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Organizations/Committees that support the Teaching
of Psychology
To extend the collaborations that currently exist between the many organizations
concerned with undergraduate education in psychology, the Society for the Teaching
of Psychology (APA Division 2) convened a meeting at the 2003 APA Education
Leadership Conference (ELC) on Sunday, September 7, 2003, to discuss the strong
relationships that currently exist and to propose ways to enhance communications
and partnerships.
As a first step, the groups recommended including information about each of
the organizations in a central location, along with links to their Web sites:
Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP)
The Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP) represents the interests of
psychologists in academic institutions from the secondary through the graduate
level. It promotes teaching excellence, research on teaching, and professional
identity and development; sponsors and co-sponsors teaching-related programs
at national and regional psychology conventions; publishes Teaching of Psychology;
disseminates teaching and advising materials through the Office of Teaching
Resources in Psychology (OTRP); and administers annual Excellence in Teaching
Awards and the G. Stanley Hall Lectures.
Council
of Teachers of Undergraduate Psychology (CTUP)
The Council of Teachers of Undergraduate Psychology (CTUP) invites all teachers
of undergraduate psychology in high schools, community colleges, four-year colleges,
and universities to join us in improving education in psychology. For more than
26 years, we have been sponsoring symposia, poster and paper sessions, invited
addresses, teaching activity exchanges, and conversion and social hours at the
regional psychology conventions. We hold our national business meeting at the
annual APA convention and coordinate our activities with APA Division Two (Teaching
of Psychology), Psi Chi, and Psi Beta.
Membership in CTUP provides an opportunity to interact with psychology faculty
at all levels of education who share your interests and concerns. Membership
also affords you the opportunity to become involved with a national organization
with a focus on teaching. You too, can be a big fish in the right pond. CTUP
also provides a good way to document your active interest in teaching for your
institutional annual review. Since excellence in teaching is so difficult to
document, it is a tangible way to show commitment and involvement in teaching.
Council of Undergraduate Psychology Programs (CUPP)
The Council of Undergraduate Psychology Programs works:
- To promote the development of undergraduate psychology by providing a forum
for discussion of matters of interest and concern to undergraduate programs
in psychology,
- To promote effective leadership of undergraduate psychology programs by providing
a forum for undergraduate psychology chairpersons and program directors to exchange
ideas, and
- To interact with and to make recommendations to appropriate officers, boards,
and committees of national and regional professional psychological associations,
representatives of government agencies, foundations, and other organizations
and persons on topics relevant to the interest and activities of undergraduate
programs in psychology.
APA Committee of Psychology Teachers at Community Colleges (PT@CC)
There shall be an American Psychological Association Committee of Psychology
Teachers at Community Colleges whose mission shall be to (a) represent community
psychology teachers; (b) promote, within the 2-year college community, the highest
professional standards for teaching of psychology as a scientific discipline
with applications to a wide range of human concerns; (c) cultivate a professional
identity with the discipline of psychology among psychology teachers at 2-year
colleges; (d) develop leadership qualities among psychology teachers at 2-year
colleges and increase their participation and representation in professional
psychology activities and organizations; (e) establish and maintain communication
with all groups involved in the teaching of psychology and with the greater
psychological community; and (f) encourage psychological research on teaching
and learning at 2-year colleges for the purpose of giving students the best
possible educational opportunities.
APA Committee of Teachers of Psychology at Secondary Schools (TOPSS)
There shall be an American Psychological Association of Teachers of Psychology
in Secondary Schools (TOPSS) Committee whose mission shall be to (a) promote
the highest standards in the teaching of Psychology both as a science and a
discipline; (b) promote professional development and lifelong learning for high
school teachers of psychology; (c) increase professional identity and promote
leadership for high school teachers of psychology; (d) facilitate networking,
including the formation of both horizontal and vertical linkages, among teachers
from all teaching levels of psychology; (e) encourage recruitment and retention
of students, particularly minorities, in the field of psychology; (f) enhance
the visibility and legitimacy of high school psychology within the American
Psychological Association; (g) enhance the visibility and legitimacy of high
school psychology with other members of the psychological community; and (h)
recommend the appropriate response advocacy, education policy, and certification
issues that impact on the quality or viability of teaching of high school psychology.
Psi Chi
Psi Chi is the National Honor Society in Psychology, founded in 1929 for the
purposes of encouraging, stimulating, and maintaining excellence in scholarship,
and advancing the science of psychology.
Psi Beta
The mission of the Psi Beta honor society is professional development of psychology
students in two-year colleges through promotion and recognition of excellence
in scholarship, leadership, research, and community service.
Supporting Organizations
Council of Undergraduate Research
The mission of the Council on Undergraduate Research is to support and promote
high-quality undergraduate student-faculty collaborative research and scholarship.
Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL)
Link to PKAL is an informal national alliance working to build strong learning environments
for undergraduate students in mathematics, engineering and the various fields
of science.
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