Dr. Wilbert J. McKeachie International Poster Prize
The
2014
conference
organizing
committee
is
pleased
to
present
the
Dr.
Wilbert
J.
McKeachie
International
Poster
Competition.
The
aim
of
this
poster
session
competition
is
to
promote
the
importance
and
value
of
posters
as
opportunities
to
explore
effective
and
innovative
teaching
and
learning
practices,
and
disseminate
research
results.
Along
with
traditional
posters
sharing
research
work
in
teaching
and
learning,
we
have
also
assembled
an
“instructional
fair”
track
for
sharing
practical,
quick
strategies
to
implement
into
our
classes.
Popular
vote
based
on
the
poster competition criteria
will
determine
five
finalists,
from
whom
the
adjudication
panel
will
determine
the
poster
prize
recipient.
Posters
will
be
judged
based
on
the
following
criteria:
Conference participants are invited to take part in the selection process during Poster and Resource Sharing
Session and Reception on Wednesday, May 14, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. Ballots will be handed out at the poster session.
The
Dr.
Wilbert
J.
McKeachie
International
Poster
Prize
will
be
presented
at
the
end
of
the
poster
session.
Dr. Wilbert J. McKeachie is Professor Emeritus of Psychology and former Director of the Centre for Research on Learning and Teaching at the University of Michigan where he has spent his entire professional career since taking his doctorate in 1949. His primary activities have been college teaching, research on college teaching, and training college teachers. He is past President of the American Psychological Association; the American Association of Higher Education; the American Psychological Foundation; the Division of Educational, Instructional, and School Psychology of the International Association of Applied Psychology; and the Centre for Social Gerontology. He is also past Chairman of the Committee on Teaching, Research, and Publication of the American Association of University Professors, and of Division J (Psychology) of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has been a member of the National Institute of Mental Health Council, the Veteran’s Association Special Medical Advisory Group, and various other government advisory committees on mental health, behavioral and biological research, and graduate training. Among other honors, he has received eight honorary degrees and the American Psychological Gold Medal for Lifetime Contributions to Psychology.