thanks Paul, I will forward on your reply.
annete
On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, Paul C. Smith wrote:
> Annette Taylor wrote:
>
> > (2) do those of you who teach developmental still devote time to
> > Erikson, if so, how much and why? (It still seems to take up
> > quite a bit of space in texts).
>
> I can't quantify the time I spend on anything, but I do cover Erikson in
> our lifespan development course mainly because it's a reasonably structured
> theory that covers adult issues. We have a lot of concepts about adult
> development in the texts, but few full-blown theories, and our lifespan
> course is also aimed at developing students' abilities to think using
> theory.
>
> Paul Smith
> Alverno College
> Milwaukee
>
>
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