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Division of Behavioral and Social Science

PSYCHOLOGY

Sidney Hall (Syllabus)

Aubrey Shoemaker (Syllabus)

SOCIOLOGY 

HISTORY 

GEOGRAPHY 

POLITICAL SCIENCE

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Cary Jenkins - class notes

PHED 1140

PHED 2320

MILITARY  SCIENCE 

EDUCATION

 

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PSYCHOLOGY

Sidney Hall

Syllabus

Psyc 2410 Course Syllabus - Psychology of Childhood and Adolescence 

Class notes

Psyc 2410 Chapter 1,2,3,and 4 power point handouts

Psyc  2410 Chapters 5-8, power point handout

Psyc 2410 Chapters 9-12, power point handout

Psyc 2410 chapters 13-17, power point handout

 

Psyc 2410  Course Syllabus - (TeleCourse) Psychology of Childhood and Adolescence 

Class notes

Psyc 2410 Chapter 1,2,3,and 4 power point handouts

Psyc 2410 Chapters 5-8, power point handout

Psyc 2410 Chapters 9-12, power point handout

Psyc 2410 chapters 13-17, power point handout

 

Psyc 2420 Course Syllabus  - Developmental Psychology

Class notes

Psyc 2420 Chapter 1,2,3, Power Point Handout 1

Psyc 2420, chapters 4,5,6,8, and parenting skills power point handout 2

Psyc 2420 Chapters 10,11,12,14 Power Point handout

Psyc 2420 Chapters15,17,epilogue power point handout

 

Aubrey Shoemaker

Introduction to Psychology (PSYC 1310)

Introduction to Psychology (PSYC 1310) Internet

Abnormal Psychology – PSYC 2310

The Psychology of Helping – PSYC 2320

 

WEB SITES

American Psychological Association - The APA’s web site is divided into three broad sections: information for psychologists, the public, and students. ( http://www.apa.org/ ) 

American Psychological Society - Directed toward the support of teaching and research.  APS’s mission is to promote, protect, and advance the interests of scientifically oriented psychology in research, application, and the improvement of human welfare. (http://www.psychologicalscience.org/) 

Internet Mental Health - An encyclopedia of mental health information on disorders, medications, and links to resources for specific psychological conditions. (http://www.mentalhealth.com/) 

Mental Health Net - Mental Health Net is organized into three separate sections—Disorders and Treatment, Professional Resources, and the Reading Room.( http://www.mentalhelp.net)

Academic Info: Psychology - Provides links to professional organizations, list of university psychological departments, and links to psychological journals .(http://www.academicinfo.net/psychref.html ) 

Encyclopedia of Psychology - The Encyclopedia of Psychology provides links to people and history of psychology, publications, career information, and publications. 

Assigned Readings

Cervantes, Joseph M. 1,2. Sayyedi, Maryam 1. University-Based Graduate Training of Community Agency Workers: A Pilot Collaboration Project. Professional Psychology - Research & Practice. 33(1):73-79, February 2002.

Renninger, Salina M. 1,2. Veach, Patricia McCarthy 1. Bagdade, Paul 1. Psychologists' Knowledge, Opinions, and Decision-Making Processes Regarding Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Laws. Professional Psychology - Research & Practice. 33(1):19-23, February 2002.

Small, Mark A. 1,3. Lyons, Phillip M. Jr. 2. Guy, Laura S. 2. Liability Issues in Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Statutes. Professional Psychology - Research & Practice. 33(1):13-18, February 2002.

Budd, Karen S. 1,2. Felix, Erika D. 1. Poindexter, LaShaunda M. 1. Naik-Polan, Anjali T. 1. Sloss, Christine F. 1. Clinical Assessment of Children in Child Protection Cases: An Empirical Analysis. Professional Psychology - Research & Practice. 33(1):3-12, February 2002.

Mazzeo, Suzanne E. 1,3. Espelage, Dorothy L. 2. Association Between Childhood Physical and Emotional Abuse and Disordered Eating Behaviors in Female Undergraduates: An Investigation of the Mediating Role of Alexithymia and Depression. Journal of Counseling Psychology. 49(1):86-100, January 2002.

eBooks

Child abuse, domestic violence, and animal abuse [computer file] : linking the circles of compassion for prevention and intervention / edited by Frank R. Ascione and Phil Arkow.

Creating safe space [computer file] : violence and women's writing / edited by Tomoko Kuribayashi and Julie Tharp.

The domestic violence sourcebook [computer file] : everything you need to know / by Dawn Bradley Berry.

