How do we decide what to teach and what not to teach in our Psych course?

An Intro to Psychology Course That Matters: "What Our Neighbors Need to Know"

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What do our neighbors need to know?

An estimated 1.4 million students take Introduction to Psychology in the U.S. every year, but only a small number of them go on to major in psychology. For most of these hundreds of thousands of non-majors, Introduction to Psychology will be the only psychology course they will ever take. Our non-majors are our neighbors, such as police officers, healthcare providers, librarians, engineers, teachers, business owners, and politicians. What do they need to know about psychology? Our time with our Introduction to Psychology students is finite. For every concept we choose to cover, we are choosing not to cover something else. Because of the scope of its impact, Introduction to Psychology is the most important course in our curriculum. Rather than default to teaching this course as we always have, let’s consciously choose to cover the psychological concepts our neighbors need to know.

Who is Sue Frantz?

Sue Frantz, Emerita Professor of Psychology, Highline College and Affiliated Faculty, New Mexico State University (MA, University of Kansas), is a first-generation college student. She has taught psychology in community colleges since 1992 and has been at Highline College in the Seattle area since 2001.

Sue has served on several American Psychological Association (APA) boards and committees, and was proud to serve the members of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology as their 2018 president. In 2013, she was the inaugural recipient of the APA award for Excellence in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning at a Two-Year College or Campus. She received in 2016 the highest award for the teaching of psychology—the Charles L. Brewer Distinguished Teaching of Psychology Award.

She presents nationally and internationally on the topics of educational technology and the pedagogy of psychology. She is co-author with Doug Bernstein and Steve Chew of Teaching Psychology: A Step-by-Step Guide, 3rd ed.

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How do we decide what to teach and what not to teach in our Psych course?

An Intro to Psychology Course That Matters: "What Our Neighbors Need to Know"

Join us on Nov. 7th at 2:00pm EST

with Sue Frantz, Professor of Psychology

What do our neighbors need to know?

Who is Sue Frantz?

An Intro to Psychology Course That Matters: "What Our Neighbors Need to Know"

Workshop begins in:

An Intro to Psychology Course That Matters: "What Our Neighbors Need to Know"

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with Sue Frantz,
Professor of Psychology