2008-2009 Catalog - Virginia Wesleyan College

PSYCHOLOGY149NB2 Personalized Professional Growthand National BoardCertification(2 non-degree)Teachers engage in a guided study centered on apersonal professional development program working froman overview of the candidate process and guided by themission, goals, and processes of the National Board forProfessional Teaching Standards. Teachers investigate “bestteaching practices” across the curricula and grade levels,K-12. Major topics are the portfolio requirements andassessment center exercises, including videotaping thestudents’ class for NBPTS review, descriptive, analyticaland reflective writing styles, NBPTS Assessment Centerexercises and collected student work samples are covered. Inaddition, many skills such as questioning, differentiatedinstructional strategies and protfolio maintenance aredeveloped and revised. Pass/fail grading. Offered fall andspring semesters.NB3 National Board Standardsin Your Classroom(1 non-degree)Designed for individuals who are currently teaching in aclassroom setting. Teachers are introduced to the mission,goals, and processes of the National Board for ProfessionalTeaching Standards. At the same time they explore anddetermine their levels of interest in seeking National BoardCertification. While the course encourages teachers to seekNational Board Certification, it also serves as anopportunity for teachers to critically consider strategies toimprove their teaching and to impact student learning.Teachers investigate and demonstrate “best teachingpractices” across their specific curricula and grade level(K-12) through the use of professional journals andreference materials, production of a professional readingreport, designing and executing a content improvementplan, videotaping a lesson, implementing newdifferentiated instructional strategies, and creating an essayabout the videotaped lesson with learning strategyimplementation using descriptive, analytical and reflectivewriting. Pass/fail grading. Offered fall, spring, and summer.PSYCHOLOGYDR. RITA E. FRANKDR. CRAIG C. JACKSON, Program CoordinatorDR. HILARY E. STEBBINSBecause psychology has developed as essentially aninterdisciplinary subject, historically related to philosophyand biology, it is well-suited as a major for students seekinga diversified education that will advance understanding ofthemselves and others. In addition, those students desiringto enter one of the specialties of professional psychologythat requires the master’s degree or the doctorate will findthe psychology curriculum specifically designed to provideappropriate preparation for graduate study.Major RequirementsCOURSE NUMBER AND TITLESEM.HRS.PSY 2013General PsychologyOne of the following Natural Sciences courses:PSY 341Cognitive DevelopmentPSY 348Language DevelopmentPSY 362MotivationPSY 3703The Construction of Perceptual RealityPSY 377Nature of Human ConsciousnessPSY 388CognitionPSY 455Biological PsychologyOne of the following Social Sciences courses:PSY 327Social PsychologyPSY 337Advanced Developmental PsychologyPSY 355Theories of Personality3PSY 374Adolescent DevelopmentPSY 466Abnormal PsychologyPSY 468Current Psychoanalytic TheoriesOne of the following Applied Psychologycourses:PSY 322Organizational PsychologyPSY 324Group DynamicsPSY 333 3Assessment of Individual DifferencesPSY 350Psychology and the LawPSY 445EcopsychologyAll of the following Research Methodologycourses:PSY 310Quantitative Analysis of Research DataPSY 320Designing and Evaluating Research 9in PsychologyPSY 480Original Research ProjectSee continuation of choices next page