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EDUCATION DIRECTORATE
Sponsored Programs for Convention 2002

The Board of Educational Affairs (BEA) and the APA Education Directorate are pleased to present you the schedule of activities related to education, teaching, and learning at the 2002 APA Convention. We hope you will find our online brochure informative and beneficial to your professional development in psychology.

Please view BEA co-listed sessions that are part of the 2002 education track on teaching, learning, and education. Sessions will feature programs from high school through graduate and postgraduate levels in all fields of psychology.

We are continuing to add information regarding dates, times, and locations for many events. Please e-mail us if you have questions or concerns. Thank you!

Board of Educational Affairs (BEA)
Discussion Session: Rethinking Education in Psychology and Psychology in Education: An Overview of the 2001 ELC
Saturday, August 24 from 10:00 - 11:50 a.m.
McCormick Place, E265

BEA Technology Working Group
Symposium: Technology Competencies for Undergraduate and Graduate Psychology Students
Saturday, August 24 from 9 - 9:50 a.m.
McCormick Place, Room E259

BEA and the American Psychological Foundation
Session: The Pinnacle of Artistic Performance: Psychological Perspectives and Real World Insights
Saturday, August 24 from 8:00 - 9:50 a.m.
McCormick Place, Room E270

Annual APA Education Advocacy Breakfast Meeting
Invited Speakers:
    Dr. Samuel Shekar, Associate Administrator, Bureau of Health Professions
    Pat DeLeon, PhD, APA Past President
Saturday, August 24 from 7:30 - 9:00 a.m.
Chicago Hilton Hotel, Willard Room C

Social Hours
Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (TOPSS): TOPSS 10th Anniversary Celebration
Friday, August 23, 5:00 p.m.
Hyatt Regency McCormick Place Hotel, Division 2 Hospitality Suite

Psychology Teachers at Community Colleges (PT@CC) and Psi Beta: Reception for 2-Year College Teachers
Friday, August 23, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Hyatt Regency McCormick Place Hotel, Psi Beta Hospitality Suite

CE Distinguished Speaker Seminar
Speakers:
    Mark Zelig, PhD, ABPP, Independent Practice, Salt Lake City Police Dept. (Ret),     Salt Lake City, Utah
    Vladimir Nacev, PhD, Central Intelligence Agency, and University of Maryland     University College, Adelphi, Maryland
    Scott Allen, PhD, Metro-Dade Police Department, Miami, FL
Saturday, August 24, 7:00 - 10:00 p.m.
Hyatt Regency McCormick Place Hotel, Regency Ballroom A
Reception follows - Join the speakers for coffee, dessert, and conversation

Task Force on Psychology in Early Education and Care
Children's Mental Health Reception
Thursday, August 22, 2002, 6-8 p.m.
Waldorf Room, Hilton Chicago Hotel

Committee on Accreditation (CoA) Site Visitor Workshop
The workshop is open to both the new site visitor, as well as to the experienced site visitor who has not been trained under the new Guidelines and Principles. A half-day (12:30pm-5:00pm) Site Visitor ‘Chair’ Workshop will also be offered for current site visitors interested in learning more about the responsibilities involved in being the chair of a site visit team.

Wednesday, August 21, from 8:30 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.

To obtain details on registration and criteria for becoming a site visitor, contact Betsy Horrocks at (202) 336-5995 for additional information.

CRSPPP
CRSPPP Meeting: Public Forum discussing changes proposed by CRSPPP in its procedures and petition review
August 23, 2002, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Education and Training (E&T) Awards
Distinguished Contribution to Education and Training Award Address: Barbara M. Byrne, "Validating the Measurement and Structure of Self-concept: Snapshots of Past, Present, and Future Research"
Saturday, August 24, 9:00-9:50 a.m.
McCormick Place, Lakeside Center Level 2, Meeting Rm 265

Distinguished Contribution to Education and Training Award Address: Jessica H. Daniel, "Mentoring Women of Color Psychologists: Focus on the Academic Culture"
Thursday, August 22, 1:00-1:50 p.m.
McCormick Place, Lakeside Center Level 2, Meeting Rm E259

