Teaching Fellowships

This course is designed to prepare psychology graduate students as teachers of psychology at the undergraduate level and as teaching assistants. Grading is on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis.

• Prepare psychology graduate students for undergraduate-level teaching and assistantship roles.
• Covers syllabus development, instructional material selection, testing, and evaluation methodologies.
• Explores classroom management strategies and theoretical aspects of psychology teaching.

Session Content:

1. Teaching Philosophy, Teaching Strategies and Classroom Management Strategies (3.5 hours)
2. Syllabus Preparation, Grading Process, University Support Services (1.5 hours)
3. Demonstration and Critique — Teaching demonstration by students (3 hours, 20-to-30-minute teaching demonstrations using principles covered in the seminar. Students will be provided with the lecture materials in the form of a book chapter/articles, etc., prior to the seminar)

• Conduct a 30-minute in-class teaching demonstration under faculty observation.
• Demonstrations integrate principles covered in the seminar.
• Lecture content includes personality theory, psychopathology, or developmental psychology.

Complete a teaching observation of a full-time faculty undergraduate class session.

Assemble a teaching portfolio, including:

• Samples of teaching demonstration lectures.
• Classroom observation feedback report.
• Syllabus and statement of teaching philosophy.