下面，跟着小编来听听Amrita Kaur 博士关于心理学的分享吧！
Q：首先请用一句话概括您的研究领域。
A：我想可以概括为“教学变革助力学生成功！”
Q：请谈谈您现在研究领域的学术背景以及未来的发展。
A：我具有教育心理学博士资格和在不同文化背景下的教学经验，这使我具备了进行与我的经验相关和对我个人非常有意义的研究调查的技能和能力。我的研究立足于了解微观和宏观层面的教学动态，以促进学生参与学习的积极性，以及学术上的成功。
我的一些学术调研在“教学学术（SoTL）”和“学生作为学术伙伴（SaP）”的原则下展开，并遵循心理学的学习和动机理论。我相信快速发展的世界和当代社会中学习者的特点需要一种颠覆性的、变革性的参与实践模式。因此，我认为 “学生作为学术伙伴 ”正在发展成为一种跨学科的基本教学模式，这可以促进、推动和加深学生的参与感和成就感。我也相信应用这些新颖和创新的方法将有助于这门学科的发展。
Q：除了做研究，您也承担了教学工作。您在WKU教学的感受怎么样？
A：对我来说，在温州肯恩大学教学非常愉快。作为一名教育心理学家和“教学学术（SoTL）”的实践者，我有幸将我的课堂教学与科学研究联系起来，而温州肯恩大学为我提供了良好的平台与条件。
温州肯恩大学心理系的学生对课题、研究都有很高的志向和积极性，他们的探究精神和好奇心促使我反思日常的教学，并不断改进。
Q：WKU如何支持您的研究/教学工作？
A：温州肯恩大学有很不错的科研支持机制，特别是在制度政策方面，系统性地支持师生以及教师的研究。例如，“师生拍档科研项目（SpF）”为教师和学生充分参与研究项目提供资金。温州肯恩大学的教师还可以申请多种渠道的科研经费以推进他们的科研计划。这些政策最重要的优点是，它允许学生与教师一起工作，使研究经历更有意义。在一些情况下，温州肯恩大学还通过为教师减免教学时长来支持他们的研究。
Q：可否分享您在心理学硕士课程中的教学经验？
A：2022年秋季，温州肯恩大学迎来了第一批心理学专业（The Master of Arts in Human Behavior and Organization Psychology）的硕士研究生。研究生教学令我乐在其中。
心理专业的硕士生们有着丰富的工作经验，因此，他们为课堂带来了许多实地的见解，以促进有意义和启发性的讨论与和知识构建。我观察到学生在这个项目中的参与度和投入度是非常高的，因为学生能够理解心理学理论和原理，与实际应用的相关性，以应用到实践当中。
这个项目的显著特点是，它允许学生参与各种实地体验，如访问学校、组织和参与大学层面的研讨会，以及参与实地调查。这些机会创造了一个非常严格但令人兴奋的教学环境。
Let's listen to what Dr. Amrita Kaur talks about psychology!
1.One sentence to generalize your overall feature as an academic scholar or your research field:
Student success through transformative teaching and learning.
2.Tell us about your research background,the future development of your current research field?
My doctoral qualifications in Educational Psychology and teaching experience in diverse cultures have equipped me with skills and competencies to undertake research inquiries that are empirically relevant and personally meaningful to me.My research is grounded in understanding teaching and learning dynamics at micro and macro level for student motivation, engagement, and academic success.I situate several of my research inquiries in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) and Students as Partners (SaP) principles guided by learning and motivational theories in psychology. I believe the rapidly evolving world and the characteristics of our learners in contemporary societies seek a disruptive and radical model of student engagement practices. Therefore, I see Students as Partners practices, in particular, developing as a fundamental pedagogical model across disciplines to promote, advance, and deepen understanding of engagement and success for students. I also believe the application of novel and innovative methodological approaches will contribute to this subject's development.
http://3.In addition to doing research, you have also undertaken teaching. How do you feel about teaching at WKU?
Teaching at WKU has been an enjoyable, stimulating and insightful experience for me. Being an educational psychologist and SoTL practitioner, I have the privilege to connect my classroom teaching with my research and teaching at WKU provides excellent conditions to do so.A vast majority of the student population at the School of Psychology at WKU is highly ambitious and motivated for the subject matter and research, their inquisitiveness pushes me to reflect on my teaching to improve it constantly.
4.How does WKU support your research?
The University has proper mechanisms, especially in terms of institutional policies that support faculty and students and faculty research in a systematic way.For example, the Student Partnering with faculty (SpF) grant provides funding for faculty and students to engage in research projects. Faculty at WKU also has the provision for seed grants to support their research agenda. The most important strength of these policies is that it allows students to work with the faculty, making the research experience more fulfilling. In some cases, the University also supports faculty research by providing them with release time from teaching.
5. Would you mind sharing your teaching and learning experience in the PSY master program?
In Fall 2022, WKU launched its very first cohort of The Master of Arts in Human Behavior and Organization Psychology. Teaching students in this program has been a sheer pleasure for me.The student population in this program has significant work experience,therefore, they bring numerous practical insights to the classroom for meaningful and stimulating discussions and knowledge construction.I observed that student engagement and commitment in this program were of very high quality since students were able to understand the relevance of psychological theories and principles for practical applications.The distinctive feature of this program is that it allows students to engage in a variety of field experiences, such as visiting schools, organizing and participating in symposiums at the university level, and engaging in field investigations. These opportunities create a very rigorous yet exhilarating teaching and learning environment.