Postgraduates who Teach Psychology

1. Engage, Enhance & Encourage Student Learning... Marking and accessibility: Dr Elizabeth Bonnar, University of Strathclyde Your hands on guide to marking undergraduate projects. Have you ever felt like you don’t know where to turn for support as a postgraduate teacher? This session will aim to enhance your confidence in marking and also approach topics such as how best to deal with students who have disabilities. What do you need to know to teach statistics?: Dr Peter Cahusac, University of Stirling Teaching statistics can be a daunting task. This session will help you develop ideas on how best to teach new students the basic statistical methods required within Psychology. Seizing the means of instruction: Dr Paul Bishop, University of Glasgow The transition to higher education is not always easy, how can we as postgraduate teachers help with this? This session will provide tips on how to improve student generated content. Postgraduates who Teach Psychology Professional Development for Psychology 5 October 2011 University of Strathclyde No chargefor postgraduates in UK HE institutions. Reimbursements and bursaries for travel expenses available. Lunch, morning and afternoon refreshments included. To register for the event and find out about reimbursements please please contact: Elise Campbell (lorna.elise.campbell@strath.ac.uk) Margherita Sacca (margheritasacca@hotmail.it) Co-sponsored by: Scottish Universities Psychology Postgraduates Research Training (S.U.P.PO.R.T.) Scotland