Re: [tips] The Real Cost of College Textbooks - Room for Debate - NYTimes.com
Resurrecting. I expect to specify a Flatworld Knowledge book for Spring 2012 semester. I am looking to adapt (they are easy to customize) an Organizational Behavior book for my I/O Psychology class. There is also a site called Connexions (cnx.org) that offers a similar model: online = free, downloadable for $25 to $30, printed for a bit more, printed color for $70 to 90. 2% author's royalty (but not from sales at your institution). Paul On Jul 26, 2010, at 9:30 PM, Annette Taylor wrote: In reading this series of articles I noticed one of them talked about Flatworld Knowledge. I had vaguely heard of them before and so checked out their website. Have any of you used Flatworld knowledge books? Do any of you know if there is no hidden cost and it is truly 100% free to faculty and students? How do they stay in business? Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 tay...@sandiego.edu From: Christopher D. Green [chri...@yorku.ca] Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 12:29 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] The Real Cost of College Textbooks - Room for Debate - NYTimes.com Interesting perspectives on the cost of college textbooks. http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2010/7/25/the-real-cost-of-college-textbooks?hp Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ == --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tay...@sandiego.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a21b0n=Tl=tipso=3820 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-3820-13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a2...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: pcbernha...@frostburg.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263003n=Tl=tipso=3823 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-3823-13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=12760 or send a blank email to leave-12760-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] CHRONICLE: Are Psychiatric Medications Making Us Sicker?
Hi all, I haven't read this article yet but, because of the recent discussion about the internal validity of clinical trials, I thought I would make y'all aware of it (I think it's available to nonsubscribers): Are Psychiatric Medications Making Us Sicker? By John Horgan Several generations of psychotropic drugs have proven to be of little or no benefit, and may be doing considerable harm. http://chronicle.com/article/Are-Psychiatric-Medications/128976/ I haven't been terribly impressed with some previous articles/books by John Horgan, but this one still might be useful for class discussions, etc. Best, Jeff -- - Jeffry Ricker, Ph.D. SCC: Professor of Psychology MCCCD: General Studies Faculty Representative PSY 101 Website: http://sccpsy101.wordpress.com/ - Scottsdale Community College 9000 E. Chaparral Road Scottsdale, AZ 85256-2626 Office: SB-123 Phone: (480) 423-6213 Fax: (480) 423-6298 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=12762 or send a blank email to leave-12762-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Andragogical Education anyone?
Hi Our VP Academic is going to talk about andragogical technology. First time I'd heard of andragogical, which appears to be commonly used in the adult education area to denote learning by adults (vs. pedagogical). My educational fad antenna went up, but perhaps I am being unfair. Is anyone aware of any empirical literature that adults learn differently than non-adults (teens?), or that old and young adults differ in how they learn and how things should be taught? Take care Jim James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=12765 or send a blank email to leave-12765-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] CHRONICLE: Are Psychiatric Medications Making Us Sicker?
I highly recommend the book, _Suffer the Children_ by Marilyn Wedge. It was one of the most disturbing as well as inspiring books I have read this year--disturbing as I had no idea how common it has become for psychiatrists to prescribe very strong sedatives for young children with behavioral disorders; inspiring because Ms. Wedge as a life-long experience at effectively working with families to significantly improve the family dynamics and therefore, the child's behaviors, sans medication. She couches her technique in terms such as humanistic, and Jungian, but, in reality, she is using fairly straightforward cognitive-behavioral strategies. I encourage you all to at least check out her home page: http://www.marilynwedgephd.com/ Joan jwarm...@oakton.edu Jeffry Ricker wrote: Hi all, I haven't read this article yet but, because of the recent discussion about the internal validity of clinical trials, I thought I would make y'all aware of it (I think it's available to nonsubscribers): Are Psychiatric Medications Making Us Sicker? By John Horgan Several generations of psychotropic drugs have proven to be of little or no benefit, and may be doing considerable harm. http://chronicle.com/article/Are-Psychiatric-Medications/128976/ I haven't been terribly impressed with some previous articles/books by John Horgan, but this one still might be useful for class discussions, etc. Best, Jeff --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=12766 or send a blank email to leave-12766-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] CHRONICLE: Are Psychiatric Medications Making Us Sicker?
