FEATURING
Dana Dunn, Moravian College
TITLE
Emerging Issues in the Teaching of Psychology
ABSTRACT
Undergraduate education in psychology is evolving. The lecture is by no means dead, but a variety of other approaches, including high impact practices (e.g., service learning, writing intensive courses, capstone experiences), are becoming more common in the classroom. The assessment of teaching and learning—particularly those skills acquired within the psychology major—is becoming more important, as is the accompanying recognition that most psychology majors will not be employed in fields aligned directly with the discipline. I will discuss these and related issues, suggesting how current and future psychology educators can consider selectively incorporating some new pedagogies into their classrooms.
Dana S. Dunn is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Learning in Common Curriculum at Moravian. Dunn writes about the teaching of psychology, rehabilitation psychology, social psychology, and liberal education. Read his Head of the Class blog at Psychology Today magazine.
BIO
Dana S. Dunn is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Learning in Common Curriculum at Moravian. Dunn writes about the teaching of psychology, rehabilitation psychology, social psychology, and liberal education. Read his Head of the Class blog at Psychology Today magazine. Her areas of research and/or expertise include: social psychology, especially social cognition, attribution, and finding meaning; rehabilitation psychology, especially the social psychology and positive psychology of disability; the teaching of psychology, particularly writing, research methods, and the psychology of adjustment; assessment issues, learning outcomes, and quality benchmarks for undergraduate education.
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