memory to help them become more effective learners.
3:20-4:00 pm: Issues to Consider When Teaching Today’s Students
- Addressing Student Resistance, Linh Nguyen Littleford, Ball State University
- Backoff Blackhawk: The Potential Pitfalls of Helicopter Parenting for Emerging Adults,
Lesa Rae Vartanian, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne - Technology Enhanced Cheating, Jeffrey Stowell, Eastern Illinois University
Registration
Fees
- Individual Registration: $30
- Institutional Registration: $90 (unlimited access for all faculty at the institution)
Registration and Payment
The links to the registration and payment pages are located at the top of this page.
If you have any problems or questions about registration, please contact: Janie Wilson (912-478-5580 or jhwilson@georgiasouthern.edu).
Thank you to Ball State University for producing and broadcasting the e-Workshop. Thank you also to the steering committee members: Mary Kite, Laura Brandt, at Adlai E. Stevenson High School, and Haig Kouyoumdjian, at Mott Community College.