Teaching
I first started teaching in October 2010 at the University of Wolverhampton where I ran seminars and workshops and assisted with teaching and marking on a number of undergraduate modules. I have continued to gain experience since starting my PhD at Warwick in October 2011 and listed below are details of my teaching experience to date.
2012/2013
University of Warwick
First Year Research Methods in Psychology
I taught and assisted with workshops for two weeks (three lectures and workshops a week), presenting lectures on the following subjects:
- Factorial analysis of variance
- Repeated measures analysis of variance
I assisted with workshops for two weeks (three workshops a week) helping students with tasks on the following subjects:
- Practical on individual differences
- Chi-square tests
2011/2012
University of Warwick
First Year Research Methods in Psychology
I assisted with workshops for four weeks (four workshops a week) helping students with tasks on the following subjects:
- Writing a practical report: how to write an introduction
- Questionnaire design: how to find, reference and evaluate the reliability and validity of questionnaires
- Experimental design: understanding different types of design and design flaws
- Choosing statistical tests: understanding the appropriate tests to use in a given situation
2010/2011
University of Wolverhampton
First Year Modules
Bad Science
Duties: I assisted with the marking on this module of work plans (20%) and portfolios (80%).
Module outline: This module is designed to provide students with an understanding of the scientific process in psychology, including the collection, analysis and reporting of data. Heavy use will be made of examples of problematic practice, including the over-interpretation of results, poor reporting practices, etc. Students will learn to critically assess the evidence underlying scientific claims.
Themes and Practice in Psychology
Duties: I ran three one hour seminars on this module and assisted with the marking of essays (60%)
Module outline: The BPS requires that students engage with learning the Conceptual and Historical Issues in Psychology as well as the Application and Perspectives of the identified areas of Psychology. This module will provide support, guidance and supplementary activity to assist students through these key areas at this introductory level. This module will also cover important preparatory work towards the core modules at 5th level that meet the BPS requirements for graduate basis for registration as a psychologist.
Research Methods: Basics
Duties: I ran SPSS workshops for the duration of this module (1 term), teaching students the basics of SPSS such as how to enter data, how to calculate descriptive statistics and how to create graphs. I also assisted with marking research reports (70%).
Module outline: This module is designed to provide students with an introduction of the research methods used in psychology and how they are used more widely. Many of the skills mastered in this module will have value in the workplace and also enable the individual to be able to question how both research and the use of statistics impacts upon our daily lives. We will examine the nature of research and consider a variety of research tools from both a quantitative and qualitative perspective and it is anticipated that by the end of the module students will be able to use an appropriate piece of statistical software and have the knowledge to be able to report basic experimental findings.
Research Methods: Intermediate
Duties: I ran SPSS workshops for the duration of this module (1 term), teaching students how to calculate inferential statistics such as correlations, chi-square tests and t-tests using SPSS. I also assisted with the marking of both practical reports (50% each).
Module outline: This module is designed to provide students with a grounding in statistical research methods applicable to the study of Psychology. Many of the skills mastered in this module will have value in the workplace and also enable the individual to be able to question how both research and the use of statistics impacts upon our daily lives. We will consider a variety of research tools from both a quantitative and qualitative perspective. It is anticipated that by the end of the module students will be able interpret statistical output as well as report experimental findings in an appropriate fashion.
Second Year Modules
Research Methods: Advanced
Duties: I assisted with workshops for the duration of this module (1 term). During these workshops students had to complete tasks in workbooks and I helped them with any questions they had. Topics covered included: calculating power using G*Power, creating SPSS datasets for factorial design experiments and carrying out analysis of variance and post-hoc tests in SPSS. I also assisted with the coursework marking (70%).
Module outline: This module is designed to equip students with skills in advanced research methods and analysis in psychology. Most of the skills developed in this module will have relevance to the workplace and will also enable the students to understand and evaluate how both research and data analysis relates to everyday life. We will examine a range of advanced research and analysis approaches encompassing both quantitative and qualitative perspectives. By the end of the module students will be have higher level abilities in software based statistical analysis and will have the knowledge to be able to report complex psychological findings.
Psychobiological Psychology
Duties: I helped out with a blood sugar practical and assisted with the marking of the subsequent practical report (60%).
Module outline: This module is designed to equip students with knowledge of the biological underpinnings of psychological processes and behaviour. The topic areas to be covered will include, the psycho-biology of language, aggression, sexual jealousy, memory, the polygraph, sleep, brain imaging, split brain studies, psychopharmacology, mental health difficulties.
Third Year Modules
Individual Psychology Project
This is the third year research project module, my role was to provide one-on-one support with statistics to students.
