March 2006| Vol. 4 No. 2
COVER PACKAGE: Tools for teaching
- Conversation starters
How you can get students to participate in classroom discussions that stimulate critical thinking.
- Learning to teach, teaching to learn
Want to be an effective teacher? Find creative ways to engage students–and yourself–in the material.
- Lights, camera, action
Movies, music and other media can enliven your classroom.
- Students teaching
Graduate students are gearing up to teach through preparatory programs and by honing their skills at community colleges and local universities.
- Tapping teamwork
Experts offer advice on using group work to activate student learning.
- What to expect in class discussions
How to handle troublesome students who talk too much, are shy, argue and debate, or are completely uninterested
- What's in a grade?
Set your grading criteria and stick to them, say experienced instructors.
CLASS ACT
From bands to electroencephalogramsA love of music, combined with the tools of experimental psychology, drives a graduate-student's research.
DEGREE IN SIGHT
Publishing your dissertationThe process may seem daunting, but publishing your dissertation is doable if you follow some simple steps.
Lessons in advocacyMore education and training programs are giving graduate students the skills they need to promote psychology's mission.
Navigating the stacksGetting to know all the library can offer can save you time—and boost your research know-how.
Older and wiserStudents weigh in on their decision to take up psychology as a second career.
Peers with problemsStudents can help when peers are in trouble.
MONEY MATTERS
APA launches new funding siteThe Psychology Career Support Initiative has consolidated information about loan-repayment programs and training funds in one spot on APA's Funding website
Loan repaymentPrograms relieve researchers and clinicians from burdensome student debt.
The Latest
- Prepare now for your job hunt
In order to get ready for job hunting, students should talk to their advisor, network, consider priorities, and look at all possible job sources
- Psi Chi offers graduate, undergraduate internship grant opportunities
Psi Chi, the National Honor Society in Psychology, is seeking applications for funds for two student internship opportunities: a research internship at the FBI and an intern post for undergraduates at APA's Science Directorate
- International travel funds available
APA International Travel Grants offered by APA's Office of International Affairs cover up to $400 of conference registration fees to attend a psychology conference outside the United States
- SSC honors promising early research
APA's Science Student Council (SSC) has presented two psychology graduate students with its second annual Early Research Awards-one each in applied and basic psychological research
- Apply for annual positive psychology prize
The John Templeton Foundation seeks applications for the eighth annual Martin E.P. Seligman Award for Outstanding Dissertation Research in Positive Psychology
- Students: Get ready for the 2006 APA Convention
Student-focused sessions at convention will cover topics such as internship preparation, mentoring, self-care, dissertations, building a practice, licensure and certification, practicum, diversity issues and navigating the convention
- New books offer advice for students
Three new APA books aim to guide students through graduate school and early-career hurdles, from dissertations to certification
- Vote for APAGS leaders
Voting for the 2006 APAGS elections will take place March 27-April 28
- Fund your studies with Department of Education grant
The U.S. Department of Education is currently accepting applications for the 2007 Jacob K. Javits Fellowship program, in which doctoral students in the fine arts and humanities receive tuition and a need-based stipend
- APAGS scholarship funds student's cultural education
The $1,000 David Pilon Scholarship for Training in Professional Psychology provides graduate students with education and professional development opportunities that they might not otherwise be able to pursue
