CTUP
SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE
COUNCIL FOR TEACHERS OF UNDERGRADUATE PSYCHOLOGY
Message from Maureen Hester, CTUP President
Following Jane Halonen as CTUP President is a
humbling task. In all her activities, she works hard, builds community, and has
fun doing it. Over the past two years, Jane has instituted a newsletter,
Significant Difference , and written a handbook of
responsibilities as well as the by-laws and articles of incorporation to further
the non-profit status of CTUP. Jane, we thank you for your wit and wisdom, as
you move into your Past-President's role. Thanks to Randy Smith for the support
and encouragement he has given to Jane and me over the past two years. Two
contributions of Randy come to mind: CTUP had a large growth in membership
during Randy's tenure as President and his inclusion of CTUP's history in APA's
100 Years of Teaching.
CTUP continues to attract good
people to leadership. Ken Weaver of Emporia State University is our new
President-elect. Ken was SWPA regional co-coordinator from 1987-1989 and
Coordinator from 1989-1991. Over the next two years, Ken will edit the
newsletter, and I will continue with membership registration, financial
reporting, and the completion of our non-profit status.
CTUP has its
biggest impact at the regional level. Each of you can influence the regional
meetings by contacting your coordinators whose names, addresses, and phone
numbers appear on page 3. Likewise, you can influence CTUP's growth by giving
the membership flyer inserted in the newsletter to a colleague. The regions are
as strong as its members and leaders.
Our membership has reached the 1000
mark. I encourage you to pass on your issue of Significant
Difference to a colleague who might be recruited to join. Wayne Weiten,
Santa Clara University, has volunteered to design a plan to increase membership
in the next year. To those who have asked, YES, high school teachers can and do
belong to CTUP.
Why am I proud to be president of CTUP?
Because:
--CTUP is an organization accessible to any teacher of
psychology
--CTUP provides a network of colleagues
--CTUP represents all
levels of psychology teaching
--CTUP is the last group alive that charges $10
for a lifetime membership
--CTUP, with such a fee, cannot have a top heavy
organizational structure
--CTUP has some "down home" people in
it
--Lastly, I have joined a wonderful group of colleagues who have given
time to developing this organization, most recently Jane Halonen and Randy
Smith.
Those are the straight reasons. Maybe it is time for a contest of
pseudo-David Lettermans to write the TOP TEN REASONS FOR JOINING
CTUP.
'Til next time,
Maureen
CTUP's ANNUAL REPORT
A small but enthusiastic group
of CTUP regional coordinators and members met at the annual business meeting
held in conjunction with the APA convention in Toronto for a full agenda that
included a birthday cake to recognize CTUP's 25th year. CTUP President Jane
Halonen outlined the following notable accomplishments of the
year:
--increase of 64 members
--the completion of the council's
By-laws (these will be published in the April 1, 1994 newsletter)
--the
nearly completed application for non-profit status
--the development of the
regional coordinator handbook
--expanded programming at regional conferences
including representation of high school teacher interests
--appointment of
Ken Weaver from Emporia State University as the new President-elect
--two
more issues of Significant Difference
President-elect
Maureen Hester reviewed CTUP's finances for the July 1, 1992 to June 20, 1993
fiscal year. The cost of producing and mailing the newsletter was the largest
expense, exceeding the annual income from membership dues and interest by $200.
Also, during the current fiscal year, Maureen estimated an expenditure of $276
for becoming a registered, non-profit organization. Discussion focused on
alternative ways of distributing the newsletter. For the 1993-1994 year, three
institutions will mail CTUP's newsletter, saving CTUP a considerable expense.
The meeting concluded with members discussing the highlights of respective CTUP
program from the spring regional conventions.
NEW
PRESIDENT-ELECT
Ken Weaver has been appointed the new
President-elect. Ken earned a BS and MEd from the University of South Carolina
and PhD from Teachers College, Columbia University. He was a Peace Corps
Volunteer for two years in the Philippines in rural public health education and
taught seventh and eighth grade science for five years. He is now an associate
professor of psychology at Emporia State University and the program chair for
the Southwestern Psychological Association's 1994
convention.
CONGRATULATIONS NEW DIVISION TWO
FELLOWS!
The following new Fellows of Division
Two of APA were introduced at the division's business meeting during the APA
convention in Toronto: Ruth Ault from Davidson College, Barney Beins from Ithaca
College, Terry Cronan from San Diego State University, Neil Lutsky from Carleton
College, and Kathryn Quina from the University of Rhode Island. Special
congratulations to Terry, who is a CTUP member.