Preventing child sexual abuse [computer file] : sharing the responsibility / Sandy K. Wurtele and Cindy L. Miller-Perrin.

The psychological assessment of abused and traumatized children [computer file] / Francis D. Kelly.

SOCIOLOGY   

Local Newspapers

National Newspapers

Web Sites

Web Resources for Sociologists - This web site attempts to provide organized access to sociology-related Internet materials. (http://socsci.colorado.edu/SOC/links.html  )

American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences - This web site contains information on families and consumer sciences. 

SocioWeb - This site is divided into twelve sections, including "Journals & Zines," "Surveys and Statistics," "Topical Research," "University Departments," etc. (http://www.socioweb.com/~markbl/socioweb/ )

Statistical Resources on the Web - Organizes statistical sources into over 20 categories, including "Adoption," "Aging," "Divorce," "Homeless," "Poverty," "Race," and "Wealth." (http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stsoc.html)

Congressional Institute - Presents policy issues dealing with children, youth, families, welfare and poverty. (http://www.conginst.org/)

Health and Human Services - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families .  Contains welfare reform information and links to other sites with information and resources for children and families. (http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/ )

 

HISTORY 

American Historical Association - Provides access to web information on historical research and teaching. (http://www.theaha.org/)

American Memory - The American Memory Historical Collections are the multimedia collections of digitized documents, photographs, recorded sound, moving pictures, and text from the Library of Congress. There are currently over 50 collections in American Memory. (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/)

Charters of Freedom - The National Archives and Records Administration presents transcriptions and http://www.afroam.org/history/history.html digitized images of the founding documents of the American Republic: the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the Magna Carta of 1215. Also, the site provides links to background information on the documents and brief biographies of the 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention. (http://www.nara.gov/exhall/charters/charters.html )

African-American Mosaic - A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture covers "nearly 500 years of the black experience in the Western hemisphere." (http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html )

Black History Museum - This site is an exhibit of articles, photographs and hyperlinks on a range of topics from slavery in the U.S. to Tuskegee Airmen. The Museum is part of the AFRO-Americ@ web site. (http://www.afroam.org/history/history.html)

Hyper History - Presents 3000 years of world history in a combination of colorful graphics, lifelines, timelines, and maps (http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html)

European History - Here is an extensive listing of sources for France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Scandinavia, Spain & Portugal, and World War I. (http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/History/tm/europe.html0

GEOGRAPHY  

National Atlas of the United States of America - design and explore interactive multimedia maps of the country's natural and socio-cultural landscapes. From the U.S. Geological Survey and its partners.

Urban Geography Resources - Internet sites for locating information (including maps) on cities world-wide is produced by Ezra Lehman Library Information System of Shippensburg University, PA. (http://www.ship.edu/~library/instruction/urbangeography)

GIS Gateway - This U.S. Census Bureau page offers links to many Geographic Information Systems (GIS) resources. Among those are U.S. Census Bureau's Mapping and Cartographic Resources and U.S. Gazetteer. (http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gis_gateway.html ) 

Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century - There is a wealth of factual information on twentieth-century topics presented graphically. (http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/20centry.htm)

Earth Science Information Center - Ask USGS has useful links including "maps and other products," which has aerial photographs, and "educational resources." (http://ask.usgs.gov/)

POLITICAL SCIENCE 

Political Science Research Sources - This site allows an easy Internet search for many political science topics. (http://www.vanderbilt.edu/~rtucker/polisci/)

Political Science Research Sources: United States Politics - The University of Michigan Documents Center has arranged this site by topics such as: Comprehensive Sites, Biographies, Elections, Federal Government, Lobby Groups and News Media. (http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/psusp.html)


United States Senate - The United States Senate site allows keyword searching on any file on the Senate server. (http://www.senate.gov/)

United States House of Representatives - The U.S. House site links to the House directory, members, committees, floor schedule and bill tracking. (http://www.house.gov/)

American Political Science Association - The American Political Science Association is the world's largest professional organization for the study of politics. (http://www.apsanet.org/)

 

