2010-2011 Academic Catalog

May 13, 2024

2010-2011 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PSYC 257 - Teaching Psyc as a Way of Learning

Type of Course: First Seminar

This First Seminar is for mid- and upper-level psychology majors who have taken either PSYC 107 or PSYC 109. Students in PSYC 257 will serve as Peer Learning Assistants (PLAs) for PSYC 109, where the primary tasks will be to organize sections and classes around the following three inquiry-based tasks: (i) getting students actively involved in discussions in section and on Black Board; (ii) helping students to organize (and stay on top of) their observation projects; and (iii) support and guide a group of six students through an inquiry-based interview project. The goal for participants in PSYC 257 is to learn to conduct and guide small group projects and discussions and through this activity deepen their understanding of qualitative, inquiry-based, psychology. This will be achieved by weekly meetings to go over the experiences of PLAs and preparing the upcoming projects. This class can be taken on a pass/fail basis, or by way of earning a grade through a write-up of a final paper that is based on the teaching/learning experience. Registration will be by instructor permission only.

Instructor: Mr. Bamberg

When Offered: Offered every semester.

Faculty: Michael Bamberg, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology