Re: [tips] The Real Cost of College Textbooks - Room for Debate - NYTimes.com

2011-09-19 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
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, dow

[tips] CHRONICLE: Are Psychiatric Medications Making Us Sicker?

2011-09-19 Thread Jeffry Ricker
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

[tips] Andragogical Education anyone?

2011-09-19 Thread Jim Clark
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

Re: [tips] CHRONICLE: Are Psychiatric Medications Making Us Sicker?

2011-09-19 Thread Joan Warmbold
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

Re: [tips] CHRONICLE: Are Psychiatric Medications Making Us Sicker?

2011-09-19 Thread Joan Warmbold
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

Re: [tips] CHRONICLE: Are Psychiatric Medications Making Us Sicker?

2011-09-19 Thread Joan Warmbold
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

Re: [tips] CHRONICLE: Are Psychiatric Medications Making Us Sicker?

2011-09-19 Thread Joan Warmbold
Sorry computer told me my first message didn't go through--not mean to send two about Hedge's book, really. Joan jwarm...@oakton.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5

Re: [tips] Andragogical Education anyone?

2011-09-19 Thread Rene Verry
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

Re: [tips] Andragogical Education anyone?

2011-09-19 Thread Brandon, Paul K
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 andragogica

Re: [tips] Andragogical Education anyone?

2011-09-19 Thread Dr. Bob Wildblood
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.

Re: [tips] Andragogical Education anyone?

2011-09-19 Thread Michael Britt
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

Re: [tips] Andragogical Education anyone?

2011-09-19 Thread Jim Clark
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 defini

[tips] CHRONICLE: Are Psychiatric Medications Making Us Sicker?

2011-09-19 Thread Mike Wiliams
Reading this article brought back many memories and disillusionment with clinical trials. However, I believe there are opportunities to study what a placebo is, and how this condition influences our dependent measures. The only psychotropic medications that work are those that sedate patients