Harrington, Grisham, Brasier, et al. (2015) published a paper in which they
list "(Some of) the Most Amazing Papers in Neuroscience" for instructors who
want to include readings from primary sources in their courses, but do not have
enough expertise "to select appropriate readings."
I think this is a great idea. And it leads me to ask for help in a 200-level
course I'm teaching for the first time this semester, "The Psychology of Human
Sexuality." It's a course for honors students, and I have been selecting
journal articles for them to read.
But I'm hoping that some TIPSters with expertise in this area can suggest
'(Some of) the Most Amazing Papers in Human Sexuality'.
Best,
Jeff
Reference
Harrington, I. A., Grisham, W., Brasier, D. J., Gallagher, S. P., Gizerian, S.
S., Gordon, R. G., et al. (2015). An Instructor’s Guide to (Some of) the Most
Amazing Papers in Neuroscience. Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience
Education, 14(1), R3.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4640495/
You also can download the paper from ResearchGate:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283716987_An_Instructor%27s_Guide_to_Some_of_the_Most_Amazing_Papers_in_Neuroscience
Abstract
Although textbooks are still assigned in many undergraduate science courses, it
is now not uncommon, even in some of the earliest courses in the curriculum, to
supplement texts with primary source readings from the scientific literature.
Not only does reading these articles help students develop an understanding of
specific course content, it also helps foster an ability to engage with the
discipline the way its practitioners do. One challenge with this approach,
however, is that it can be difficult for instructors to select appropriate
readings on topics outside of their areas of expertise as would be required in
a survey course, for example. Here we present a subset of the papers that were
offered in response to a request for the “most amazing papers in neuroscience”
that appeared on the listserv of the Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience
(FUN). Each contributor was subsequently asked to describe briefly the content
of their recommended papers, their pedagogical value, and the audiences for
which these papers are best suited. Our goal is to provide readers with
sufficient information to decide whether such articles might be useful in their
own classes. It is not our intention that any article within this collection
will provide the final word on an area of investigation, nor that this
collection will provide the final word for the discipline as a whole. Rather,
this article is a collection of papers that have proven themselves valuable in
the hands of these particular educators. Indeed, it is our hope that this
collection represents the inaugural offering of what will become a regular
feature in this journal, so that we can continue to benefit from the diverse
expertise of the FUN community.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4640495/
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