SPSP TEACHING PRECONFERENCE

Mojave Learning Center, Palm Springs, CA

CONFERENCE PROGRAM - Thursday, January 26th, 2006

8.30 a.m.          Registration and Breakfast

8.50 a.m.          Welcome: Regan A. R. Gurung

9.00 a.m.          Morning Keynote

Teaching Social Psychology: A Conversation with Elliot Aronson

Elliot Aronson, UC, Santa Cruz  and Carol Tavris

10.10a.m.         First Week Best Practices: Applying I-O Psychology in the Classroom
Anthony Hermann, Willamette University and  David Foster, Western Oregon University

10:45 a.m.        Make it pop! Great ways to make your class interactive and your students come alive.
Mary Johannesen-Schmidt, Oakton Community College

11.15 a.m.        Psychological barriers to conflict resolution: Classroom demonstrations
Julie Turchin, Stanford University

11.45 a.m.        Health Psychology's Tips for how Students can Study for Success
Regan A. R. Gurung, University of Wisconsin- Green Bay

12.15 – 1.45                            LUNCH BREAK

1.45 p.m.         The Best of my years at NSF: Ideas for curricular development and ways to incorporate more technology into teaching.
Steven Breckler, Executive Director for Science, American Psychological Association

2.45 p.m.         Hats, cans, PSYOPS, and spurters: Classroom demonstrations of social influence
Steven M. Elias, Auburn University-Montgomery  and Anthony Pratkanis, UC-Santa Cruz.

3.15 p.m.         Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: How to Do and Publish Research on Teaching Activities

Robert A. Bartsch, University of Houston - Clear Lake

3.45 p.m.         Reflection, Evaluation, Recapitulation!