Education in The Monitor - 2004
DECEMBER
Cover story: Mental health help for children
Children's mental health problems seen as 'epidemic' should our children be taking psychotropics?.
PERT program kicks off with three-day D.C. orientation
The Center for Psychology in Schools and Education hosts 13 early-career
psychologists in August to kick off the Postdoctoral Education Research
Training (PERT) program.
Teaching students the rewards of research
A community college professor has created a successful student research program--providing an example for other two-year colleges.
2004's psychology advocates
Psychologists made the federal case for education and public interest policies this year.
NOVEMBER
From the CEO
Inside 750 First Street, NE: A brief summary of the association's main structural units.
Education Leadership Conference 2004 - Using psychology to teach psychology
Conference spotlights applying the field's scientific insights on how people learn to psychology education.
Speaking of Education
Reflecting on educational practice, but I am still pondering three "what ifs":
D.C. court hears arguments in managed-care lawsuit
Federal Graduate Psychology Education funding helps interns at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center gain diverse training experiences by working with underserved populations.
American Psychological Foundation - APF News
TOPSS announces 2004 Scholars Competition winners
Nelson receives inaugural education award
Paul Nelson, PhD, APA's Deputy Director of Education and Director of Graduate and Postdoctoral Education and Training, receives the first-ever Paul Nelson Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Education and Training of Psychologists
Rena Subotnik elected to the Board of Directors of the National Association for Gifted Children
Rena Subotnik, PhD, director of the APA Education Directorate's Center for Psychology in Schools and Education and its Center for Gifted Education Policy, was elected to the Board of Directors of the National Association for Gifted Children
OCTOBER
From 'isms' to inclusion
Convention speakers shared strategies for applying APA's multicultural guidelines in psychology education and training.
Education advocacy: full speed ahead
Psychology educators and education advocates gathered to celebrate GPE and gear up for Campus Care and Counseling Act success.
Helping teachers teach effectively
The Coalition for Psychology in Schools and Education is conducting projects to bring psychological research to educators.
SEPTEMBER
From the CEO
Personal Reflections on Brown.
Education advocacy: full speed ahead
Psychology educators and education advocates gathered to celebrate GPE and gear up for Campus Care and Counseling Act success.
Studying ways to improve education
A two-year program has selected 13 fellows to conduct school-based research with leaders in the field.
D.C. court hears arguments in managed-care lawsuit
Campus Care and Counseling Act passes U.S. Senate
An early look at giftedness
APF Rosen grant winner is teaching preschoolers’ executive brain functioning to gauge their future giftedness.
JULY/AUGUST
Speaking of Education
Ensuring the cobbler's children have shoes; Applying psychological science to education in psychology.
Technology still finding its place in training
From videotapes to computer-simulated patients, new and old technologies are helping graduate psychology programs train the next generation of psychologists
Beyond our borders
A meeting of North American psychologists discussed professional education, training and credentialing issues in professional psychology.
CPSE to survey teachers' professional development needs
Survey to examine teachers' development needs that could be provided by organized psychology.
JUNE
APA
launches new opportunity for psychology departments
The Psychology Department Program seeks to bolster APA's support to undergraduate and graduate psychology departments by providing access to APA's teaching publications and varied education resources.
Considering organized crime
The Young Scholars Social Science Summit, organized by APA's Esther Katz Rosen Center for Gifted Education Policy, gave interested high schoolers a look at how the work of five social scientists relates to solving organized crime.
New grant will boost mentoring initiative for gifted students
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, has awarded a $123,000 grant to APA's Center for Gifted Education Policy (CGEP) to develop a mentoring program for high-achieving students with financial need.
Instruction versus exploration in science learning
Teachers can't help but wonder if young would-be scientists can tell good science from bad. In science, how is critical thinking best taught?
Attend CE antiviolence workshop in Honolulu
APA's Office of Continuing Education (CE) will host a workshop at APA's 2004 Annual Convention in Honolulu, July 28-Aug. 1, to familiarize APA members with the Adults and Children Together (ACT) Violence Training program.
Join CPEC and work on education issues
APA's Continuing Professional Education Committee (CPEC) invites nominations for five new members to begin three-year terms on its committee beginning in January 2005.
MAY
Speaking of Education: Advocacy for psychology on campus
Time for psychology to pull together to improve training and opportunities--and contribute to the health and success of the next generation of leaders.
Bridging psychology and education
Edward Gaughan, PhD, is on a mission to advance the application of psychology to K-12 education by bolstering psychology's contribution to learning and teacher quality. It's a big task.
Education for all ages
APA's Education Directorate offers something for every one with a variety of topics related to applying psychology in learning at this year's convention.
Adding up
Why is it that some students find math easy? Differences in brain activity in mathematically gifted students exist, even at a relatively young age.
APRIL
Improving Teacher Quality
APA co-sponsors sessions at this year's American Association for Colleges of Teacher Education's (AACTE) convention, highlighting the need for both psychologists and educators to work towards improved teacher quality in K-12 schools.
Educating Congress about psychologists' education
125 psychology educators visited U.S. senators and representatives on Capitol Hill Jan. 22 with concrete results, legislators agree to support increased funding for next year for the Graduate Psychology Education Program.
Education Leadership Conference web site taps new technology
APA's Education Directorate expands its Education Leadership Conference (ELC) web site to include streaming video, photo galleries and slide presentations from past conferences.
Learning How to Learn
A psychologist's course combats failure in college, and now in high school
Update on the Other Three R's
The Other Three R's group meets again this spring to determine how best to work in bringing the program to schools.
MARCH
APA now offers CE credit online
APA's Office of Continuing Education in Psychology launches the
APA Online Academy, an online classroom that offers psychologists continuing-education (CE) credits.
Lowering Risk, Building Resilience
APA wraps up the Healthy Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Students Project (HLGBSP)--designed to reduce some of the risks for academic and other school troubles.
Speaking of Education: An educational vacation
Reflecting on organized psychology, diversity, research and practice, and models of education and training in an international context.
Creating Electronic Psychology Lessons
For the 2nd year, the Committee of Psychology Teachers at Community Colleges (PT@CC) encourages community college students to enter the PT@CC Electronic Project Contest.
American Psychological Association of Graduate Students 2004 Awards
- Raymond D. Fowler Award
- Kenneth and Mamie Clark Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Professional Development of Ethnic Minority Graduate Students
- Department of the Year Award
FEBRUARY
Pushing for a higher standard
TOPSS highlighted its national standards for high school teachers at a social studies conference.
Bolstering training in psychology's underserved areas
Twenty-three grantees secure $3 million in federal Graduate Psychology Education funding for interdisciplinary training programs.
GPE award-winners
The 23 programs and 18 grantees that received GPE funding.
JANUARY
APA-sponsored CE opportunities increase in 2004
Upcoming CE opportunities include the APA Online Academy, an online, multimedia
learning center where participants may complete courses at their own pace.
Expanding geropsychology training
Seven geropsychology programs secure $1.2 million in federal funding as part of the Graduate Psychology Education (GPE) program.
Speaking of education
At Work For Education in Psychology and Pyschology in Education