PHYSICAL EDUCATION 

PHED 2320

Chapter 1 PowerPoint Notes

Chapter 2 PowerPoint Notes

Chapter 3 PowerPoint Notes

Chapter 4 PowerPoint Notes

Chapter 5 PowerPoint Notes

Chapter 6 PowerPoint Notes

Chapter 7 PowerPoint Notes

Chapter 8 PowerPoint Notes

Chapter 9 PowerPoint Notes

Chapter 10 PowerPoint Notes

PHED 1140

Chapter 1 PowerPoint Notes

Chapter 2 PowerPoint Notes

Chapter 3 PowerPoint Notes

Chapter 4 PowerPoint Notes

Chapter 5 PowerPoint Notes

Chapter 6 PowerPoint Notes

Chapter 7 PowerPoint Notes

Chapter 8 PowerPoint Notes

Chapter 9 PowerPoint Notes

Chapter 10 PowerPoint Notes

Chapter 11 PowerPoint Notes

Chapter 12 PowerPoint Notes

Chapter 13 PowerPoint Notes

Chapter 14 PowerPoint Notes

Chapter 15 PowerPoint Notes

Chapter 16 PowerPoint Notes

Chapter 17 PowerPoint Notes

Chapter 18 PowerPoint Notes

Chapter 19 PowerPoint Notes

Chapter 20 PowerPoint Notes

Chapter 21 PowerPoint Notes

Chapter 22 PowerPoint Notes

Chapter 23 PowerPoint Notes

Chapter 24 PowerPoint Notes

Chapter 25 PowerPoint Notes

 

 

 

 

 

Web Sites

Physical Education Web Sites - Provides links to fitness, funding for programs, and professional organizations. (http://www.stan-co.k12.ca.us/calpe/Sites.html)

Physical Education Links - Designed for educators, but also contains information on activities for parents. (http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/7817/ )

Adapted PE Web Sites - Provides fact sheets regarding typical behaviors associated with a number of disabilities, program modification suggestions, and Internet links to facilitate acquisition of additional information. (http://pecentral.org/adapted/adaptedsites.html)

PE Central - Contains information about developmentally appropriate physical education programs for children and youth. (http://www.pecentral.org/) 

PE Digest - Contains illustrated articles for improving sports techniques, an 11-year index and links to other PE and sports sites. (http://www.pedigest.com/ )

Sports Media - Contains lesson plans for physical education activities. (http://www.sports-media.org/)

 

MILITARY  SCIENCE 

Air Force Times - Newspaper published for members of the United States Air Force. (http://www.airforcetimes.com/) 

U.S. Department of Defense and other military sites - Contains links to the Department of Defense and other military related sites. (http://www.library.ucsb.edu/subj/military.html#defense)

 

Education

Table of Contents

CLASSROOM WEB PAGES 

Classroom Connect - This is one of the top K-12 educational sites. It has more than 1,000 links to educational materials. It also has a database of on-line school web sites and information needed to construct a classroom web site.

Crayon - This source enables you to create your own web-based newspaper. Through an easy-to-use setup, you can organize links to a number of news and information resources. 

Web66 - This site is a one-stop source for all the software and information needed to set up a WWW server at school. These HTML pages can be used with a PC or MAC web browser.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN EDUCATION

Education World-Education Employment Listings - This comprehensive educational site provides sources for educational positions on a worldwide basis. You may also post your resume online. The positions are also listed by state in the United States. The site provides links to K-12 school libraries. A search engine that links to 56,000 sites is a useful feature.

Fed World Federal Jobs Search - This database allows you to search abstracts of open U.S. Federal Government jobs. It contains a listing of summer jobs. Job openings may be checked in individual states.

Tennessee Education Association - The TEA website is a comprehensive resource. Among its features is a JOBS search link. Two major links are identified--Tennessee Department of Education School listing and a K-12 Teaching Positions Troops to Teachers link.

 

GRANTS 

U.S. Department of Education Funding Opportunities - This is the source for federal grants in education. It contains a section on grants and contracts information. Departmental guidelines, regulations, and Federal Register documents are available here. Links are provided to Ed-funded Internet Resources.

Welcome to GrantsNet - GrantsNet is a tool for finding information about the department of human services and other selected federal grant programs. The site contains sections on searching for funds and information on how to apply. Links to other sites are also provided.

Comprehensive School Reform - In 1998, Congress appropriated $14 million for the Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration Program. This three-year federal program will fund low-performing schools to jumpstart comprehensive school reform. The application criteria is given as well as information on where to apply for the loan.

 

HOME SCHOOLING

Home School Association of California - This organization has been in existence since 1987. It gives information on mission program and a section on Is Home School Legal. A resource page is also included.

Education Source - The education source has been designed to assist parents, teachers, and home schoolers find the best educational resources on the WWW. It has a list of the best web sites for 1997 and the best educational sites of 1998. A free electronic e-mail journal is available. 

