Psychology Tutor: Mentor (PSI) Psycho-Social Incarnation

Fan fare today as the Oscars are underway in LA, meanwhile, you the student need not miss out on the glitz and glamor. Today I wanted to transfer some of that celebrity excitement to study skill nominations. And number one for me, more than worthy of an Oscar (academically speaking) is Your learning environment. Following [...]

Happy joy! This is your first year of uni/college and whether you are continuing your ed from high school or are entering academia as a mature aged student, this is a time of excitement plus. O-Week (for the students in Oz) was hopefully a fun-filled frolic and Week 1 saw your map-reading and time-scheduling skills [...]

Continuing on today with my series on tutor:mentor programs for social science students and the potential to influence funding decisions by the Australia Government. Below are my posts to the symposium that my colleague and I are facilitating online for our course at USQ. Basically, the argument that successful tutor:mentor learning support programs jeopardize School/university [...]

This is a critical reflective piece of writing to do with an assignment I am putting together for my tertiary teaching course. I will split it up across a series of posts, otherwise it will be a lengthy read for just one ~:-) My colleague and I who have partnered for the online symposium that [...]

This is the first post in a series I am creating for undergraduates just starting on their academic adventure in psychology. The wealth of information you are exposed to at college/university in a short time frame, can at times be an information overload. This introductory to psych series of posts aims to “chunk” information that [...]

Myself and fellow Cairns-ites were extremely lucky in that Yasi chose not to cross our city. However, tragedy did strike elsewhere, in the townships south of us; Cardwell, Mission Beach and Tully. My heart goes out to those who have experienced incredible loss at this time. I was fortunate to be evacuated to a home [...]

Image: Harleys Education Tropical cyclone Yasi (category 4 atm) is bearing down on Cairns and other Far North Queensland regions. Students and other members of the community can access Harleys Education, Tropical Cyclone Yasi: Community Information Hub for links to the latest news, useful resources, check twitter stream updates and to comment on the community [...]