PsychSessions: Conversations about Teaching N' Stuff
The PsychSessions podcast is co-hosted by Garth Neufeld from Cascadia College and Eric Landrum from Boise State University. We leverage our connections with psychology teachers from all levels (high school, community college, college, university) and individuals from other occupations to have meaningful conversations about what it means to be an educator. Of course, we veer away from the teaching conversation from time to time to hear about origin stories and the personal perspectives of our guests, touching on current events and topics of interest.
Our ASKPsychSessions feature is hosted by Marianne Lloyd from Seton Hall University. For ASKPsychSessions, listeners can submit questions about teaching and learning, and Marianne interviews experts and posts short features with the question and answer together. These features are often thematically grouped, such as information about using learning science to improve psychology instruction or various aspects of improving equity, diversity, and inclusion in your course.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 40 minutes
- Episodes
- 656
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
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TMS02E10: Oh Rob. But Eric. Thus Season 2 Endeth [Only Listening Reveals The Context]
Episode snippets: test item formats and how the item format is related to the effectiveness of the assessment procedure; do we ever match the measurement modality to optimize to what we want to know …
TMS02E09: I Learned It From You, Rob, I Learned It From You: Technology in My Classroom
Episode snippets: four students working together in research methods on one project; the shared lab notebook through Google Docs; the possible usefulness of Microsoft OneNote for a lab notebook; atte…
TMS02E08: Albert Bandura and Garth Neufeld Walk into a PsychSessions Podcast (Wait--I've Heard This One Before)
Episode snippets: Rob mentions the re-release of the Albert Bandura episode after his death; the newsletter; Eric tells his own story of meeting Dr. Bandura at the 2010 RMPA in Denver; the dinner wit…
TMS02E07: Back to the Classroom: Consultation Projects, Research Deep Dives, and Masks & Vaccines: Oh My!
Episode snippets: the joy of being face to face with students again, a capstone course and an intense research methods experience, consulting projects in the capstone course, writing in shorter segme…
TMS02E06: Introductory Psychology, The Bachelor's Degree, and What's the Workforce Got To Do With It?
Episode snippets: introductory psychology and APA's Introductory Psychology Initiative (IPI), preparing psychology majors for the psychology workforce, access and affordability, educational systems, …
TMS02E05: International Baccalaureate Psychology with Special Guest Casey Swanson
Episode snippets: the luxury of two years to teach intro psych in the IB psych curriculum, our guest Casey has taught both the AP psych and IB psych curriculum, so he can compare and contrast better …
TMS02E04: Training vs. Teaching. What Instructors Want for Their Students vs. What Students Want
Episode snippets: AP Psych revisited, 1% interest level podcast, online training and what do you learn from automated testing, training vs. teaching, what instructors want for their students vs. what…
TMS02E03: The "Write" Stuff: Skills, Transfer, Coke vs. Pepsi, and More
Episode snippets: project-based learning, team-based learning, teamwork, far transfer and near transfer, students can productively "struggle" with assignments, understanding and teaching, students do…
TMS02E02: The Cultural Baggage of Grading, or, Grades as a (Mis)measure of Worth
Episode snippets: grading, students procrastinating until the end of the semester, why new collegiate hires get fired, the cultural baggage about grades, grades as a (mis)measure of worth, norm-refer…
TMS02E01: Standardized Testing: Questions and (Some) Answers AP Psych and IB Psych Exams
Episode snippets: Welcome to Season 2, no return of F2F testing for AP and IP psychology in 2021, AP psych test scores and equivalencies, is AP psych as good as or better than college intro psych?, t…
ASK071: Why should I cover I/O in Introductory Psychology courses?
In this AskPsychSessions feature, Marianne speaks with Derek Avery from the University of Houston about the value of including I/O psychology topics in the introductory psychology course.
E126: Maya Metser: Innovator, Solution Seeker, Influencer, Genuinely Generous
In this episode Eric interviews Maya Metser from New York University in New York City, NY. Maya is the first undergraduate student to appear in a solo interview on PsychSessions, just after receiving…
E125: Karen Naufel: Eclectic Researcher, Real World Problem Solver, Volunteer Extraordinaire
In this episode Eric interviews Karen Naufel from Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, GA. Karen applies her wide range of knowledge and broad interests and skills to truly improve the world, w…
BTS01E10 How to Say 'No' in Your Day-To-Day Work (Time Management), Career Context Matters, Your No Committee/No Folder, Chronic Undervaluation
To be a successful academic or professional, it takes more than teaching, research, or clinical skills -- today's psychology professionals were not taught everything they really needed to know in gra…
BTS01E09 Saying 'No' To a Job Offer: Courage, Patience, Self-Confidence -- and the First Appearance of the 80-Year-Old Self!
To be a successful academic or professional, it takes more than teaching, research, or clinical skills -- today's psychology professionals were not taught everything they really needed to know in gra…
E124: Albert Bandura Tribute: Legendary Yet Humble (Re-Release)
This is a re-release of PsychSessions Episode #087 as a tribute to Albert Bandura, who passed away on July 26, 2021. The interview was recorded on Feb. 17, 2020 and released on March 3, 2020. We are …
BTS01E8 Selecting a Publication Outlet For Your Work, Revising and Resubmitting, What Was That Reviewer (#2) Thinking
To be a successful academic or professional, it takes more than teaching, research, or clinical skills -- today's psychology professionals were not taught everything they really needed to know in gra…
BTS01E07 Writing Letters of Recommendation for Students (and How To Say 'No'), Nifty Organizational Systems, Tips for Students (Including the Thank You)
To be a successful academic or professional, it takes more than teaching, research, or clinical skills -- today's psychology professionals were not taught everything they really needed to know in gra…
E123: Bob DuBois: Faculty Fellow, Self-Made, Student Ally, Social Media Influencer
In this episode Garth interviews Bob DuBois from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville in Knoxville, TN. It is difficult to imagine someone who is more student-centered and more focused on giving psy…
BTS01E06 Choosing Organizational Opportunities, Leadership and Promotions (Oh My!), Inventing Your Own Niche, Being a UN Volunteer IS Impressive
To be a successful academic or professional, it takes more than teaching, research, or clinical skills -- today's psychology professionals were not taught everything they really needed to know in gra…