NASPSPA - North American Society for Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity.

North American Society for Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity.

NASPSPA Teaching Network

 

Overview of the Teaching Network

The global coronavirus pandemic that we are facing today is impacting, among many other factors, the way we need to approach research and education. One of these more immediate impacts is that many University institutions are turning to online delivery of courses. The Teaching Network was born out of conversations at the 2020 NASPSPA Virtual Conference and grew  into the broader objective of creating a space for members to develop and refine their teaching expertise within the subdisciplines. Acknowledging an aim of NASPSPA is “to improve the quality of research and teaching in the psychology of sport, motor development, and motor learning and control”, a group of self-organized members developed a proposal and framework for the Teaching Network. This proposal was submitted to the Executive Committee and approved.  The objective of the Teaching Network, current committee members, list of activities, and approved proposal are listed below.

 

Objectives

The objectives of the teaching network will likely evolve over time. Presently, the objectives are:
  • Delivery of informative activities or workshops associated with teaching practices
  • Development of mechanisms to assist/promote teaching mentorship
  • Development of forums to enable discussions that generate solutions for educational challenges
  • Sharing of content-based resources to assist with in-lecture, laboratory-based and other assessments of course work
  • Establishing learning outcome standards associated with courses representative of MD, MLC, and SEP.

 

Committee

  • Diane Ste-Marie, University of Ottawa (Chair, diane.ste-marie@uottawa.ca)
  • Jenny O, Cal State East Bay
  • Melissa Pangelinan, Auburn University
  • Maarten Immink, University of South Australia

 

List of Activities

The first virtual workshop for the Teaching Network occurred on August 31, 2020 and was titled “Effective strategies for online teaching of motor development, motor learning & control, and sport & exercise psychology”. To view the video, please see our Online Teaching Workshop Video page. Stay tuned for more workshops from the Teaching Network.

 

Approved Proposal

The NASPSPA Executive Committee acknowledges that other self-organized groups may want to put together proposals to address the needs of NASPSPA members. To provide transparency about the origin of the Teaching Network and to serve as a template/model for future proposals, the approved proposal can be found here.