[tips] field experiences in Passau/Germany: be quick
Dear Tipsters, local rumor has it that the institute for history of Psychology will be moving from Passau to Wuerzburg this year (or next? The colleagues haven't arrived here yet). So if you plan to visit the museum (which is definitely worthwhile) be sure to check whether it is still in Passau, or already packed up and ready to move. Regards, Rainer Dr. Rainer Scheuchenpflug Lehrstuhl für Psychologie III Röntgenring 11 97070 Würzburg Tel: 0931-312185 Fax: 0931-312616 Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
[tips] Random Thought: Hokey Pokey Teaching, II
Teaching with passion is being in a groove. Ever been in a groove? It's far from a rut. And, unlike a rut, I won't want to get out of it once I get into it, for once I am, there is no stopping. I've got the rhythm. I can overcome almost anything. I can win over the most skeptical of skeptics. It has more power than knowledge, reputation, or position. It has a magic, a magic that is the difference between just doing and accomplishing. It has an excited let's take on the world quality. It overwhelms that feeling of being overwhelmed. It discourages discouragement. It makes today the day. It lightens the weight of my work. It hastens my step. It appreciates the moment. It's mood contagious. It delights in the moment. It makes the abundance of life become my abundance of teaching. It lifts limitations. It converts the bitter into the better. It negates negatives. It positively moves positively forward; it inspires. It motivates. It doubtlessly frees from doubt. It adds the light. It tows me out from the swallowing grasps of clinging mud. It's a flow that can't be dammed up; it's always looking for new ways to be more effective; like water, it finds every crack, nook and cranny; it's always a source of energy. I'm not sure any real teaching can be done without passion. In fact, without passion, teaching is bankrupt. Without passion, I can't open any doorways to a student's spirit. Passion is a Draino that keeps the sludge of negatives, criticism, frustrations, resignations, and angers from building up and clogging my spirit. It's a teaching not by sight, but by faith. It is faith that gives me sight. I teach with heart, and it is heart that's at the heart of education. It is passion that remakes my eyes for wonder, which allows me to see the extraordinary in the ordinary and knowing that if I do the ordinary in extraordinary ways, the results will be extraordinary. In many ways, passion, combined with horse sense and commitment and persistence, is the difference between mediocrity and excellence. It's an asset that's worth far more than reputation and knowledge. Teaching with passion is about being optimistic. Optimism is the currency of human existence. It is the essence of every great love story, of sweeping epics, of bittersweet tales. How can I argue against optimism. What good has pessimism ever done? I've never heard a pessimist say, How great it feels. It's a matter of considering the consequences. The most powerful antibiotic for self defeating thoughts is being positive. If I always expecting the dawn, I never sleep in the dark very long. If I see the positives, if I help students see the positives, the positive possibilities have a better shot of happening, a better shot of staying up. I'll have a better chance of leaving those negative thoughts in the dust while I'm making dust. It's a challenge. What's the purpose in tearing down, in denigrating, or in demeaning? How can anyone build a strong structure if I use faulty bricks made out of the mud of can't and no and wrong? They won't boost my energy level or put I in the mood to help either myself or others. If I am truly serious about being passionate and positive, then I must act that way. I must go on a positive diet and watch those leaded pounds of negatives melt away. When students are feeling joy, fun, confidence, and exhilaration, they're grasping a wisdom of the heart that tempers the mind. The difference I will see may be a smile or a brighten eye or a straightened stance. The difference may even be so subtle I won't see anything. Nevertheless, they can influence the way students think and act. I have seen spectacular results coming from powerfully powerful words and actions. As Nellie sings in SOUTH PACIFAC, I'm stuck like a dope with a thing called hope, and I can't get it out of my heart! That's what it's all about! Make it a good day. --Louis-- Louis Schmier http://therandomthoughts.edublogs.org/ Department of History www. halcyon.com/arborhts/louis.html Valdosta State University Valdosta, Georgia 31698 /\ /\ /\ /\ (229-333-5947)/^\\/ \/ \ /\/\__/\ /\ / \/ \_ \/ / \/ /\/\ /\ //\/\/ /\ \__/__/_/\_\\__/_\ /\If I want to climb mountains,\ /\ _ / \don't practice on mole hills - \_ --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
