Over the last 7 years, Bond University has hosted a number of Professional Development Days for high school teachers, focusing on providing support for the Australian high school Psychology syllabus. In collaboration with our leading Psychology Professors at Bond, we look forward to hosting this event again on Friday, 24 April, 2026.
Join fellow educators for a dynamic day of learning, collaboration, and inspiration at Bond University. Designed specifically for secondary school psychology teachers, this event offers the opportunity to deepen your subject knowledge, explore current research, and discover practical strategies you can bring straight into the classroom.
Throughout the day, leading Bond University Psychology academics will share insights into the neuroscience of student engagement, helping you better understand how students learn and how to capture their attention in meaningful ways. Interactive workshops will also guide participants through the use of JASP, a powerful statistical software, equipping teachers with hands-on skills for analysing psychological data and supporting research methods within the curriculum.
You will also experience a range of engaging classroom activities covering key psychological topics such as learning and conditioning, memory, and social influence; providing ready-to-use ideas that bring psychological concepts to life for students.
This professional development day is more than a workshop, it is an opportunity to connect with a community of passionate psychology educators, exchange ideas, and stay up to date with developments in the field. Morning tea and lunch are provided, offering plenty of time for networking and discussion.
Leave feeling refreshed, inspired, and equipped with new tools to enhance the way you teach psychology! This Professional Development Day will be constructive, collaborative and filled with networking opportunities.
PSYCHOLOGY TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY 2026 | SCHEDULE
Time | Activity |
| 8.30 am | Registration |
| 9.00 am | Welcome and Scientific Update - Dr Bruce Watt, Head of School and Discipline Lead |
| 9.30am | Session 1: The Neuroscience of Engagement: Experiential Techniques for Today's Distracted Minds Professor Peta Stapleton Discover how neuroscience can transform your teaching approach for today's digitally-wired students. Learn about brain mechanisms that enhance learning and experiential techniques proven effective even in intensive courses. Join this interactive session to gain practical, science-backed strategies that capture attention and improve retention across disciplines. Leave with immediately applicable approaches for engaging the "iPad generation" in meaningful learning experiences. |
| 10.00am | Morning tea (included) |
| 10.20am | Session 2 Part I: Statistics in Psychology – A Hands-On Approach in JASP (Part I) Dr Megan Lee and Dr Daniel McKeon In part one of this series, we will experience the process of psychological research from developing hypotheses through to entering data into JASP, cleaning the data, analysing descriptive statistics, and interpreting what they mean about our population. |
| 12.30pm | Lunch (included) |
| 1:30pm | Session 2 Part II: Statistics in Psychology – A Hands-On Approach in JASP (Part II) Dr Megan Lee and Dr Daniel McKeon In part two of this series, we will move on to conducting inferential statistics to discover if we have met our hypotheses. We will learn about associations and relationships through correlation analysis, the differences between groups using t-tests, and predictions through linear regression. |
| 2.45pm | Session 3: Implementing Interactive Activities in Psychology (Learning and Behaviour, Cognitive Psychology, Biological Basis of Behaviour, Social Psychology) Dr Douglas Angus and Dr Anchal Garg In this session, Dr Anchal Garg and Dr Douglas Angus will demonstrate three interactive activities that teachers can use to illustrate psychological principles and theories central to the discipline and the psychology curriculum. These activities focus on student interaction, engagement, and application of theory to actual scenarios. Areas covered include classical conditioning and learning, memory, and social influence. |
| 3.30pm | Survey Distribution + Closing Comments |
*event schedule is subject to change.
What to expect
Psychology syllabus-related PD sessions facilitated by Bond University academics in the School of Psychology
Bond University Certificate of Completion
Networking opportunity to engage with educators and academic
Morning tea and lunch
Small gift
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