Psychology: First Time - PSYC.1216
About the Workshop
The Psychology: First Time summer institute is designed to provide a solid foundation for a successful AP® Psychology course. While designed to the specific needs of beginning AP® Psychology teachers, veteran teachers have found the week extremely beneficial.
The fundamental goal of the week is to provide an overview of a typical AP® Psychology course with an emphasis on demonstrations, labs, activities, resources, etc. that teachers can use in their classrooms. Steps to accomplish this are threefold:
- First, to review issues of significance and of current interest in the field of psychology and the teaching of AP® Psychology.
- Second, to share tools, techniques, tips and other resources to address the “how-to” aspect of teaching the course above and beyond the traditional lecture approach.
- Third, to discuss various aspects of the AP® Psychology exam and how to prepare students to be as successful as they can be.
The hope is the institute’s participants will leave excited about the prospect of teaching AP® Psychology, fairly knowledgeable about the discipline and its subfields, and armed with some specific ideas and practical information for lectures, demonstrations, discussions, and other activities.
Register for the 2019 Psychology: First Time workshop online.
About the Instructor
Kent Korek
Kent Korek currently teaches AP© Psychology at Germantown High School in Germantown, WI. Since coming to G-Town in 1981, he has taught Psychology, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, Social Problems, US History and AP© Psychology since its inception in 1992 in addition to chairing the Social Studies Department for twelve years. Prior to working at Germantown, Kent taught in West Allis for 2 years after graduating from Marquette University with a double major in history and psychology. Kent developed the companion web site and authored the classroom electronic presentations (PowerPoints) for the textbook, Thinking About Psychology. In 2008 and 2012 he was invited to revise the web site and Powerpoints for the second and third editions of the text as well as creating questions for a Radio Frequency Classroom Response System (Clickers). With four other psychology teachers from around the country, in 2009, Kent helped establish the Teaching High School Psychology (THSP) Blog. The blog has over 10,000 visits per month and currently ranked by Teach.com. In 2010 Kent was invited to be part of the Editorial Advisory Board which helped develop the first edition of Myers’ Psychology for AP and author the Powerpoints for the text. For the second edition of the text, Kent was a member of the Content Advisory Board, once again composing the Powerpoints, and compiling a listing of Key Contributors in Psychology for the book’s appendix. Since 2005, Kent has been invited to be part of the AP© Psychology Reading. In 2008 he was promoted to Table Leader. Kent has been endorsed as a College Board© Consultant and has attended, facilitated and presented at many summer institutes including a number sponsored by the National Science Foundation. You can learn more about Kent Korek through his home page (http://www.germantownschools.org/faculty/kkorek/index.cfm) or you can visit his website to find topics that may be covered at the institute as well as where Kent is teaching each summer (http://www.germantownschools.org/faculty/kkorek/Advanced_Placement_Psychology_Summer_Institutes.cfm).