Start by reminding them how many times they sat at research conferences listening to bad presentations that make it difficult to recognize the quality of the data and importance of the research.

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Third International Conference on the Teaching of
Psychology
Saint Petersburg, July 12 - 16 2008
European Network for Psychology Learning
and Teaching
Doris Vasconcellos Associate Professor Universit
y of Paris Descartes
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European Context
During the next five years all European countries
will experience a major turnover of
faculties. This is a unique opportunity to
coordinate the training of new faculty all over
Europe
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A short story

• United Kingdom
• Annie Trapp
• Higher Education Academy Psychology Network
• http//www.psychology.heacademy.ac.uk/
• European Community grants for
• Thematic Networks
• Lifelong Learning Program

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First meeting Royal Holloway College,
London 10 and 11 August 2007
4 United Kingdom 2 France 1 Holland 1
Austria 1 Sweden 1 Czech Republic
EUROPLAT steering committee
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Second Meeting Villa Finaly, Florence 30
January, 1 2 February, 2008
Austria Bulgaria Cyprus Czech
Republic France Germany Holland Italy Lithua
nia Poland Portugal Romania Slovenia Spain Un
ited Kingdom
Fifteen countries represented Ten others to
be contacted
Luxemburg, Hungary, Belgium, Ireland, Denmark,
Estonia, Latvia, Malta, Slovakia, Greece
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www.europlat.org Professor Joerg
Zumbach Salzburg University
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EUROPLAT objectives

• Define and promote innovative teaching methods.
• Identify pedagogical resources and make them
  available to the network members.
• Develop procedures to evaluate teaching methods
  and results.
• Award a certification of teaching training for
  graduate students.
• Extend jobs opportunities for psychology
  graduate students.

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• Propose symposia on teaching psychology at all
  international conferences on psychology so as to
  make researchers and professionals aware of
  teaching methodologies ICP Berlin July 2008,
  Oslo 2009
• Establish an annual EUROPLAT Summer School for
  the pedagogical training of graduate students
  from all European countries.
• Promote exchange of graduate students and
  professors among the universities of all member
  countries.
• Organize in every member country an annual
  national meeting on psychology learning and
  teaching.

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Survey of undergraduate students about teaching
methods employed in Paris Descartes
Make course structure clearer Deeper content More
multimedia support Avoid classes that are a
PowerPoint reading More on-line courses Better
designed MCQ Make answers to exams questions
available on-line
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Training European graduate students to

• Promote active learning and critical thinking
• Improve students capacity to make oral and
  poster presentations
• Give access to the latest research on teaching
  methods and techniques
• Use on-line, e-learning and other modern
  technologies
• Teach large classes
• Manage classes with students from different
  cultures

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