The development and content of a Teaching of Psychology course required for doctoral students is described. Graduate students take full responsibility for a section of introductory psychology and participate in a weekly 2-hr seminar covering a variety of practical and theoretical issues. Two separate evaluations have found that undergraduates rate graduate student instructors and faculty instructors similarly. Faculty and graduate students report a high degree of satisfaction with the course.
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