Teaching

I have been lucky to work with many wonderful students in the classroom and the lab. I was the instructor of record for a large undergraduate course (Child Development for non-psychology majors, ~100 students) for two semesters (Spring 2017, Spring 2018) in the Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour at McMaster University. I have also been the teaching assistant for undergraduate courses in Human Perception and Cognition, Essentials of Developmental Psychology, and Music Development and Performance, which involved running small-group tutorials and discussion sections (10-20 students).

Here I have archived some demonstrations and links that I have found useful. I am always looking for new resources and demonstrations to make psychological research come alive for my students!

Music cognition resources and demos
– Musical expectations (TikTok; Ryan Ken)
– Emotional expression (YouTube; Jacob Collier)
– Repetition (Reddit; r/SoundsLikeMusic)

Developmental psychology resources and demos
– Infant language learning (Dinosaur Comics; Ryan North)
– Social learning (Reddit; “he grew up with two cats”)
– Epigenetics primer (SciShow; Hank Green)
– Egocentric speech (YouTube; “Star Wars according to a 3-year-old”)
– Private speech (YouTube; “4.5-year-old colouring”)
– Conversational turn-taking (YouTube; “twins”)

Introduction to research resources
– Connected Papers (find papers “connected” to a specified work)
– Ten simple rules for structuring research papers
– Infographic, templates, and examples for academic writing
– Unpaywall (browser extension to link open access work)