As you may know (if you have looked through the resources for teachers’ area of this site), over the past 10 years I have been regularly posting to Weekly Psychology Updates which is a site managed by my publisher (Wiley). The purpose of those posts has been to direct psychology students’ and teachers’ attention to… Continue reading A Quick Note and a Request
Newsletters/Blog
Newsletter #4 – What is Going on With Teens and Young Adults (Kids) These Days and WHY
NEWS Dual Credit Course – This Winter term’s Dual Credit version of Psychology For Everyday Life is off to the races! We are starting into week 3 where we are looking at Personality and its two BIG questions: 1. How are people different from one another (the BIG 5 model) and perhaps more interestingly 2.… Continue reading Newsletter #4 – What is Going on With Teens and Young Adults (Kids) These Days and WHY
Newsletter #3 – What’s Going on With Kids These Days and WHY?
NEWS Appointments: I am pleased to share that I have been appointed Special Advisor to Fusion Collegiate, a charter collegiate high school in Calgary, Alberta (Fusion Collegiate Appoints Dr. Mike Boyes, PhD., as Special Advisor) . I am looking forward to supporting the school’s efforts to well prepare their students for fulfilling and mindful lives… Continue reading Newsletter #3 – What’s Going on With Kids These Days and WHY?
What is Going on With Teens and Young Adults (Kids) These Days and WHY: What Some BIG Research-Grounded Voices Are Saying- Newsletter #2
As those of us working with teens and young adults are well aware, rates of anxiety, depression and self-harm have been going up among teens and young adults (17- to 28-year-olds). Figuring out what we can do about this at the population, school, and individual levels starts with trying to answer the big question of… Continue reading What is Going on With Teens and Young Adults (Kids) These Days and WHY: What Some BIG Research-Grounded Voices Are Saying- Newsletter #2
Psychology For Everyday Life – Newsletter #1
Let me introduce myself. I am Mike Boyes (PhD), a developmental psychologist. I have been researching and working with emerging adults (16–28-year-olds) for the past 40 years through my research at the University of Calgary, teaching at the university, and, over the past 8 years, through the development and provision of high school/university psychology dual… Continue reading Psychology For Everyday Life – Newsletter #1