NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON THE TEACHING OF PSYCHOLOGY
An annual conference for teachers of psychology who wish to explore new ideas that will enhance and broaden their teaching skills.
40th Annual NITOP
January 3–6, 2018(Wednesday through Saturday)
The TradeWinds Island Grand HotelSt. Pete Beach, Florida
Register for NITOP ’18
Why you should plan to attend NITOP ‘18
Learning
Join psychology teachers from universities, two-year and four-year colleges, and high schools at NITOP 2018 to explore new ideas that will enhance and broaden your teaching skills. Distinguished speakers from a wide variety of course content areas will guide you in learning innovative teaching techniques and course content updates at:
General Sessions
General sessions on cutting-edge research and practice by distinguished speakers who are nationally known for their expertise in teaching psychology
Concurrent Sessions
One-hour concurrent sessions, each including four presentations by distinguished psychology faculty addressing a wide range of content areas and teaching strategies
- The Psychology of Police Interrogations and False Confessions • Mark Costanzo
- Sticky Teaching: Gameful Design, Case Studies, and Pop Culture • Wind Goodfriend and Tom Heinzen
- Buzzword to Critical Pedagogy: Teaching Intersectionality and Promoting Social Justice in Psychology • Patrick Grzanka
- What’s the Big Idea? A Backward Approach to Effective Teaching • Erin Hardin
- Instructional Methods That Support Diversity and Inclusion • Amy Marin
- Touch, Embodiment, and the Sense of Self: How the Brain Represents Our Bodies • Jared Medina
- Look, Laugh, and Learn (and Do): Engaging Students in the Classroom • Jeff Nevid
- People Skills Are Always in Demand: Teams, Virtual Teams, and Community Partnerships • Victoria Pace
- Teaching Diversity in Introductory Psychology: Students’ Perspectives and Instructors’ Strategies • Andrew Pomerantz
- Teaching Self-Affirmation and Social Psychological Interventions • David Sherman
- Teaching in the E-Book Era: Assessing Student Apprehension, Comprehension, and Engagement • Lisa Shin and Samuel Sommers
- Diverse Roommates and Identities: How Context Shapes Social Behavior, Learning, and Creativity • Sarah Gaither
Workshops
In-depth 90-minute workshops
- The Care and Feeding of Psychology Majors: Learning Outcomes, Marketable Skills, and the Career Launch • Eric Landrum
- Teaching Technology That Melds with the Science of Learning • Kevin Yee
- Network for International Collaborative Exchange: Connecting Students and Faculty across the Globe to Study Cross-Cultural Questions • John Edlund
- How to Have Your Cake and Eat It Too: Embedding Experimental Research within Your Courses to Improve Student Learning and Performance • Sarah Grison
- Integrating Statistics and Research Methods: What Do Students Really Need to Know? • Janie Wilson
The Annual Teaching Slam
Teaching Slam, January 2017
A fast-paced, dynamic session, in which multiple speakers share their best teaching tip, assessment idea, or class activity
The Annual Demo Demo
Demo Demo, January 2017
Multiple demonstrations by great instructors of favorite class demonstrations—new ready-to-use demos and new versions of old favorites
Networking
You are encouraged to share ideas with colleagues at informal networking sessions,
Three poster sessions
Three participant idea exchanges
Exploring Resources
You will evaluate the newest psychology textbooks and discover fresh ways to use technology and instructional software to enhance your students’ learning.
And much more. Mark your calendar! Register early!
The Program
The preliminary conference program includes several morning workshops on the first day, general and concurrent sessions, three poster sessions, three participant idea exchanges, book and software displays, and about 30 featured speakers who are well-known for their excellence in teaching psychology. Plus the popular Teaching Slam and Demo Demo sessions during which multiple presenters will provide specific teaching tips and demonstrations which you will be able to use immediately in teaching your psychology classes. Additional program details will be available after May 1, 2017.
The Conference Hotel
The TradeWinds Island Grand is an 18-acre, family-friendly and environmentally-friendly beach resort, which offers an abundance of recreational activities both on and off the beach. The specially discounted rate for NITOP participants is only $2 more/night than last year — $137 single or double (children free) — if reservations are made by November 15, 2017 by calling 800-808-9833 (mention NITOP) or online at www.tradewindsresort.com/nitop, after online reservations open in the spring of 2017. For more information on the hotel and recreational activities for families, visit www.tradewindsresort.com.
Registration
Registration is limited to 375 participants. For the 2017 NITOP, this enrollment limit was reached by mid-November, 2016, so early registration is highly recommended. The conference registration fee includes admission to all sessions and other events, registration materials (about 200 pages of handouts, available online at the conference), buffet breakfasts and lunches, refreshments at coffee breaks and poster sessions, an evening buffet reception, and two social hours.
The early registration deadline for the 2018 NITOP is November 15, 2017, and the fee for regular participants is $570 (only $15 more than this fee for 2017). After November 15, the registration fee for regular participants will be $620. For the full range of fees, see the table of fees here.
Deadline for Submissions
NITOP welcomes proposals from participants for Posters, Participant Idea Exchanges, and presentations in the Teachng Slam and Demo Demo sessions. The deadline for submitting a Teaching Slam or Demo Demo proposal is September 15, 2017. For Poster and Participant Idea Exchange proposals, the deadline has been extended to October 15, 2017. Later proposals will be considered if space remains available. We shall only consider an author’s second submission of the same type of presentation when all first submissions have been considered (around the middle of November). Presenters of accepted proposals must register for the conference by November 15 to have their titles included in the conference program and posted on the NITOP website. For additional information on submission procedures, see PROPOSALS.
Comments from past NITOP participants
More information as it becomes available
For general information about NITOP, go to the full brochure for NITOP 2018 at NITOP JANUARY 2018 or contact Joanne Fetzner, National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology, 27236 Edenfield Drive, Wesley Chapel, FL 33544, or by phone at 813-973-6969 or email at jfetzner@illinois.edu.
Announcement from a NITOP co-sponsor, the Association for Psychological Science:
The 29th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science will be held May 25–28, 2017 in Boston, Massachusetts, at the Sheraton Boston Hotel. The Annual Convention is the leading conference dedicated solely to scientific psychology, and is a forum that allows world-renowned speakers to present their latest research, techniques, data, and findings to colleagues and students. The convention features invited and award addresses, cross-cutting symposia, hot topic talks, workshops, and poster sessions.
The Association for Psychological Science and the Society for the Teaching of Psychology are teaming up again to bring you the 24th Annual APS-STP Teaching Institute. The Institute will be held May 24 and 25, before the start of the APS 29th Annual Convention.
More information and program highlights for the Convention and the Teaching Institute can be found on the APS website at www.psychologicalscience.org/convention.