Teaching Educational Psychology SIG

7/23/13

Call for Nominations

TEP SIG Leadership Positions for the

2014-2015 term

Dear TEP SIG members:

Serving as a member of the SIG leadership team is a rewarding and enjoyable experience – we are a highly collaborative and collegial group! As a member of the leadership team, you get the opportunity to work with colleagues across the continent and to shape the efforts of our SIG. I hope you will consider running for an elected position on our leadership team.

Elections will be held early in 2014 and newly elected officers will take office at the close of the 2014 annual meeting. Below are descriptions for each of our elected offices. If you are interested in running, or if you have any questions, please email me at dezuts@millsaps.edu.

Thank you,

Stacy DeZutter

Past TEP SIG Chair/

Nominating Committee

Chair-elect/Program Chair

(elected for a 1-year term, continuing the next year as Chair, and the following year as Past Chair)

The Chair-elect/Program Chair will serve as TEP Program Chair for the 2015 AERA meeting in Chicago. These duties include, but are not be limited to, submitting the call for proposals to AERA; soliciting proposals via the SIG website or other forums; recruiting members to serve as reviewers, discussants, and chairs; receiving proposals and assigning them to reviewers for blind review; deciding on proposals to be accepted and scheduling them in appropriate formats; in consultation with others on the Executive Committee, deciding on a substantive format for part of the business meeting and arranging for such; publicizing our annual meeting sessions; and submitting all required program-related forms to AERA. The Chair-elect/Program Chair becomes the SIG Chair the following year. The TEP SIG Chair is responsible for the general administration of the SIG and acts as liaison between the SIG and AERA. The Chair presides at the annual business meeting. The Chair then becomes the Past Chair, who is in charge of the nominations process.

Secretary/Treasurer

(elected for a 1-year term)

The Secretary/Treasurer is responsible for any official correspondence, keeps the minutes of all business meetings, and compiles and disseminates the minutes to members of the SIG. The Secretary/Treasurer also keeps track of the financial status and membership of the SIG and reports on these to members periodically.

Newsletter Editor

(elected for a 1-year term)

The Newsletter Editor is responsible for soliciting information that relates to the purposes of the SIG from SIG members and outside constituencies and publishing that information at least three times a year (generally, Fall, Spring, Summer) in a newsletter that is shared with all SIG members via the SIG listserv.

Webmaster/Blog/Wikimaster (elected for a 1-year term)

The Webmaster/Blog/Wiki master is responsible for maintaining and sharing all electronic sources of information that relate to the purposes of the SIG, including our TEP Blog, the TEP Wiki, and the TEP website at aera.net.

Collaborative Project Across Institutions

by Rachel J. Eells, Concordia University Chicago

One of the great things about the annual AERA convention is the chance to meet with other researchers. This year in San Francisco, a few of us discovered a connection that has led to a collaboration. All three of us teach educational psychology out of psychology departments, and we are interested in the ways that ed psych functions as both an education course and a psychology course.

We (Rachel Eells, Allison Butler, and Alexa Darby) are conducting a document analysis that examines course objectives in syllabi for educational psychology classes. In addition to finding syllabi online, we are requesting them from the members of the TEP SIG.

For the purposes of our project, we are specifically seeking undergraduate, introductory-level educational psychology syllabi. No identifying information pertaining to the professor or institution will be shared during the presentation of results. If possible, we would like them by July 1, 2013, but late submissions will be accepted.

If you are interested?

If you are willing, please send your syllabi via email to rachel.eells@cuchicago.edu, and indicate whether your course is offered through a psychology department, an education department, or cross-listed.

4/25/13

AERA 2013 conference meetings

San Francisco Here We Come! Thank you to all who worked to put together a very exciting program for our SIG: Teaching Educational Psychology. I want to recognize the important contributions of all the volunteers: reviewers, session chairs, and discussants as well as all those who submitted proposals for consideration. I want to point out some highlights of our program including SIG sessions and our Business Meeting. Please be sure to also examine the online searchable program for more detailed information.

Teaching Educational Psychology SIG received 13 paper submissions – fewer than last year – but of high quality. We have planned two paper sessions composing of 8 papers, four in each session grouped by two themes: Using Beliefs and Perceptions to Inform the Teaching of Educational Psychology, and Innovations in Educational Psychology Instruction and Design. We also have one Poster presentation that investigates Teaching Educational Psychology in Diverse Contexts. Finally, for the first time, we have planned a Round Table Session aimed at supporting new instructors and faculty by sharing Words of Wisdom for Teaching Educational Psychology. The Round Table will feature a diverse group of scholars, faculty, graduate students, and others who will examine the challenges of teaching educational psychology.

The TEP Business Meeting will be held on Monday, April 29 from 6:30 – 8:30pm at the Hilton Union Square. This meeting is integral to the networking among the SIG members, identifying goals for our SIG, sharing resources and ideas, and planning for the coming year.

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Innovations in Educational Psychology Instruction and Design