SUBSCRIBING TO TIPS
TIPS is
the acronym for T eaching i n the
P sychological S ciences. It is a computer service
available to those with access to an electronic mail address. The primary
purpose of TIPS is to foster an open discussion of teaching all aspects of
psychology, but anyone who wants to exchange ideas and information about
teaching is welcome to subscribe. To subscribe, send a "SUBSCRIBE TIPS Your
firstname Your lastname" (quotes not included) to LISTSERV@FRE.FSU.UMD.EDU
(Internet) or LISTSERV%FRE.FSU.UMD.EDU@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU. You may leave TIPS at
any time by sending a "UNSUSCRIBE TIPS" (quotes not included) message to the
same addresses contained in the preceding sentence.
CTUP IN
HANDBOOK ON UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION
Maureen in
her presidential message on page 1 alluded to the chapter on CTUP's history
written by former president Randy Smith and published by APA in 100
Years of Teaching . Another 1993 APA publication includes CTUP.
Handbook for Enhancing Undergraduate Education in Psychology
(ISBN 1-55798-196-5) is edited by Tom McGovern and based on APA's National
Conference on Enhancing the Quality of Undergraduate Education in Psychology,
held at St. Mary's College of Maryland in June 1991. The conference participants
are a "Who's Who" of teaching psychology in the United States, and the quality
of the handbook matches the impressiveness of its authors. "Faculty who are
committed to undergraduate education in general and to psychology in particular
seek scholarly expositions about their craft. Reading this book will be an
excellent faculty development activity for an individual or for a group of
faculty" (from p. vii of Tom McGovern's Preface).
Appendix D of the
handbook is titled "Recommendations From the APA National Conference on
Enhancing the Quality of Undergraduate Education in Psychology."
In a
subsection on recommendations to other [than APA] organizations, the conference
participants recommend the following about CTUP:
--Continue and expand
efforts to develop programs on teaching issues at regional meetings (alone or in
concert with Division 2).
--Recruit high school teachers and graduate
students as members who could participate with CTUP in regional meetings on
teaching issues.
Teaching Conferences
THE 16TH ANNUAL INSTITUTE ON
THE TEACHING OF PSYCHOLOGY , co-sponsored by the University of Illinois
Department of Psychology and the University of South Florida Department of
Psychology, will be held January 2-4, 1994, at the TradeWinds Hotel, in St.
Petersburg Beach, FL. Featured speakers include Bruce Abbott, Sheila Ager,
Judith Becker, Ludy T. Benjamin, Charles Blair-Broeker, Ken Bordens, Frank
Costin, John Dworetsky, James Eison, Bruce Goldstein, Sandra S. Goss, Peter
Gray, Robert Guthrie, Robert Henderson, Karen Huffman, Patricia Keith-Spiegel,
Benjamin Lahey, Lester Lefton, Lee McCann, John Nichols, Louis A. Penner, Barry
Perlman, David Proter, Spencer Rathus, Neal Salkind, Joel I. Shenker, and
Patricia Wallace. The conference program includes three preconference workshops,
a computer software fair, poster sessions, and a participants' idea exchange, in
addition to the presentations of the more than 25 distinguished speakers. For
more information, write to Douglas A. Bernstein, Department of Psychology,
University of Illinois, 603 East Daniel Street, Champaign, IL 61820, or contact
the conference coordinator, Joanne Fetzner, by phone at (217) 398-6969 or by
e-mail at JFETZNER@S.PSYCH.UIUC.EDU.
THE 10TH ANNUAL MID-AMERICA
CONFERENCE FOR TEACHERS OF PSYCHOLOGY will be October 15-16, 1993, at
the University of Southern Indiana in Evansville, IN. Patricia Keith-Spiegel
from Ball State University will deliver the keynote address, "Ethics in Pale
Gray: Unexplored Dimensions of Professor-Student Interactions." Other topics
will include writing within the discipline, examination techniques in
psychology, working collaboratively, incorporating gender issues into the
curriculum, computers in psychology, teaching social psychology, nontraditional
students, self-directed advising, students' views of the ethics of teaching, the
pedagogical soundness of extra credit, and conceptions and misconceptions of
p < .05. For more information, call (800) 467-8600 or (812)
464-1989.
THE 3RD ANNUAL SOUTHWEST REGIONAL CONFERENCE FOR
TEACHERS OF PSYCHOLOGY will be November 5-6, 1993, at Texas Wesleyan
University, Fort Worth, TX. Sessions will include critical thinking, assigning
grades, Internet as a faculty resource, second-half career issues, teaching love
from a physiological perspective, teaching the psychology of women course,
teaching statistics, multiculturalism, teaching APA-style writing, faculty
dilemmas in teaching, and a poster and computer software session. For more
information, call John Hall, (817) 531-4956 or (817)
531-4974.
THE 5TH ANNUAL SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE ON THE TEACHING
OF PSYCHOLOGY will be held at Kennesaw State College, Marietta, GA, on
February 25-26, 1994. For more information, contact William Hill, Department of
Psychology, Kennesaw State College, Marietta, GA 30061, (404)
423-6225.
