Teaching Community Psychology

Here you can find:

Sample course syllabi for graduate and undergraduate courses;

Resources and articles on innovative in-class activities;

Resources and articles on innovative course projects or papers;

Video/DVD resources for teaching in community-related courses;

Articles on integrating community action/service with learning;

Other teaching resources: journals, websites, textbooks and key reference works in community psychology.

We invite you to search through and use what is here; we also urge you to share your favorite resources. You can send materials to the Council on Education (COE) at coe@scra27.org. Please name the file with a descriptive title, your name, and the year, prior to sending, e.g. Community Psych Syllabus, (Joan Smith, 2014).

Looking for additional sources of teaching materials, or for online outlets to submit your materials for peer review and online dissemination? Here are two possibilities:

CES4Health http://ces4health.info/: Disseminates peer-reviewed products, including teaching materials, of health- related, community-engaged scholarship in forms other than journal articles.

Project Syllabus http://teachpsych.org/otrp/syllabi/syllabi.php: Disseminates peer-reviewed course syllabi and teaching materials in many areas of psychology, including community psychology.

Downloadable Resources for Teaching Community Psychology

This section contains resources for planning in-class teaching activities and discussions.

This section contains resources for planning course projects, papers, and assignments.

This section includes ideas for integrating community service learning with analysis of community and social issues.

This section includes video/DVD resources for community-related courses.

Teaching Community Psychology

Updates to These Resources Coming August 2020!

Here you can find:

Downloadable Resources for Teaching Community Psychology

Community Psychology Competencies