2013

Keynote Speaker - Dr Anthony Venning

Dr Anthony Venning spoke passionately and enthusiastically about his research into Positive Psychology here in South Australia. His work is largely based on and develops further the PERMA concept of Martin Seligman and links strongly also to KEYES theory of positive mental health.

Psychology Curriculum on student well-being – preliminary findings

Frances Nettle (Masters candidate, School of Psychology)

Positive Psychology Curriculum for SACE Stage 1

Kate Cutts – University Senior College

Find below Resources kindly shared by Kate Cutts for teaching a six week "Negotiated Topic" on Positive Psychology.

Topic Outline: University Senior College Positive Psychology Outline

PowerPoint: Positive Psychology PowerPoint presentation

Four Levels: Film Analysis of Behaviour used in Psychology

Film Analysis: To Kill a Mockingbird

Beyond Money: Ed Diener

Lesson Outlines: Positive Psychology

Teaching Stage 1 for the first time.

Click here to access the resources provided by Kirsty Gebert for teaching Stage 1.

Sharing Good Practice

Margaret-Ann Copeland presented her strategies for Introducing Stage 1 Psychology through teaching the four levels of explanation and ethics in an innovating, fun and engaging way. Download her PowerPoint presentation to view her teaching strategies and sources.

The DVD "I, Psychopath" (55 min Rated M) has been uploaded to the "Box" site below.

Robyn Giles presented her scaffolded task for assessing the Cognition topic at stage 1 - the Serial Position effect. Find below her PowerPoint presentation, excel spreadsheet of student data, student worksheets and accompanying resources.

Serial Position Effect Experiment

SASTA SUMMER PSYCHOLOGY CONFERENCE

POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY IN THE SACE

Friday 18^th January 2013

Education Development Centre, Milner Street, Hindmarsh. SA