[4] Although action teaching was initially developed within the field of psychology, it later spread to other curricular areas such as business, law, and environmental science.
The social issues that it addresses encompass diverse topics such as violence prevention, disaster relief, prejudice reduction, sustainable living, human health.
For example: From 2005 through 2015 Social Psychology Network held a yearly international action teaching award competition in which outstanding work was honored and posted on the web for other teachers to use or adapt.
[20] The inaugural winner of the SPSSI Action Teaching Award was an instructor at Florida International University who developed an assignment in which students learned about campus sexual violence and then created an anti-violence plan of their own based on empirically supported prevention principles.
[24] In another, student groups met with individuals who had dementia and helped them create multimedia digital projects involving experiences with art or nature.