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Teaching Psychology

Teaching Tips

Teaching Tips provides the latest in practical advice on the teaching of psychology and is aimed at current and future faculty of two- and four-year colleges and universities.

Providing "Realistic Course Previews" to Enhance Learning and Satisfaction
Instructors face intense pressures to "dumb down" the class material or artificially inflate grades at the end of the semester in order to appease students, satisfy parents, and keep enrollments up. These are not good options. I believe there is a simple and effective alternative, based on theory and principles from the study of employee motivation in the workplace, to address these problems without having to modify your course content. Read More

Teaching Tips Archive

APS Fund for Teaching and Public Understanding

After its first year of planning, APS Fund for Teaching and Public Understanding launches a grants program and other opportunities. Read more about the Fund.

APS Teaching Fund Awards Inaugural Set of Grants

View the Call for Applications and apply for a grant.

Small Grants Program

The Teaching Fund supports a program of small (i.e. less than $5,000) grants that provide seed money for projects to enhance teaching in psychological science. Awards are made twice a year, in the spring and the fall. The application is available here.

APS Teaching Fund Awards Inaugural Set of Grants

APS Teaching Fund to Provide Grants

We're Only Human... A Teaching Tool

Between the time you wake up in the morning until the time you turn out the lights, you do a thousand miraculous things: You decide what to eat for breakfast, you do the daily crossword puzzle, you help your cousin move some furniture, you drive your car to the ballpark, you cheer on the home team. Each of these seemingly mundane acts is actually a complex symphony of perceptions, motivations, judgments and emotions. Some of what we do is profound, but much more is simply being human. For psychologists' insights into our mysterious and often quirky human nature, introduce your students to "We're Only Human..."

Lessons Learned Practical Advice for the Teaching of Psychology Edited by Baron Perlman, Lee I. McCann and Susan H. McFadden More information

Voices of Experience Memorable Talks from the National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology Edited by Baron Perlman, Lee I. McCann and William Buskist More information >

Teaching of Psychology Journal Subscription

APS has a special agreement with the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP). Current APS members are entitled to a special subscription rate of $25 for the journal Teaching of Psychology (Regular rate is $40). Teaching of Psychology is devoted to the improvement of the teaching/learning process at all educational levels, including secondary schools, colleges, graduate schools, and continuing education.

The journal includes:

• Empirical research on teaching and learning
• Studies of teacher or student characteristics
• Subject matter or content reviews for class use
• Investigations of student, course, or teacher assessment
• Essays on teaching
• Professional problems of teachers
• Innovative course descriptions & evaluations
• Demonstrations and laboratory projects
• Book and media reviews