Teaching Resources for Faculty
Teaching Resources for Faculty
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Whether new to teaching or a seasoned educator, the library is here to support your teaching needs! This guide showcases materials from our Faculty Teaching and Learning Collection and beyond to support your teaching approaches, classroom environment, administrative tasks, assessment of student learning, supervision of students, and more.
Introduction to Education Theory: Pedagogy, Andragogy, and Heutagogy
Introduction to Education Theory: Pedagogy, Andragogy, and Heutagogy
The education field is theoretically grounded, much of it aligning with psychological theory. Understanding various learning theories for adults can ensure you provide an ideal learning experience for all students! Check out this video from Learn Medicine for an overview of learning theories applicable to teaching graduate psychology students.
"Pedagogy – Teacher-centered learning
Andragogy – Adult learning theory (Malcolm Knowles)
Heutagogy – Self-determined learning for lifelong learners"
Books and eBooks on Educational Theory
The adult learner: The definitive classic in adult education and human resource development by Malcolm S. Knowles, Elwood F. Holton III, Petra A. Robinson, and Corina Caraccioli (2025). Available in print: 374 A2441 2025
McKeachie's teaching tips: Strategies, research, and theory for college and university teachers by Marilla D. Svinicki and Wilbert J. McKeachie (2014). Available in print: 378.12 M1541 2014
Trauma-informed pedagogy in higher education: A faculty guide for teaching and learning edited by Ernest Stromberg (2023). Available in print: 378.19713 T777 2023
Trauma-informed pedagogies : a guide for responding to crisis and inequality in higher education edited by Phyllis Thompson, Janice Carello (2022). Available in print: 378.19713 T777 2022
Teaching Resources
Teaching Resources
Course Preparation
Designing a motivational syllabus : Creating a learning path for student engagement by Christine Harrington and Melissa Thomas (2023). Available in print: 370.154 H299 2023
Using Bloom's taxonomy to write effective learning objectives: The ABCDs of writing learning objectives by Edmund Bilon (2019). Available in print: 370.1523 B5996 2019
A taxonomy for learning, teaching, and assessing: A revision of Bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives edited by Lorin W. Anderson, David R. Krathwohl (2001). Available in print: 370.1 T2359 2001
Integrating writing into the psychology course: Strategies for promoting student success edited by Tara L. Kuther (2018). Free Division 2 eBook
Project Syllabus - Openly Sharing Syllabi
Project Syllabus - Openly Sharing Syllabi
"Project Syllabus is a peer-reviewed repository of syllabi that meet evidence-based best practices for syllabus design. The goal of Project Syllabus is to make these syllabi accessible to all Psychology instructors, supporting student learning and engagement.
You may reproduce multiple copies of these syllabi for your own personal use, including use in your classes and/or sharing with individual colleagues as long as the author is given due credit as one would with any intellectual property.
No other permission is implied or granted to print, copy, reproduce, or distribute additional copies of this material. Anyone who wishes to produce copies for purposes other than those specified above must obtain the permission of the authors."
Teaching Strategies
McKeachie's teaching tips: Strategies, research, and theory for college and university teachers by Marilla D. Svinicki and Wilbert J. McKeachie (2014). Available in print: 378.12 M1541 2014
Dynamic lecturing : Research-based strategies to enhance lecture effectiveness by Christine Harrington and Todd Zakrajsek (2023). Available in print: 371.396 H299 2023
Coming Soon to our print collection!
A handbook for adjunct/part-time faculty and teachers of adults by Donald Greive and Patricia Lesko (2015). Available in print: 378.125 H23617 2015
Coming Soon to our print collection!
Preparing the new psychology professoriate: Helping graduate students become competent teachers, 2nd edition edited by Jessica N. Busler, Bernard C. Beins, and William Buskist (2014). Free Division 2 eBook
Creating Safe and Inclusive Classrooms
Trauma-informed pedagogy in higher education: A faculty guide for teaching and learning edited by Ernest Stromberg (2023). Available in print: 378.19713 T777 2023
Trauma-informed pedagogies : a guide for responding to crisis and inequality in higher education edited by Phyllis Thompson, Janice Carello (2022). Available in print: 378.19713 T777 2022
Teaching for diversity and social justice edited by Maurianne Adams, Lee Anne Bell, Diane J. Goodman and Davey Shlasko with Rachel R. Briggs and Romina Pacheco (2023). Available in print: 370.115 T2534 2023
Fostering equity and inclusion in graduate education: Key strategies and perspectives edited by Stephanie Bondi, Uyen Tran-Parsons, and Vijay Kanagala (2025). Available in print: 379.26 F758 2025
Assessing Student Learning Assessing your own Teaching
Assessing student learning: A common sense guide by Linda Suskie (2018). Available in print: 371.26 A8461 2018
Assessment essentials: Planning, implementing, and improving assessment in higher education by Trudy W. Banta and Catherine A. Palomba (2015). Available in print: 371.2 A8463 2015
Evaluating teaching practices in graduate programs by Jesús Gabalán-Coello, Fredy Eduardo Vásquez-Rizo, Michel Laurier (2017). Available in print: 370.711 E9212 2017
Effective Evaluation of teaching by María del Carmen Salazar and Jessica Lerner (2019). Available in print: 371.144 T2531 2019
Teacher evaluation as cultural practice : a framework for equity and excellence by María del Carmen Salazar and Jessica Lerner (2019). Available in print: 371.144 T2531 2019
Supervision & Advising
Supervision essentials for existential-humanistic therapy by Orah T. Krug and Kirk J. Schneider. (2016). Available in print: 616.89140076 K942
Supporting trainees with competence problems : A practical guide for psychology trainers edited by Rebecca A. Schwartz-Mette, Evelyn A. Hunter, Nadine J. Kaslow (2023). Available in print: 150.71 S9598 2023
Essentials of clinical supervision by Jane Campbell (2016). Available as eBook from MSP Library and in print: 616.89
Academic advising: A handbook for advisors and students Volume 1: Models, students, topics, and issues by Patricie Mertova and Leonard Webster (2014). Free Division 2 eBook
Academic advising: A handbook for advisors and students Volume 2: A guide to the sub-disciplines edited by Jessica G. Irons and Richard L. Miller (2015). Free Division 2 eBook
Scholarship of Teaching & Learning
An entire field of research is dedicated to designing and conducting research projects based on the things you're already doing as a educator. Check out these resources below for ideas on how to turn your teaching into research!
Essentials of narrative analysis by Ruthellen Josselson and Phillip L. Hammack (2021). Available in print: 001.433 J792
Using SoTL to enhance Your academic position edited by Randolph A. Smith and Beth M. Schwartz (2015). Free Division 2 eBook
Coming Soon to our print collection!
Compendium of scales for use in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (2015). Free Division 2 eBook
Educational research: Planning, conducting, and evaluating quantitative and qualitative research by John W. Creswell and Timothy C. Guetterman (2025). Available in print: 370.72 E2478 2025
APA Division 2: Society for the Teaching of Psychology
APA Division 2: Society for the Teaching of Psychology
Division 2: Society for the Teaching of Psychology of the American Psychological Association is dedicated to promoting excellence in teaching and learning. It provides a treasure trove of free resources supporting your teaching, assessment, supervision, advising, and scholarship of teaching and learning. Check out their:
Project Syllabus - "a peer-reviewed repository of syllabi that meet evidence-based best practices for syllabus design"
Free eBook collection on a variety of topics. Download PDFs to your computer or eReader
Teaching of Psychology journal
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