Controversy in the psychology classroom : using hot topics to foster critical thinking /

Controversy in the psychology classroom : using hot topics to foster critical thinking /

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Edition:1st ed.
Imprint:Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, ©2013.
Description:1 online resource (xix, 272 pages)
Language:English
Subject:
Psychology -- Study and teaching.
Psychology -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Psychology -- education.
Psychology -- Study and teaching.
Psychology -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11168554
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Other authors / contributors:Dunn, Dana.
ISBN:9781433812392
1433812398
9781433812385
143381238X
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Summary:"Every serious psychology teacher strives to design and execute classes that will be comprehensive, organized, predictable, dynamic, and meaningful. As psychology educators, we are blessed to teach in a discipline that provides such an impressive store of rich raw material from which to choose to help us meet our intended teaching and learning outcomes. However, every seasoned psychology teacher also knows that dealing with controversial issues effectively requires strategic, sometimes delicate, management to achieve desired results and avoid chaos in the classroom. In Controversy in the Psychology Classroom: Using Hot Topics to Foster Critical Thinking, the highly skilled editorial team of Dana S. Dunn, Regan A.R. Gurung, Karen Z. Naufel, and Janie H. Wilson have provided an indispensable set of pedagogical tools for navigating the sometimes uncertain terrain of controversial issues to help professors determine where to stand. The authors have designed a text that promotes careful consideration not just of the inevitability of controversy as part of the learning experience in psychology but also of the opportunity that such experiences can generate"--Foreword. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved).
Other form:Print version: Controversy in the psychology classroom. 1st ed. Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, ©2013 9781433812385
Table of Contents:
  • I. Guiding frameworks for teaching about controversial issues. Frames of reference : social psychological perspectives for teaching about controversial issues / Dana S. Dunn, Regan A.R. Gurung, and Karen Z. Naufel ; Preventing and handling classroom disruptions / Kristin M. Vespia and Tonya E. Filz ; Treating students asearly-career professionals : the ethics of teaching / Maureen A. McCarthy and R. Eric Landrum
  • II. Helping students arrive at an empirically based conclusion. Seven tools for teaching evolutionary psychology / David M. Buss ; Hitting close to home : teaching about spanking / Elizabeth T. Gershoff ; Sexual orientation, marriage, and students of faith / David G. Myers ; Addressing the role of animal research in psychology / Suzanne C. Baker and Sherry L. Serdikoff
  • III. Opening consideration of multiple views. Overcoming discomfort when teaching about evil and immorality / Karen Z. Naufel ; Anticipating and working with controversy in diversity and social justice topics / Cheryl B. Warner, Rosemary E. Phelps, Delishia M. Pittman, and Carla S. Moore ; Gender matters : engaging students in controversial issues / Elizabeth Yost Hammer and Eugenia M. Valentine ; Teaching about race and ethnicity / Mary E. Kite ; Spirituality and religion : how contexts, developmental processes, and personal experiences influence behavior / Dean D. VonDras ; Disabilty as diversity rather than (in)difference : undestanding others' experiences through one's own / Dana S. Dunn, David J. Fisher, and Brittany M. Beard ; Health psychology and policy : when politics infiltrate science / Regan A.R. Gurung and Daniel Bruns
  • IV. Concluding thoughts and going forward. Using controversies to teach scientific thinking in psychology : topics and issues / Jeffrey D. Holmes.

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