Welcome to your first electronic CTUP newsletter! If you are reading this, you found your postcard and your way to our Web site. Do check back, as the newsletter now can be updated as we receive new information and announcements! For your CTUP colleagues who do not have Internet access, they may request a hard copy of the newsletter from me.
[Note: Addresses of the Executive Board (national officers and regional representatives) can be found elsewhere in this newsletter.]
New Executive CommitteeNational CTUP concerns are coordinated by a three-person Executive Committee: a President, President-Elect, and Past President. Officers serve two-year terms in each of these positions. At the APA convention in August, Ken Weaver, Emporia State University, assumed his well-earned role as Past-President, Mary Allen, California State University, Bakersfield, assumed the presidency, and Eric Landrum, Boise State University, joined the Committee as President-Elect. Please feel free to contact them or any of the regional coordinators for information about CTUP and to share your opinions and ideas.
President's ReportLast year the Long-Range Planning Committee (Mary Allen, chair, Jay Brophy, Sue Dutch, Eric Landrum, Pat Mattimore, Ken Weaver, and Theresa Wozencraft) considered options for CTUP and tried to find a solution to our perennial problem: our income does not match our newsletter mailing costs. The Committee created a survey and received 249 responses, about a 20% response rate. [See the survey and question by question results elsewhere in the newsletter. Respondents were 155 men and 94 women, with ages ranging from 25 to 76. Most (nearly 80%) taught at four-year colleges or universities, 15% taught at community colleges, 2% taught at high schools, and the rest were retired or at other sites. Respondents were active in other organizations: 75% belonged to regional associations, 71% belonged to Division 2, 69% were APA members, 51% were APS members, 11% were TOPSS members, and 9% were CUPP members. Opinions varied widely on the various issues covered in the survey, but respondents tended to agree on five issues:
1. They were satisfied with CTUP-sponsored regional events (74% agreed or strongly agreed).Survey results were reviewed at the CTUP national meeting during the APA convention in Chicago. We were pleased that members are satisfied with our regional programming. Only 2% of the respondents had negative responses to this item. The credit goes to our wonderful regional coordinators and other volunteers who create varied, vibrant regional events. Earlier leaders worked hard to establish CTUP presence at the regionals, and we owe them our gratitude for their perseverance.
The Executive Committee agreed that moving to an electronic newsletter will save CTUP's financial base, but was concerned that members without Internet access would be excluded. Postcards will announce our first electronic newsletter and will invite members to request mailed newsletters if they lack access. CTUP does not want to exclude anyone!
Previous issues of Significant Difference have described strategies for reaching out to high school colleagues, including personal contacts with local teachers, and local, state, regional, and national programs for all who teach psychology. Those who have participated in such events have found them mutually rewarding. On a personal level, college faculty should consider sharing extra copies of texts, journals, and teaching materials with high school faculty in their communities. High school faculty aren't visited by book vendors 'bearing gifts,' don't routinely receive accessory materials for their texts (e.g., overlays, study guides, and teacher's guides), and often are forced to use textbooks that are a decade old. They are experts in motivating the hard-to-reach student and know a lot about pedagogy, so they have much to offer college faculty. At the regional level, we should be sure that high school and community college faculty are encouraged to participate in our programs and to take on leadership roles. CTUP's regional coordinators include many professionally active community college faculty, already, and the Executive Committee hopes to see expanded participation by all members at our annual meeting at the APA convention. (West coast members: the APA convention will be in San Francisco in 1988, so a long trek eastward won't be necessary for you next year.)
Cheryl Rickabaugh, our new Web coordinator, is adapting Jay Brophy's CTUP home page. Many thanks to Jay for getting this going! Cheryl is accumulating and annotating a list of teaching-related links and would appreciate hearing from you if you discover others that should be added. Regional programs, issues, and newsletters will be posted to the home page, so add a bookmark and use it often!
One of the delights of CTUP is its life-time membership fee of $10, and our membership wants to keep it that way. CTUP survives because all of its labor is volunteered, and this is a labor of love. Teaching psychology is a wonderful, challenging career, and CTUP members want to help each other discover the many ways to do it well.
1997 CTUP Survey Results, Ken Weaver, Emporia State UniversityOver the 1996-1997 academic year, CTUP members were solicited by first-class mail to respond to the survey below. Thank you to the 250 CTUP members around the nation who responded. The results are reported below. The Executive Board and the Long-Range Planning Committee have used the results to help make decisions about CTUP's future direction, and the database will continue to be a source of valuable information. Also, the first-class mailing gave CTUP a great opportunity to update the membership mailing list.
Please provide this demographic information:
1. Gender:Thank you to Ken Weaver for coordinating the survey and tabulating the results!
CTUP Business Meeting HighlightsThe balance in the treasury as of June 30, 1996 was $3,255.23. Income was accrued via 37 new memberships ($370.00) and $48.13 in bank interest. Expenses for the year ending June 1997 were: California non-profit organization fees ($10.00), 1997 APA meeting room ($50.00), Newsletter mailing reimbursement ($150.00), first-class mailing of survey ($530.00), prize monies paid for 1995 membership contest ($425.00), and bank fees ($1.00). The balance as of June 30, 1997 was $2,507.36.
