Victor Karandashev,
Aquinas College, the USA
Leningrad State University, Russia

APA Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology
(OTRP).
◦ OTRP develops and distributes instructional
materials and provides services to psychology
instructors (http://teachpsych.org/otrp)
◦ Variety of teaching resources in psychology, including
 resources for incorporating international content into existing courses
 resources for developing courses on international psychology (e.g.,
syllabi, annotated bibliographies, videos),
 textbooks in introductory psychology, social psychology, and life-span
development evaluated for international content

British resources
◦ PsychExchange.co.uk ((Jamie Davies and Mark
Holah)
◦ http://www.psychexchange.co.uk
◦ Psychology teachers share resources with each
other:
 Many generous teachers who are willing to share their
handouts, Powerpoints, quizzes, videos and other
resources.


Both resources are excellent and valuable
However, they are more interested
◦ in providing the resources for national needs and for
English speaking instructors


Discipline-specific associations and institutions
developing their own resources, such as Social
Psychology Network, etc., see more on InterTOP
InterTOP serves a networking function




Growing interest and initiatives to internationalize
psychology education among several national and
international organizations.
The sources of information are still very scattered
and not easy to access.
Interest to be informed about current state in this
field around the world.
This was the purpose of development of InterTOP
website:
◦ Resource on the teaching of psychology from
international perspective
(http://interteachpsy.org)
InterTOP network as a resource of information about
internationalization of psychology education:
 an informal network of scholars, instructors,
educational leaders from around the world;
 intended to facilitate the international exchange of
information, experience, and ideas;
 at all levels of education (pre-degree,
undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate), from
different educational settings (schools, colleges,
institutes, universities, and professional schools);
 provide opportunities to discover different
resources available throughout the world for
teaching and training in psychology.





1. National and international conferences related to
psychology teaching
2. National and international organizations related
to the teaching of psychology
3. Publications on international aspects of
psychology teaching
4. Resources for psychology teachers and students
5. Information on internationalization of
psychology














Journals on the teaching of psychology
Discussion lists related to the teaching of
psychology
Teaching Tips
General Teaching Psychology Resources
Introductory Psychology Teaching Resources
Social Psychology Teaching Resources
Developmental Psychology Teaching Resources
Personality Teaching Resources
Cognitive Psychology Teaching Resources
Abnormal and Clinical Psychology Teaching
Resources
Emotion teaching resources
Teaching Humor resources
Educational Psychology Teaching Resource
Economic Psychology Teaching Resources








InterTOP website as a cross-national and cross-disciplinary
navigation instrument for psychology instructors around the
world.
National coordinators providing sources of information and
teaching resources from many countries
InterTOP website as a Wiki resource, where national
coordinators from different countries submit their national
resources
Development of multilingual parallel versions of InterTOP
Development of InterTOP own teaching resources in
psychology
Glossary of educational terminology (multilingual):
◦
◦
Educational institutions: university, college, school, undergraduate, graduate, etc.
Syllabus, classes, courses, etc.
International (multilingual) dictionary of psychological
concepts, theories, research, and best practices
Video resources with subtitles posted at the InterTOP web site
◦ Creating multilingual subtitles

Making the psychology teaching resources from
different countries available online
 International teaching resources
major concepts, theories, research findings in psychology
disciplines
teaching activities
exercises
videos
examples
 International textbooks published online
modular
electronic