How do we decide what to teach and what not to teach in our Psych course?
Intro Psych Matters: The Next Edition of What Our Neighbors Need to Know
Sue Frantz
Professor of Psychology
Garth Neufeld
Founder of PsychSessions
What do our neighbors need to know?
In a previous presentation, Sue Frantz provided examples of content that could be removed from and added to the Intro Psych course, using what our neighbors need to know as a guide. In this update to that presentation, Frantz will discuss why so many Intro Psych textbooks have become encyclopedic and how to counter that trend. Additional examples of what we should consider excluding from and including in the course will be provided. Following this brief presentation, Frantz will be joined by host Garth Neufeld for an audience Q&A.
Who is Sue Frantz?
Sue Frantz is a first-generation college student who earned her BA in psychology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1989 and her MA in social psychology from the University of Kansas in 1992. She has been in love with sharing the concepts of psychology with her diverse student community since she began her teaching career as an adjunct professor at community colleges in the Kansas City area. Her main interest has been introducing the discipline to students in the Introduction to Psychology course. She is faculty emerita at Highline College in Des Moines, Washington, where she taught for over 20 years; and is affiliate faculty at New Mexico State University.
Intro Psych Matters: The Next Edition of What Our Neighbors Need to Know
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