I highly recommend the book, _Suffer the Children_ by Marilyn Wedge. It was one of the most disturbing as well as inspiring books I have read this year--disturbing as I had no idea how common it has become for psychiatrists to prescribe very strong sedatives for young children with behavioral disorders; inspiring because Ms. Wedge as a life-long experience at effectively working with families to significantly improve the family dynamics and therefore, the child's behaviors, sans medication. She couches her technique in terms such as humanistic, and Jungian, but, in reality, she is using fairly straightforward cognitive-behavioral strategies. I encourage you all to at least check out her home page: http://www.marilynwedgephd.com/ Joan jwarm...@oakton.edu Jeffry Ricker wrote: Hi all, I haven't read this article yet but, because of the recent discussion about the internal validity of clinical trials, I thought I would make y'all aware of it (I think it's available to nonsubscribers): Are Psychiatric Medications Making Us Sicker? By John Horgan Several generations of psychotropic drugs have proven to be of little or no benefit, and may be doing considerable harm. http://chronicle.com/article/Are-Psychiatric-Medications/128976/ I haven't been terribly impressed with some previous articles/books by John Horgan, but this one still might be useful for class discussions, etc. Best, Jeff --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=12767 or send a blank email to leave-12767-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] CHRONICLE: Are Psychiatric Medications Making Us Sicker?
I would highly recommend the recent book by Marilyn Hedge, Suffer the Children, a family therapist who has extensive experience illustrating how working with family dynamics is very effective at helping children with behavioral disorders and that labeling and prescribing drugs is not. It's a very persuasive, disturbing and, in the end, inspiring book. I have provided you with an introduction by the author. http://www.marilynwedgephd.com/userfiles/1501378/file/STC%20intro.pdf Joan jwarm...@oakton.edu Hi all, I haven't read this article yet but, because of the recent discussion about the internal validity of clinical trials, I thought I would make y'all aware of it (I think it's available to nonsubscribers): Are Psychiatric Medications Making Us Sicker? By John Horgan Several generations of psychotropic drugs have proven to be of little or no benefit, and may be doing considerable harm. http://chronicle.com/article/Are-Psychiatric-Medications/128976/ I haven't been terribly impressed with some previous articles/books by John Horgan, but this one still might be useful for class discussions, etc. Best, Jeff -- - Jeffry Ricker, Ph.D. SCC: Professor of Psychology MCCCD: General Studies Faculty Representative PSY 101 Website: http://sccpsy101.wordpress.com/ - Scottsdale Community College 9000 E. Chaparral Road Scottsdale, AZ 85256-2626 Office: SB-123 Phone: (480) 423-6213 Fax: (480) 423-6298 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: jwarm...@oakton.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=49240.d374d0c18780e492c3d2e63f91752d0dn=Tl=tipso=12762 or send a blank email to leave-12762-49240.d374d0c18780e492c3d2e63f91752...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=12769 or send a blank email to leave-12769-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Andragogical Education anyone?
Talk about dichotomizing a continuum! Are 17 year olds adults? 18? 22? On Sep 19, 2011, at 3:27 PM, Rene Verry wrote: Tipsters, Because I am currently enrolled in a tutor certification course through the National Tutoring Association, I had the opportunity to learn more about the andragogical approach (like Jim I was not aware of this distinction either). Andragogy is distinguished from pedagogy with the former emphasizing the role of teacher as tutor, coach, or guide. Whereas the teacher is more in control of learning objectives, class structure in a pedagogical model, the andragogical teacher / tutor works as an equal partner where learning goals are mutually determined and negotiated, teaching methods individualized according to the needs of the learner (idiosyncratic), with problem solving and Socratic questioning as dominant approaches to material delivery. Not surprisingly, tutoring takes the andragogical approach, but it is used with all ages and not limited to adult education. Andragogical goals include developing an increased understanding of the material (common to all instruction), become a self-directed / independent learner (present in many pedagogies), through individualized 1:1 or 1:few interaction (usually limited by class size, time constraints, curriculum requirements, etc.). Hope this helps... rene --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=12773 or send a blank email to leave-12773-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Andragogical Education anyone?
