Adjunct Faculty - Psychology

College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Psychology http://www.wilmu.edu/behavioralscience/psychology_about.aspx Wilmington University is committed to academic excellence in our classrooms; relevant programs in our curriculum; and caring, personal attention to our students. One of our great strengths is the enthusiastic, personal involvement of our trustees, administrators, faculty, staff, and alumni in creating a sense of community.

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The Bachelor of Science degree program in Psychology provides a solid, broad–based education for students preparing for a career in the helping professions, organizations, business, or government. Successful students will also be able to continue their formal education at the graduate level. The Psychology Program in the College of Social & Behavioral Sciences is creating a pool of qualified candidates.

If you are interested in applying, please review the requirements and include all required information/attachments as part of your application. Preference will be given to applicants who can teach Face-to-Face on campus, but online applicants will be considered.

Requirements

Adjunct teaching applicants are expected to have strong oral and written communications skills, and have work experiences in the discipline in which they expect to teach. Experience teaching at the post–secondary education level is preferred. Applicants are required to have a minimum of a Master’s degree in psychology or closely related field (e.

g., family science, social work, education) from an accredited institution. You are also required to provide the following writing sample, providing feedback for a student assignment. The directions to the students for completing the assignment are: Learn how ethics apply in research (the assignment is listed below), Visit the link https://interestingengineering.

com/lists/11-most-controversial-psychological-experiments-in-history and choose a study to summarize and review, summarize the study, identify 2 ethical concerns of the study, contrast the ethical concerns found in the study with the benefits of the study and indicate whether it was 'worth it' to gain the information from the study, college-level grammar and correct spelling are required, please do not copy content from the book or resources - you must paraphrase or summarize in your own words, Additional research for this assignment is your textbook, chapters 2-4.

The assignment you are to provide feedback for (using comments in Word and attaching to the application under "additional attachments) is: Ethics in Research Student A Wilmington University PSY101: Introduction to Psychology Professor Smith (enter your name here) September 1, 2020 The two case studies that I found most unethical would be the case study completed by the psychologist John Money on David Reimer and the case study completed by Jane Elliott around the Brown-Eyed vs.

Blue-Eyed Experiment (Vyas, 2020). Psychologist John Money completed a case study on David Reimer as a child, and the results of this case study were extremely detrimental. David Reimer was just a baby when he was permanently harmed during a routine circumcision. During the circumcision procedure, Reimer’s penis was castrated.

It was decided by John Money and David Reimer’s family that the best course of action was to reconstruct Reimer’s genitals to reflect those of a female. With this being done, Money suggested that Reimer could then just be raised as if he were originally born female. Money had a theory that gender identity was “learned” (Vyas, 2020).

This experiment led by John Money proved to be unsuccessful. As a teenager, David Reimer found out about his true gender identity and decided to transition, thus disproving Money’s unethical theory. I think this study’s main goal was to prove an unfounded point on gender identity. Since this experiment failed, this study cannot be considered worthwhile.

I think the long-term damage this caused David Reimer proves that it outweighs any predicted benefits. Now if we were to examine the case study completed by Jane Elliott on Brown-Eyed vs. Blue-Eyed experiment I would consider this unethical experiment to be necessary. Jane Elliott decided to conduct an experiment amongst her third-grade classroom which looked to “demonstrate the impact of racism on education” (Vyas, 2020).

In this experiment Elliott treated children with blue eyes better than the students with natural brown eyes. The blue-eyed children were favored and given more benefits throughout the day. The brown-eyed children were treated more cruelly, thus having the blue-eyed children gave them the same type of unfair treatment that Elliott subjected them to.

The blue-eyed children were even told they were superior to the brown-eyed children, and this affected how the brown-eyed children began seeing themselves, which caused some of the children to perform poorly academically. This experiment demonstrated what it meant to treated differently purely based on your physical features.

This showed how sometimes people in society can be treated differently purely based on their physical characteristics and how negatively society can treat them, which in turn can negatively affect their self-esteem. This shows how racism and prejudice affect the people who are subjected to it and who are taught to engage in it.

This study was unethical because the school children were left feeling hurt and confused because they were treated differently based on physical traits. Since the children were so young and could not agree to provide informed consent, this calls into question the ethical nature of this study. The benefits from this study outweighs the harm in my opinion, because the children were able to learn a lesson around prejudice and racism.

They were able to be taught why this was not okay to do. This is something that needed to be displayed to help combat racism in society. In conclusion, there were a lot of different case studies I read, and I do understand why there are now stricter guidelines around case studies. As a psychologist, I think it is important to abide by a strict code of conduct, so your experiments or case studies do not create unnecessary harm to the subjects of the study.

References : Vyas, K. (2020, December 30). 11 most controversial psychological experiments in history . Interesting Engineering . https://interestingengineering.com/lists/11-most-controversial-psychological-experiments-in-history In addition to the above required writing sample (assignment feedback), you are required to understand the following and complete the additional Teaching Philosophy writing sample which should also be attached to your application, using the additional attachments section of the application: Understand the mission and values of Wilmington University.

Submit a Teaching Philosophy, following these guidelines: Provide a description of your teaching philosophy. Your description should be no more than 1.5 pages in length and should include the following information: (1) A brief statement (5-7 sentences) explaining how you plan to provide excellence in teaching, relevancy of curriculum, and individual attention to students, which is the cornerstone of Wilmington University’s mission statement.

(2) Based on your statement above, please briefly answer the following questions: (a) Explain your beliefs, theories and/or methods regarding teaching and how they shape your concept of successful teaching? (b) How do you know when you are teaching effectively? (c) How do you develop and maintain positive relationships with students?

(d) How do you create a supportive learning environment? and (3) Include a summary of your thoughts on education and the role that you feel you could play in developing students to be successful in their discipline, career, and life. (This statement should be attached via the attachments area of the application.) Effective computer skills and be able to use MS Office software.

Experience in using a Learning Management System is a plus. If hired, must complete Wilmington University’s Learning Management System training (Basic and Advanced at a minimum) Must be able to abide by tight deadlines required of 7-week Block and 13-week format curricula. Must have knowledge of various instructional strategies designed to meet the course instructional objectives and add to student learning.

Must be able to develop a personalized course outline designed to follow a generic syllabus provided by the University. Must be able to provide relevant work experience to the instructional content of the course. Qualified applicants must complete the writing sample (grading an assignment) indicated in the job posting and attach it to the application, as wekk as including your teaching philosphy statement.

Qualified Applicants may be asked to present a 10-minute teaching sample for the Program’s Director and Chair as part of the interview process. If hired, must complete Wilmington University’s 3-week online training program required to teach in any online format. To apply: Complete the application, attach your resume, include a cover letter indicating the courses you would like to be considered for and your qualifications for teaching those courses, submit a copy of your transcripts for the highest degree earned, a nd attach the required writing samples (grading an assignment and your teaching philosophy) .

Applications not including the required information listed may not be considered. For complete course descriptions, please refer to the University’s website at http://www.wilmu.edu/courses/coursedescriptions.aspx?subcode=PSY Limited Benefits: Tuition (after eligibility is met), 403(b) Employee Participation