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Irons, Jessica G.; Buskist, William – Teaching of Psychology, 2008
We examined job advertisements published in the September and October 2006 issues of the APA Monitor and APS Observer for courses that psychology departments requested successful applicants for assistant professor openings to teach. We found that 4 courses accounted for 45% of all courses so listed: research methods, introductory psychology,…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Research Methodology, Labor Market, Developmental Psychology
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Buskist, William; Tears, Rachel S.; Davis, Stephen F.; Rodrigue, Karen M. – Teaching of Psychology, 2002
Presents the results of a survey to determine the prevalence and content of courses on teaching of psychology for graduate teaching assistants. Finds that 67 percent of psychology departments have a formal course on the teaching of psychology. (CMK)
Descriptors: Course Content, Departments, Educational Research, Graduate Students
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Buskist, William; Miller, Erin; Ecott, Cheryl; Critchfield, Thomas S. – Teaching of Psychology, 1999
Offers an example of determining what the experts of psychology deem as essential concepts in their subfield by investigating the current principles in operant conditioning through surveys of the board of editors of the "Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior." Recommends concepts that are appropriate for up-to-date coverage of operant…
Descriptors: Editors, Educational Methods, Higher Education, Introductory Courses