 

LEGAL ASPECTS OF EDUCATION

Thomas--U.S. Congress on the Internet - This comprehensive federally sponsored Internet site is the best site for federal legislative information on the net. It has a section on current floor activities for the House and Senate. A quick search text of bills for the 105 Congress enables you to search by bill number or key word. Historical documents are also available. Library of Congress web links are given for the legislative, executive, judicial, and state/local governments.

National Education Association - This site has a section on today's news that highlights educational legislation. The NEA also has a legislation action center hot button. 

American Federation of Teachers - Current legislation and the AFT response are highlighted on this web page. Contacts for representatives in the U.S. Congress are also given.

Tennessee Education Association - This site contains the TEA legislative report, a weekly report on educational related activities on the Tennessee 100th General Assembly. Another key feature is the Federal and State Legislative Update, which deals with current legislation. 

LESSON PLANS

Teachers.Net Lesson Plan Exchange - This site provides an opportunity for teachers to share their ideals and lesson plans. Teachers may post their lesson plans on this site.

Ask Eric Home Page - ERIC is a one-stop source for the latest educational information. It includes thousands of free lesson plans. The site is searchable by a keyword database. This is the best educational site on the web.

 

LIBRARIES

Walters State Community College Library - This web-based electronic catalog lists all the instructional resources available for the academic programs. An interlibrary loan form is available electronically so that students from our distance learning centers can request materials electronically.

East Tennessee State University Libraries - This library site has an electronic card catalog. In addition, this site is loaded with links to other electronic sources.

University of Tennessee - This is a comprehensive library site. Links are provided to other UT Libraries. This site has excellent links to other valuable electronic sources on the Internet.

Library of Congress - This site enables you to search the resources of the Library of Congress. A wealth of information is available at this site ranging from Thomas:Legislative Information to online research tools.

 

MAGNET AND CHARTER SCHOOLS

 Center for Educational Reform - The Center for Educational Reform issues the 1997-1998 National Charter School Directory. Currently 784 charter schools are in operation in 23 states, a 63% increase over 480 schools in 1996.

 

NAVIGATING THE INTERNET 

Exploring the Internet Basic Training - A great resource for trainers to use in bringing educators onto the World Wide Web for the first time. It covers everything from e-mail to the web.

 

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

National Education Association - The largest organization for teachers has 2.3 million members. This is a comprehensive site which provides its members with up-to-date information on legislative information. It also provides a resource room, chat rooms, and provides articles on current topics. It also has a search engine for its site.

 American Federation of Teachers - This site provides comprehensive legislative information about the current concerns of its members. They provide links to selected web resources. The page features an article on vouchers vs. small class size. A search engine is available to search the full text of the web site. 

Tennessee Education Association - This comprehensive site features a Tennessee Legislative Report and a federal and state legislative update. The site has a 1997-1998 teacher salary handbook and is linked to many other national sites.

 

SCHOOL VIOLENCE 

National School Safety Center - This site provides an overview of the problem, latest news, and statistical reviews of school violence. It provides links to other sources such as the U.S. Office of Education. 

Education World - This site provides a search engine which will provide access to on-line educational materials concerning school violence. Access to discussion groups and related web sites provide information specific to the problem. 

SPECIAL EDUCATION - ADA 

U.S. Department of Education - Discrimination against students on the basis of disability is prohibited in education programs that receive federal funds. The site provides a definition and ways for an individual to seek regress. Sources are provided for additional information.

 STANDARDIZED TESTS 

Code of Fair Testing Practices - The code of fair testing practices in education was developed by a joint committee on educational practices, American Psychological Association. The code presents standards in the following areas:

  1. developing and selecting tests
  2. interpreting scores
  3. striving for fairness
  4. informing test takers

TEACHER CHAT ROOMS & USENET DISCUSSION GROUPS

NEA Web Site - This is an outstanding site for teachers. It has chat rooms available.

American Federation of Teachers - The American Federation of Teachers also provides chat rooms at this site.

Classroom Connect - This popular site has chat rooms for teachers.

 

TEACHERS

Teachers Helping Teachers - The goal of this site is to provide basic teaching tips for the inexperienced teachers and new ideals in teaching for all teachers. It also provides a forum for experienced teachers to share their expertise with colleagues around the world. 

Ask Eric - This is the premier site for educators. It has the following features:

  1. Virtual library
  2. Lesson plans
  3. News and networking
  4. Search engines
  5. And much more.