On Wed, 10 Feb 1999, Matthew P. Winslow wrote:
> Hello out there--
>
> This is bound to offend some of you out there, but I dislike lecturing
> about Piaget in my intro class. I'm a social psychologist, and for
> whatever reason, I just hate lecturing about his theory of cog.
> development.
Why?
It got so bad today that between classes I ran over to our
> library and found a video to show instead of my usual lecture. I realize
> that Piaget is important, and I can even (for a short time) sort of get
> into the ideas about how schemas develop and change, etc. In short, I
> want my students to know this stuff, I just have a hard time presenting
> it.
I always tell the students two things: (1) hard is not the same as
impossible; (2) being hard is what makes it important. If it was easy,
they wouldn't be challenged and grow.
^I'm looking for any suggestions to beef it up, or make it more
> student-friendly, or perhaps a good film that covers Piaget (the one I
> showed was viable at best). I prefer suggestions that you actually use
> rather than hypothetical suggestions.
>
> I will happily summarize all the responses I get that are not also sent
> to the entire list.
>
> Matt Winslow
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Eastern Kentucky University
>
>
Make it a good day.
--Louis--
Louis Schmier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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