TOPIC:  TEACHING: Opportunities and Recommendations for Internationalizing Psychology Education

Assigned Reading/s: CHAPTER 9, pp. 183 - 206 [Shealy, Bullock, & Kapadia (Eds.) (2023)]

Supplementary Materials:

·      Teaching Psychology: Where Can I Find Help?
https://www.apa.org/ed/precollege/topss/help-teaching-psychology 

This resource provides the novice or veteran psychology teacher with a quick reference for needs and questions that arise while preparing to teach a course in psychology. External links provided on this page are not endorsed by APA but were selected by the educators who compiled this list as useful sites for teachers. This listing was suggested by members of an APA Working Group on Ongoing Professional Development that met during the 2017 APA Summit on High School Psychology Education.

  • Internationalizing Undergraduate Psychology Education: Trends, Techniques, and Technologies
    Link to download article/content/enforced/305697-PSY-603-21929.202120/AP (Takooshian, Gielen, Plous, Rich, & Velayo, 2016).pdf
    Takooshian, H., Gielen, U. P., Plous, S., Rich, G. J., & Velayo, R. S. (2016). Internationalizing undergraduate psychology education: Trends, techniques, and technologies. American Psychologist, 71(2), 136-147.
  • American Psychological Association Working Group on Internationalizing the Undergraduate Psychology Curriculum: Report and Recommended Learning Outcomes for Internationalizing the Undergraduate Curriculum (Nov. 2005)
    Link to download article: https://www.apa.org/ed/precollege/about/international.pdf
    This document represents the work of the APA Working Group on Internationalizing the Undergraduate Psychology Curriculum. The document does not represent policy of the American Psychological Association.

Neil Lutsky, Carleton College
Judith Torney-Purta, University of Maryland College Park
Richard Velayo, Pace University
Val Whittlesey, Kennesaw State University
Linda Woolf, Webster University
Maureen McCarthy, American Psychological Association

·       Resources for Teachers of Psychology
https://teachpsych.org/page-1603066#international
The Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP) curates and distributes teaching and advising materials to all teachers of psychology (e.g., 4-year instructors, 2-year instructors, and high-school teachers).  The resources available below are documents that can pertain to any aspect of teaching. (NOTE:  Syllabi have their own listings under Project Syllabus.)
Instructors have generously shared classroom activities, annotated bibliographies, film guides, lab manuals, advising aids, textbook compendiums, and much more. Notations indicate those that developed from Instructional Resource Awards.

·       Resources to Help Internationalize Psychology Courses/Curricula
https://teachpsych.org/page-1588335   
This resource includes books, chapters, articles, and other materials related to the internationalization of the psychology curriculum. The resource is organized topically as follows: Cognitive, Developmental, General Cross-Cultural, General International, Global Issues, Health, History, Industrial/Organizational, Intergroup Relations, Introductory, Mental Health and Clinical, Psychology and Law, School, Social, Teaching, Women, and additional resources.