Professional Development for High School Psychology Teachers

This study provides a description of high school psychology teachers. A questionnaire was distributed to high school principals and teachers throughout the U.S. Data were obtained on school demographics, curricula, and teacher characteristics, including academic and professional preparation and certification. A noteworthy finding was the personality-developmental orientation of most high school psychology courses. In addition, most schools have one psychology teacher, who teaches one psychology class in the social studies department. As undergraduates, most teachers majored in social studies and took general or educational psychology courses. Classroom techniques for teaching psychology were generally not covered in professional preparation. Implications and recommendations are presented.

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Guidelines for preparing high school psychology teachers: Course-based and standards-based approaches.

American Psychologist ◽

10.1037/a0029375 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 68 (1) ◽

pp. 41-44 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

School Psychology ◽

Psychology Teachers

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We've Been So Long at the Fair: Two Decades of Psychology on Display

Teaching of Psychology ◽

10.1207/s15328023top2403_14 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 24 (3) ◽

pp. 199-201

Author(s):

Kenneth D. Keith ◽

Clifford L. Fawl ◽

Mary Beth Ahlum ◽

Christopher T. Olson ◽

Jo Ellen Meerdink ◽

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Keyword(s):

High School ◽

School Psychology ◽

Public Education ◽

High School Teachers ◽

Educational Opportunity ◽

Psychology Students ◽

School Teachers ◽

Career Information ◽

School Psychology Students ◽

Psychology Teachers

Since 1975, Nebraska Wesleyan University has conducted a biennial psychology fair. Undergraduate psychology students present a wide variety of laboratory exhibits and displays for the benefit of high-school psychology students and their teachers, and distinguished visiting psychologists give lectures and meet with high-school teachers. More than 15,000 high-school visitors have participated in the fair, which aims to provide public education, career information, resources and networking for high-school psychology teachers, and educational opportunity for undergraduates.

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