Re: non-mainstream courses

2002-03-02 Thread Linda Walsh
Hi Rick, This doesn't qualify as edutainment, but I teach what I call Introduction to Neurology which is a combination of functional neuroanatomy (no lab), some common neurological disorders and diseases to bring the anatomy to life, and some neuropsychology wies course for the first time in the f

Re: non-mainstream courses

2002-03-01 Thread Gerald Peterson
erson,Ph.D. Chairperson Department of Psychology Saginaw Valley State University Jeffrey Nagelbush wrote: > > For all those who teach non-mainstream courses, I have a couple of > questions. Do you teach these courses in addition to your regular load? If > you d

RE: non-mainstream courses

2002-03-01 Thread Jeffrey Nagelbush
For all those who teach non-mainstream courses, I have a couple of questions. Do you teach these courses in addition to your regular load? If you do, is there any pay or other incentive for doing this or is it just assumed to be your professonal responsibility or your own desire? Thanks in

Re: non-mainstream courses

2002-03-01 Thread Deb Briihl
I am reading about these courses with envy. How many of you (and how often) do you get to teach something a little different? How do you get the time? We have proposed a number of different courses here, but, with the number of majors (and minors) that are trying to get through our program, we

RE: non-mainstream courses

2002-03-01 Thread Michael LAVIN
2002 3:41 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: Re: non-mainstream courses I periodically teach a 200 level elective, special topics class on the Psychology of Paranormal Experiences which is partly a class on critical thinking and partly a way to reinforce basic findings and princip

RE: non-mainstream courses

2002-02-28 Thread H. Gelpi
From: Gary Peterson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 3:41 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: Re: non-mainstream courses I periodically teach a 200 level elective, special topics class on the Psychology of Paranormal Experiences which is pa

RE: non-mainstream courses

2002-02-28 Thread Keefer, Robert P.
I've taught "Parapsychology and Pseudoscience", Environmental Psych, Sport Psych, and one of my favorites, "Persuasion" (I used four books: Cialdini, R. Influence ; Ekman, P. Telling lies. ; Pratkanis, A. & Aronson, E. Age of propaganda: The everyday use and abuse of persuasion. ; and Rotzol

Re: non-mainstream courses

2002-02-28 Thread Gary Peterson
I periodically teach a 200 level elective, special topics class on the Psychology of Paranormal Experiences which is partly a class on critical thinking and partly a way to reinforce basic findings and principles covered in General Psychology. I am going to be teaching our Career Development

Re: non-mainstream courses

2002-02-28 Thread Paul Brandon
At 10:44 AM -0600 2/28/02, Rick Stevens wrote: >I was wondering what Tipsters were teaching beyond the core >courses. For instance, classes in parapsychology (even if it is >a way to disguise a course in critical thinking), forensic >psychology, or perhaps psychology in film (making that the enti

Re: non-mainstream courses

2002-02-28 Thread David Campbell
Gary Klatsky wrote: >David > >I would like to see the reading list you have for the intro psych through >science fiction... > Gary, Here it is. The readings are dated--I taught this in the 80s. The stories are grouped by class meeting for the twice-a-week course. --Dave > PSYC 180: PSYCHOLOGY

RE: non-mainstream courses

2002-02-28 Thread Rod Hetzel
3-233-3312 Fax: 903-233-3246 Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.letu.edu/people/rodhetzel -Original Message- From: David Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 11:30 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: Re: non-mains

Re: non-mainstream courses

2002-02-28 Thread Linda M. Woolf, Ph.D.
"Hatcher, Joe" wrote: > > Rick and others, > I teach a course in Peace Studies that I find really rewarding. I > would be happy to correspond with anyone interested in such a course or > already teaching such a course. It's a great field, with plenty of > psychological applications. T

Re: non-mainstream courses

2002-02-28 Thread Donald H. McBurney
I (and I know I am not the only one on this list) teach a course in ESP and Pseudopsychology, which perfectly fits your characterization of a disguised critical thinking course. It also covers many basic psychological areas, such as psychophysics, sensation, perception, memory, etc. The class

RE: non-mainstream courses

2002-02-28 Thread Hatcher, Joe
n, WI [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- > From: Rick Stevens > Reply To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences > Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 10:44 AM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences > Subject: non-mainstream courses > > I was

RE: non-mainstream courses

2002-02-28 Thread Gary Klatsky
: (315) 312 3474 -Original Message- From: David Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 12:30 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject:Re: non-mainstream courses Rick, I taught "Intro Psyc through Science Fiction" a coupl

Re: non-mainstream courses

2002-02-28 Thread Linda Woolf
Rick Stevens wrote: > > I was wondering what Tipsters were teaching beyond the core > courses. For instance, classes in parapsychology (even if it is > a way to disguise a course in critical thinking), forensic > psychology, or perhaps psychology in film (making that the entire > emphasis). I o

Re: non-mainstream courses

2002-02-28 Thread David Campbell
Rick, I taught "Intro Psyc through Science Fiction" a couple of times. I had several SciFi short stories to address each of the chapter themes found in a typical intro psyc text. The enrollment was disappointing and the students couldn't step away from the specific story lines to discuss lar

non-mainstream courses

2002-02-28 Thread Rick Stevens
I was wondering what Tipsters were teaching beyond the core courses. For instance, classes in parapsychology (even if it is a way to disguise a course in critical thinking), forensic psychology, or perhaps psychology in film (making that the entire emphasis). I once saw a book that took a 'psych