Paul Brandon Talk about dichotomizing a continuum! Are 17 year olds adults? 18? 22? I've read a bit about andragogical Education and come away with the same feeling I have about different learning styles in younger students. These is some smoke, but but I haven't seen any read data on it. . Robert W. Wildblood, PhD Adjunct Psychology Faculty Germanna Community College drb...@rcn.com --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=12775 or send a blank email to leave-12775-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Andragogical Education anyone?
I don't see any connection between the idea of Androgogy and the pseudoscience of learning styles. Androgogy is simply a set of suggested teaching methods for adults who most likely are in a different stage of life and are probably approaching their experience as a student with a different set of expectations, goals and capabilities than are college age and younger learners. Adults have less time to waste than younger folks due to family and work obligations and most are more able to work independently than your typical college student. Taking this into account when the teacher sets up her course seems like a good thing. I don't see more to it than that. Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Sep 19, 2011, at 6:12 PM, Dr. Bob Wildblood wrote: Paul Brandon Talk about dichotomizing a continuum! Are 17 year olds adults? 18? 22? I've read a bit about andragogical Education and come away with the same feeling I have about different learning styles in younger students. These is some smoke, but but I haven't seen any read data on it. . Robert W. Wildblood, PhD Adjunct Psychology Faculty Germanna Community College drb...@rcn.com --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: michael.br...@thepsychfiles.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13405.0125141592fa9ededc665c55d9958f69n=Tl=tipso=12775 or send a blank email to leave-12775-13405.0125141592fa9ededc665c55d9958...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=12780 or send a blank email to leave-12780-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Andragogical Education anyone?
Hi Michael I think Robert's point was that Andragogical principles were perhaps as lacking in empirical evidence as learning styles ... not that they are equivalent or related in any other way. You mention some of the assumptions made about older learners. Ignoring for a moment the definition of older, is there evidence for these assumptions? Or are they simply based on common sense and intuition? Thinking about the less time assumption, for example, would it be true of retired people? And what about younger people who may work long hours outside of school? Or students who take a full or more course load, rather than a single course? One of the principles you do not mention, but I read somewhere was that andragogical teaching would be more a negotiation and collaboration between teachers and learners, as more mature learners would be better able to contribute to deciding what they need to learn. When I think of teaching something like statistics, I don't see the validity to this assumption. And I wonder about other substantive courses as well ... how are learners suppose to know what they need to know about subjects that they haven't already learned about? Seems somewhat paradoxical to me. And to again draw an analogy to the learning styles literature, is there evidence that adapting one's teaching along the lines of adragogical principles is in fact more effective for mature learners (and not for younger learners)? Isn't one criticism of the learning styles literature that such studies tend to NOT support the idea of different strokes for different folks? Take care Jim James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com 19-Sep-11 9:03:23 PM I don't see any connection between the idea of Androgogy and the pseudoscience of learning styles. Androgogy is simply a set of suggested teaching methods for adults who most likely are in a different stage of life and are probably approaching their experience as a student with a different set of expectations, goals and capabilities than are college age and younger learners. Adults have less time to waste than younger folks due to family and work obligations and most are more able to work independently than your typical college student. Taking this into account when the teacher sets up her course seems like a good thing. I don't see more to it than that. Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Sep 19, 2011, at 6:12 PM, Dr. Bob Wildblood wrote: Paul Brandon Talk about dichotomizing a continuum! Are 17 year olds adults? 18? 22? I've read a bit about andragogical Education and come away with the same feeling I have about different learning styles in younger students. These is some smoke, but but I haven't seen any read data on it. . Robert W. Wildblood, PhD Adjunct Psychology Faculty Germanna Community College drb...@rcn.com --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: michael.br...@thepsychfiles.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13405.0125141592fa9ededc665c55d9958f69n=Tl=tipso=12775 or send a blank email to leave-12775-13405.0125141592fa9ededc665c55d9958...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a891720c9n=Tl=tipso=12780 or send a blank email to leave-12780-13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a89172...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=12782 or send a blank email to leave-12782-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