Division Two's OTRP Unveils New $1500 Instructional Research Awards For 1998APA Divison Two's Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology (OTRP) has a new program whose purpose is to give away money! The Instructional Research Awards [IRA] Task Force will be giving two to three $1500.00 IRAs in 1998 to applicants whose instructional research projects best fulfill the programs twofold purpose of (1) encouraging and rewarding instructional research relevant to the teaching of psychology and (2) stimulating the development of teaching-related materials [e.g., a bibliography, a set of guidelines, a checklist, a set of instructions, etc.] that could be disseminated by the Society's OTRP. We anticipate a February 1st application deadline, a March 31st decision, and a September 1st project completion date. Application guidelines and program details will be available after November 1st. For information or forms, contact:
Margaret A. Lloyd
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, please write or call the CTUP EPA coordinators listed below. We encourage all members to take part and would especially like to learn of program preferences.
Conference Contact: Gary M. BrosvicConference Contact: Estelle R. Friedman
Tentative Symposia:
"Teaching Portfolios: Conceptualizing, Constructing, Mentoring, and
Evaluating"
"Gender and the Psychology Major"
"Strategies for Departmental
Self-Study"
"Opportunities Outside the Classroom"
The Creative Classroom: The Midwestern CTUP region invites you to submit a proposal for "The Creative Classroom," a CTUP-sponsored poster session scheduled for Saturday, May 2. This is an opportunity for teaching psychologists to learn and share successful teaching techniques and methods that enhance teaching and learning in psychology courses. To propose a poster topic for The Creative Classroom, please submit the information listed below no later than November 8, 1997 to: Donna Dahlgren, Department of Psychology, Indiana University Southeast, 4201 Grantline Road, New Albany, IN 47150; email:mailto:ddahlgre@iusmail.ius.indiana.edu.
1. The title of the proposed poster.
Authors do NOT have to be members of CTUP. Please include two self-addressed, stamped postcards in your submission packet.
Conference Contact: Norbert L. KerrIn addition to the sessions planned by WPA, RMPA will host a teaching take out, paper and poster sessions on teaching issues, an invited address by Stephen F. Davis entitled "Academic Dishonesty: Current Status, Athletes and Cheating, Cross-Cultural Findings." Also, RMPA will be hosting a symposium on "Student and Faculty Perspectives on the Ethical Responsibilities of Faculty". Finally, "Psych Follies" a humorous look at psychology by Mitch Handelsman and Joe Palladino, will be co-hosted by RMPA and WPA.
CTUP Teaching Activities Exchange
WPA, RMPA, and CTUP will again organize the CTUP Teaching Activities Exchange. The purpose of this poster session is to provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of innovative ideas that are of interest to those concerned with quality teaching.
Please note the following when submitting a proposal to the CTUP Teaching Exchange:
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 the regional coordinator.
Conference Contact: Frances Y. DunhamPoster session submissions are made to the WPA office in response to the regular call for proposals. "Psych Follies" a humorous look at psychology by Mitch Handelsman and Joe Palladino, will be co-hosted by WPA and RMPA.
Conference Contact: Donald E. Pannen
Council of Teachers of Undergraduate Psychology1997-1998 Executive Board | ||
| President | President-Elect | Past President |
| Mary Allen Department of Psychology 9001 Stockdale Highway Cal. St. Univ.-Bakersfield (805) 664-2366 Fax: (805) 664-2132 Mallen@csubak.edu |
Eric Landrum Department of Psychology Boise State University 1910 University Drive Boise, ID 83725 (208) 385-1993 Fax: 208) 385-4386 Elandru@bsu.idbsu.edu |
Ken Weaver Department of Psychology Emporia State University Emporia, KS 66801-5087 (316) 341-5317 Fax: (316) 341-5785 Weaverke@esumail.emporia.edu |
Regional Coordinators | ||
| Eastern and New England Bill Cheney Community College of Rhode Island 400 East Avenue Warwick, RI 02886 (401) 825-2258 Bob Keefer Mt. Saint Mary's College Emmitsburg, MD 21727 (301) 447-5394 keefer@msmary.edu |
Midwestern Randall E. Osborne Indiana University East 2325 Chester Blvd. Richmond, IN 47374 (765) 973-8445 reosborn@indiana.edu R. Eric Landrum Boise State University 1910 University Drive Boise, ID 83725 (208) 385-1993 elandru@bsu.idbsu.edu |
Southwestern Theresa A. Wozencraft Midwestern State University Wichita Falls, TX 76308-2099 (817) 689-4718 mailto:ykpa40a@prodigy.com Marilyn Pugh Texas Wesleyan University 1201 Wesleyan Street Ft. Worth, TX 76105-1536 (817) 531-4955 |
| Rocky Mountain Rick Miller University of Nebraska-Kearney Kearney, NE 68849 (308) 865-8235 miller@platte.unk.edu |
Southeastern Jay Brophy University of Central Florida Orlando, FL 32816 Brophy@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu |
Western Bob Johnson Umpqua Community College Roseberg, OR 97470 (541) 440-4678 bjohnson@rosenet.net Judy Farrell Moorpark College 7075 Campus Road Moorpark, CA 93021 (805) 378-1400, ext. 1654 | |||
| CTUP Web Coordinator Cheryl A. Rickabaugh Department of Psychology University of Redlands Redlands, CA 92373-0999 (909) 793-2121, ext. 3866 rickabau@uor.edu |
CTUP High School Liaison Patrick Mattimore South San Francisco High School 400 B. Street South San Francisco, CA 94080 (415) 877-8754 psychout@msn.com |