[tips] new class on the neuroscience of vision
Sorry if you have already received this I thought I might as well take advantage of my medical situation http://garysurgery.blogspot.com/2007/11/garys-condition.html and use what I have learned, take advantage of my medical team and ffer a sminar on the neuroscience of vision. That is one area that I am very comfortable with. The class will be a seminar format with students presenting on various disorders of vision and attention that have resulted from functioning of the brain. If anyone has taught a similar course I would any advice or information. Previously I have taught cognitive neuroscience and cognition Gary (Recovery is going well. Last can showed no evidence of the tumor and my blood tests yesterday indicated all my levels are normal. My energy level keeps improving although there are times each day when I need to take a break and lie down Gary J. Klatsky, Ph. D. Director, Human Computer Interaction M.A. Program Department of Psychology [EMAIL PROTECTED] Oswego State University (SUNY) http://www.oswego.edu/~klatsky 7060 State Hwy 104W Voice: (315) 312-3474 Oswego, NY 13126 Fax: (315) 312-6300 All of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and justice must be keenly aware how small an influence reason and honest good will exert upon events in the political field. Albert Einstein --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
[tips] Fw: South Africa Chinese Become Black
Of a cross-cultural nature-social race http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/africa/7461099.stm Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
RE: [tips] Summer History of Psych experience and Cross-cultural Psych
Tim, The cost of knowledgepriceless. Jim Jim Matiya Florida Gulf Coast University [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003 Moffett Memorial Teaching Excellence Award of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (Division Two of the American Psychological Association) Using David Myers' texts for AP Psychology? Go to http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/cppsych/ High School Psychology and Advanced Psychology Graphic Organizers, Pacing Guides, and Daily Lesson Plans archived at www.Teaching-Point.net Subject: RE: [tips] Summer History of Psych experience and Cross-cultural Psych Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 19:27:34 -0600 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: tips@acsun.frostburg.edu Jim- Yeah. But it has gone up a bit lately also! The current SRP for the hardback version of Principles is $221.50. Inflation, you know. :) (Couldn't find a gasoline price before 1919 but at .25 which translates to todays dollars price of $2.84 the books projected price would be about 60.00 or less so maybe we are complaining too much about the relative rise in gasoline- or should that be not enough about the relative rise in book prices?). Tim ___ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Professor and Chair Department of Psychology The College of Idaho Caldwell, ID 83605 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] teaching: intro to neuropsychology; psychopharmacology; general; history and systems You can't teach an old dogma new tricks. Dorothy Parker-Original Message- From: Jim Matiya [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue 7/8/2008 6:02 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] Summer History of Psych experience and Cross-cultural Psych Michael, There is the psychology building named after Wm. James at Harvard I also have a copy of Psychology by William James, published in 1905. According to one page in the book, Principles of Psychology by James sells for $4.80. That's just a little more then cost of a gallon of gas in Chicago in 2008. Jim Jim Matiya Florida Gulf Coast University [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re:[tips] Summer History of Psych experience and Cross-cultural Psych
I would also add the Exploratorium in San Francisco--they currently have a MIND exhibit, which should offer interesting information to discuss. http://www.exploratorium.edu/mind/index.html While in the area, perhaps visiting the basement at Stanford where the Stanford Prison Experiment took place. Rob Rob Weisskirch, MSW. Ph.D. Associate Professor of Human Development Certified Family Life Educator Liberal Studies Department California State University, Monterey Bay 100 Campus Center, Building 82C Seaside, CA 93955 (831) 582-5079 [EMAIL PROTECTED] This message is intended only for the addressee and may contain confidential, privileged information.� If you are not the intended recipient, you may not use, copy or disclose any information contained in the message.� If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender by reply e-mail and delete the message. --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
