APA & Clark University Workshop for High School Teachers

Schedule

This schedule represents a draft schedule of 2009 Workshop events. Please check back in mid-July for the final schedule for our annual workshop.

Sunday, July 12, 2009

4:00 First Airport Shuttle
Logan Airport

5:00 - 6:00 PM Check-in at the Dorms and Registration
Blackstone Hall, 1^st floor

6:30 PM                        Dinner
                                        Peppercorns, 455 Park Ave, Worcester, MA

8:00 PM                        Second Airport Shuttle
                                        Logan Airport

8:30 – 9:30 PM Check-in at the Dorms
Blackstone Hall, 1^st floor

Monday, July 13, 2009

8:45 – 9:45 AM Continental Breakfast
Blackstone Hall, 1^st floor

9:30 AM Registration and Check-in for local participants
Blackstone Hall, 1^st floor

10:00 AM                     Session I: Welcome and Introductions
                                        Nancy Budwig, Ph.D., Associate Provost,
                                        Dean of Graduate Studies and Research, and
                                        Professor of Psychology,
                                        Lasry Center for Bioscience

11:00 AM                     Session II: Archive Visit/ Tour of the Psychology
                                        University Archives at the Academic Commons
                                        and Psychology Department
12:00 – 1:15 PM        Lunch
                                       Academic Commons lounge area

1:15 - 3:30 PM           Session III: Presentation on the APA
                                        Online Psychology Laboratory
                                        Maureen McCarthy, PhD, Kennesaw State University
                              Goddard Library Computer Lab Room
                                        218

3:45 – 4:00 PM Coffee Break
Lasry Center for Bioscience

4:00 – 5:00 PM           Session IV: Invited Keynote Address
                                        Ludy T. Benjamin, PhD, Texas A&M University
                              Why are Psychologists Keeping Their Science a
                                        Secret from the Public?
                              Lasry Center for Bioscience

5:00 – 5:30 PM Q&A with the keynote speaker

6:00 PM Opening Dinner
Academic Commons

8:00 PM                        Activities and Teaching Tips facilitated by
                                        High School Teacher Presenters
                                        Blackstone Hall (approximate time)

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

8:30 – 9:00 AM Continental Breakfast
Lasry Center for Bioscience

9:00 – 10:30 AM        Session V: Presentation by Eric Amsel, PhD,
                                       Weber State University
                                       Psychology Students’ Understanding of the
                                       Scientific Foundation of the Discipline
                                       Lasry Center for Bioscience[1]

10:30 – 10:45 AM Coffee Break
Lasry Center for Bioscience

10:45 – Noon             Session VI: High school teacher
                                       demonstration/presentation
                                       Jeff Norby, West De Pere High School, De Pere, WI and
                                       Hilary Rosenthal, Glenbrook South High School,
                                       Bolingbrook, IL
                                       Metaphors and Analogies to Teach Psychology

Noon – 1:00 PM Lunch
Lasry Center for Bioscience

1:00 – 1:30 PM Photo Opportunity
Lasry Center for Bioscience

1:30 – 2:30 PM Session VII: Conversation Hour with
Ludy T. Benjamin, PhD, Texas A&M University

2:30 – 3:30                   Session VIII: High school teacher session 2
                                        Hilary Rosenthal, Glenbrook South High School,
                                        Bolingbrook, IL    and
                                        Jeff Norby, West De Pere High School, De Pere, WI
                                        Engaging Student Interest

3:30 – 4:00 PM Coffee Break

4:00 – 5:00 PM           Session IX: Invited Keynote Address
                                        Eric Amsel, PhD, Weber State University
                              Challenging Introductory Psychology Students’
                                        Folk Beliefs of the Discipline: A Simulation.

5:00 – 5:30 PM Q&A with the keynote speaker

6:00 PM B-B-Q Dinner: Kresge Green
(if rain, Winton Dining Hall)

8:00 Teacher-Lead Evening Activity

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

8:30 - 9:00 AM Breakfast available
Lasry Center for Bioscience

9:00 – 10:30 AM        Session X: Presentation by Clark Psychology Chair
                                        Marianne Wiser
                                       Lasry Center for Bioscience

10:30 – 10:45 AM Break
Lasry Center for Bioscience

10:45 – 11:15 AM Final Reflections, Evaluations, and
Wrap-up

11:30 Clark Workshop Concludes

12:00 Shuttle transportation to Logan Airport

[1] All sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday will take place in the Lasry Center for Bioscience
unless otherwise indicated.

Frances L. Hiatt School of Psychology

APA & Clark University Workshop for High School Teachers

Schedule