THE 7TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING OF
PSYCHOLOGY will have active learning as a theme and be held at the
Nevele Country Club, Ellenville, NY, March 16-18, 1994. For more information,
contact Judith R. Levine, Department of Psychology, SUNY College of Technology,
Farmingdale, NY 11735, (516) 420-2725.
Regional Convention Calls for CTUP Programs
EASTERN PSYCHOLOGICAL
ASSOCIATION
April 15-17,
1994
Providence, RI
The traditional CTUP Program at EPA includes a
panel discussion on a topic of interest to its members, an activities exchange,
a conversation with a prominent teacher, a social affair, and a business
meeting. If you have a suggestion or comment or would like to contribute to the
program this spring, please write, call, or e-mail Henry Morlock at the
Department of Psychology, SUNY Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, NY 12901; (518)
564-3076; MORLOCHC@SNYPLAVA.BITNET or Dave Hertzler, Department of Psychology,
SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY 13126; (315) 341-4013; HERTZLER@OSWEGO.OSWEGO.EDU,
respectively. We encourage all members to take part and would especially like to
learn of program preferences. Please respond by November 10,
1993 .
MIDWESTERN PSYCHOLOGICAL
ASSOCIATION
May 5-7, 1994
Chicago,
IL
CTUP-MPA Region invites you to help with two sessions
during the MPA Convention at the Palmer House in Chicago. THE CREATIVE
CLASSROOM is a CTUP sponsored poster and demonstration session
scheduled for Saturday, May 7, 1994. It is an opportunity for teaching
psychologists to learn and to demonstrate successful teaching techniques and
methods that enhance teaching and learning in college psychology courses. To
propose a technique for THE CREATIVE CLASSROOM, submit the information listed
below no later than October 29, 1993 to:
Dr. Allen Keniston,
Session Moderator
Department of Psychology
University of WIsconsin-Eau
Claire
Eau Claire, WI 54702-4004
1. Title of technique or
method.
2. Author, affiliation, address, and phone.
3. 100-200 word
description of technique's purpose and use.
4. Type of course and intended
audience for which you use the technique.
5. Evidence (quantitative or
qualitative) of the technique's effectiveness.
6. Constraints on using the
technique (e.g., class size, materials, time).
7. Constraints on doing a
demonstration at the convention (e.g., space, projectors).
8. Availability of
handouts that describe your technique.
Demonstrations will be selected
from poster applications. Please include a stamped, self-addressed envelope for
a reply. Space allocation may limit the number of proposals that can be accepted
for presentation.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN PSYCHOLOGICAL
ASSOCIATION
March 22-24, 1994
Las Vegas,
NV
The CTUP Program will include four events: a juried poster
session on teaching activities, "Teaching and Takeout " forum
highlighting successful teaching techniques, a symposium on Teaching Assistant
training models at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, and a session on
feminist issues in curriculum and assessment. Submissions for the poster session
and forum are welcome and should be sent to the RMPA Program Chair by
December 10 .
SOUTHEASTERN PSYCHOLOGICAL
ASSOCIATION
March 30-April 3, 1994
New
Orleans, LA
The CTUP Program will feature both program ideas and
teaching demonstrations. Members are encouraged to submit program suggestions or
demonstrations or other creative ideas to:
Dr. Virginia Andreoli
Mathie
Psychology Department
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA
22801
(703) 568-6309
SOUTHWESTERN PSYCHOLOGICAL
ASSOCIATION
April 14-16, 1994
Tulsa,
OK
A special CTUP poster session will be held during the
convention to provide a forum in which teachers of psychology can exchange
teaching ideas and discover ways to expand and improve their teaching methods.
Any aspect of teaching is welcome: classroom projects, demonstrations,
assessment of student learning and skills, student evaluations, curricular
evaluations, teaching of psychology in non-college settings, advising, and
mentoring. Regardless of content, each poster should contain an abstract,
project description, discussion of implementation or procedures, description of
resources and materials, and an outcome statement. Individual submissions for
the session must follow the regular procedures of SWPA. These are described in
the SWPA Call for Papers. For item 6 (Format), check "Poster" and for item 7
(Topic), type "30. Teaching." Mail cover sheets and summaries of 500 words or
less, postmarked no later than November 1, 1993 , to Dr. Edward
P. Kardas, Department of Psychology, Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia, AR
71753-5000.
WESTERN PSYCHOLOGICAL
ASSOCIATION
April 28-May 1, 1994
Kona,
HI
Planned CTUP Activities include the annual Last
Lecture series, a Great Teacher's Seminar, a symposium on
multiculturalism in psychology, the CTUP invited presentation and poster
session, and the (in)famous social hour. For more information regarding CTUP/WPA
membership or participation in the 1994 program, contact Dr. Jim Waller,
Whitworth College,
Spokane, WA 99251-0706, or Dr. Mary Allen,
CSU-Bakersfield, 9001 Stockdale Highway, Bakersfield, CA 93311-1099.
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