Distinguished Contributions of Application of Psychology to Education and Training Award Address: Virginia Andreoli Mathie, "Building Academic and Community Partnerships in Psychology: Challenges and Rewards"
Saturday, August 24, 12:00-12:50 a.m.
McCormick Place, Lakeside Center Level 2, Meeting Rm E253b

Psychology Teachers at Community Colleges (PT@CC)
Symposium: Using Humor in Teaching Psychology
Speakers:
    Jim Blacklund, MA, Talk title: Hugh Mann-Beehayfyor: The Saga Continues by Cy     Kahlohgy
    Robert Johnson, PhD, Talk title: Is There Serious Science Behind Classroom     Comedy?
    Maureen Hester, PhD, Talk title: The Nature of Humor and the Nurture of Critical     Thinking
Thursday, August 22, 2:00 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.

Invited Address: Robert Cialdini, "Crafting Normative Messages to Protect the Environment"
Saturday, August 24, 10 - 10:50 a.m.

Symposium: New Teaching Resources for Community College Teachers
Presenters:
    Ann Tway Ewing, PhD, Mesa Community College
    Robert L. Johnson, PhD, Umpqua Community College
    Patricia Puccio, Ed.D., College of DuPage
    Tonja Ringgold, PhD, Baltimore City Community College
    Donna Duffy, PhD, Middlesex Community College
Saturday, August 24, 12 - 12:50 p.m.

Symposium: Activating Active Learning in Psychology Classes
Presenters:
    Judy Rudmann, PhD, Coastline Community College
    Robert L. Johnson, PhD, Umpqua Community College
Saturday, August 24, 11-11:50 a.m.

PT@CC, Education Directorate, Psi Beta
Symposium: Innovative Community College Teaching Methods: Using Technology to Teach Psychological Concepts
Speakers:
    Tonja Ringgold, PhD, "Making the Net-Work: Integrating the World Wide Web in a     Psych 101 Course"
    Ken Gray, PhD, "Using Technology to Personalize General Psychology"
Thursday, August 22, 1:00 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.

Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (TOPSS)
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TOPSS Invited Address: Reflections on Teaching
Charles Brewer, PhD
Thursday, August 22, 1-1:50 p.m.
McCormick Place, Lakeside Center, Level 2, Room E271b

TOPSS Invited Address: From Hobbits to Hobbes: Reducing Students' Beliefs in the Paranormal
Richard L. Miller, PhD
Thursday, August 22, 2-2:50 p.m.
McCormick Place, Lakeside Center, Level 2, Room E271b

TOPSS Invited Address: Learning That Lasts a Lifetime: Teaching for Long-term Retention and Transfer
Diane F. Halpern, PhD
Thursday, August 22, 3-3:50 p.m.
McCormick Place, Lakeside Center, Level 2, Room E271b

TOPSS Invited Address: Teaching High School Psychology Triarchically
Robert Sternberg, PhD
Thursday, August 22, 4-4:50 p.m.
McCormick Place, Lakeside Center, Level 2, Room E271a

TOPSS Invited Address: The Humor of Teaching, The Teaching of Humor
Joseph Palladino, PhD
Saturday, August 24, 10-10:50 a.m.
McCormick Place, Lakeside Center, Level 3, Room E353a

G. Stanley Hall Lecture: Scents and Sensibility: Pheromones, Social Dynamics, and the Control of Fertility and Disease
Speaker: Martha McClintock, PhD
Friday, August 23, 3-3:50 p.m.
McCormick Place: Lakeside Center, Level 3, Meeting Room E353b

G. Stanley Hall Lecture: Narrowing the Minority-White Achievement Gap: Lessons From Psychology
Speaker: Joshua Aronson, PhD
Friday, August 23, 4-4:50 p.m.
McCormick Place: Lakeside Center, Level 2, Meeting Room E259

G. Stanley Hall Lecture: A Social Psychology Toolbox for the College Classroom
Speaker: Randolph Smith, PhD
Saturday, August 24, 3-3:50 p.m.
McCormick Place: Lakeside Center, Level 2, Meeting Room E255

G. Stanley Hall Lecture: Thinking Critically about Coping with Life's Traumas
Speaker: Roxane Cohen Silver, PhD
Saturday, August 24, 4-4:50 p.m.
McCormick Place: Lakeside Center, Level 2, Meeting Room E258

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