A revised conception of the relationship between psychological science and professional practice is proposed in the light of postmodern changes in perspectives on knowledge. Positivistic science, which has dominated the traditional interpretation of scientist-practitioner training, is considered from a constructivist point of view to be only one possible foundation of psychological knowledge. I...

Ann Tourigny Turner 1, Ekaterina Botovchenco Rivera 2 and Cynthia Pekow 3,* 1 American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS), 9190 Crestwyn Hills Drive, Memphis, TN 38125-8538, USA; [email protected] 2 Brazilian Association for Laboratory Animal Science (SBCAL), Av. Prof. Dr. Orlando de Paiva, 87, Cidade Universitária, Sao Paulo, CEP 05508-270, Brazil; [email protected]...

The Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education reports cite the critical role of professional societies in undergraduate life science education and, since 2008, have called for the increased involvement of professional societies in support of undergraduate education. Our study explored the level of support being provided by societies for undergraduate education and documented changes ...

BACKGROUND Effective feedback may be defined as feedback in which information about previous performance is used to promote positive and desirable development. This can be challenging as educators must acknowledge the psychosocial needs of the recipient while ensuring that feedback is both honest and accurate. Current feedback models remain reductionist in their approach. They are embedded in t...

As a graduate student at a research-intensive, medical institution, most of my responsibilities and focus have been in performing experiments and getting published in high-quality journals like the American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. However, teaching opportunities for young investigators are hard to come by and require active searching while balancing courses and r...

Neither practitioners nor scientists appear to be fully satisfied with the world's largest behavior-analytic membership organization. Each community appears to believe that initiatives that serve the other will undermine the association's capacity to serve their own needs. Historical examples suggest that such discord is predicted when practitioners and scientists cohabit the same association. ...

The importance of early and developmentally appropriate science education is increasingly recognized. Consequently, creation of common guidelines and standards in early childhood science education has begun (National Research Council (NRC), 2012), and researchers, practitioners, and policy makers have shown great interest in aligning professional development with the new guidelines and standard...

Amolins MW, Ezrailson CM, Pearce DA, Elliott AJ, Vitiello PF. Evaluating the effectiveness of a laboratory-based professional development program for science educators. Adv Physiol Educ 39: 341–351, 2015; doi:10.1152/advan.00088.2015.—The process of developing effective science educators has been a long-standing objective of the broader education community. Numerous studies have recommended not...

Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) professional development for K–5 teachers often includes engineering design as a focus. Because engineering applications provide perspective to both teachers and their students in terms of how mathematic and scientific principles are employed to solve real-world problems (Baine, 2004; Roden, 1997), there is great interest in using enginee...

Art is a valuable learning tool, regardless of discipline, that is often neglected in the college classroom. This article describes an artistic group exercise that required students enrolled in a homicide class to illustrate “warning” posters, depicting various explanations for why people kill. The author explores how this innovative group project enhanced a traditional classroom lecture on the...