Teaching Psychology

Sandra Goss Lucas was Director of Introductory Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 1998 until 2009, and continues to teach psychology courses. She has received numerous awards for excellence in teaching and has been a member of the National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology steering committee since 1986. She has authored textbooks and several published articles on teaching psychology. Douglas A. Bernstein is Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Courtesy Professor of Psychology at the University of South Florida. For 35 years he served as a member of the planning committee, and then as committee chairman, for the National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology. He has received numerous awards for excellence in teaching and has authored textbooks in a range of topics in psychology and on teaching psychology.

1. Introduction. 2. Preparing Your Courses. 3. The First Few Days of Class. 4. Developing Your Teaching Style. 5. Evaluating Student Learning. 6. Faculty-Student Relationships. 7. Teaching with Technology. 8. Assessing and Improving Your Teaching. 9. Integrating Teaching Into Your Academic Life.