Full Description
High Impact Teaching for Sport and Exercise Psychology Educators addresses the need for a resource on effective course design, assessment, content delivery, and classroom management that is specific to educators in the field of sport and exercise psychology and to working with the millennial learner. It provides discipline-specific ideas to improve teaching in higher education.
The book provides an evidence-based guide of tried and tested teaching methods for teachers of sport and exercise psychology at all levels in all formats of education. Irrespective of the level and prior teaching experience in sport and exercise psychology, this is a starting point for delivering significant learning experiences for students in this field of study. Second, it addresses the millennial learner and recommends future teaching and learning experiences in traditional, hybrid, and online formats. Finally, High Impact Teaching for Sport and Exercise Psychology Educators provides a positive approach to engaging students in an ongoing process of learning and involvement in the field of sport and exercise psychology.
This book is intended for any educator in a 2- or 4-year institution of higher education who is or will be teaching courses at the undergraduate or graduate level in sport and exercise psychology as well as students and practitioners in the areas of sport and exercise psychology and physical education.
Contents
Section One: Course Design and Structure
1. Course design for significant learning experiences.
John E. Coumbe-Lilley
2. Gamifying the classroom.
Amber M. Shipherd
3. All hands on deck, there's a problem to solve!: Problem-based learning and service learning approaches in the undergraduate classroom.
Sarah Carson Sackett and Sheila K. Alicea
4. Implementing a teaching case approach in undergraduate sport psychology courses
John E. Coumbe-Lilley
Section Two: Assessments
5. The ABC's of effective assessment strategies
Amber M. Shipherd
6. Pedagogical techniques for assessing student performance using the AAC&U Value Rubrics
Richard L. Miller
7. Playing like you practice: Formative and summative techniques to assess student learning
Melissa Beers
8. Evaluating your own teaching
Amber M. Shipherd
Section Three: Experiential Learning Delivery
9. PRICELESS teaching delivery
John E. Coumbe-Lilley
10. Incorporating research into the undergraduate classroom
Amber M. Shipherd
11. Experiential learning
Chelsea Wooding
12. Teaching in new ways: Visual Thinking Strategies
Marcel S. Yoder
13. Creating powerful classroom experiences on a low budget
Joann Wakefield and Lauren S. Tashman
Section Four: Learning and Technology
14. Ethical considerations in online teaching in sport and exercise psychology
Brandonn Harris and Hillary Cauthen
15. Creating a community of learners in online courses
Andrew P. Driska and Mary-Anne Reid
16. Conducting assessments and classroom activities using technology: A teaching and technology game plan
Tami Eggleston and Amber M. Shipherd
Section Five: Psychosocial Aspects of Teaching
17. Teaching as leadership: Demonstrating leadership in the classroom
Samuel T. Forlenza
18. Creating a motivational learning climate
Viviana Kabbabe-Thompson
19. Teaching with feminist pedagogy
Leeja Carter and Tanya Prewitt-White
Section Six: Teaching Reflections
20. A hero's journey
Peter Kadushin
21. The where of teaching may matter as much as the how: Teaching perspectives from three different institutions
Eric M. Martin, Hannah Bennett, and Christi Johnson
Section Seven: Professional Development
22. Graduate teaching assistant (GTA) training
John E. Coumbe-Lilley
23. Developing your teaching portfolio for hiring and promotion
Sean Fitzpatrick
