Rod Hetzel wrote:
> I came across a new book yesterday on the APA website that is relevant
> to this conversation. The book is entitled The Professor's Guide to
> Teaching : Psychological Principles and Practices and was written by
> Donelson R. Forsyth, PhD, a psychologist at Virginia Commonwealth
> University. The text was published by APA Press in November 2002.
> Anyone on this list have a review for us? I’ve ordered it but have yet to receive
>it.
Since no one else has offered a review, I'll give one. I bought and read recently. It
provides a very good overview of all aspects of offering courses, much like McKeachie.
It has short stories, which helped to capture my attention and see how teaching
techniques work in real life. The advice offered is good, probably especially for
younger teachers (and I include myself in that group). It is also not written solely
for psychology professors, so I think that it would be *very* useful to other faculty,
who perhaps have not thought as much about teaching as psychologists. (Perhaps this
is just a bias, but I think that Louis is perhaps singing to the choir in offering his
thoughts about professors not being trained as teachers on this listserv. As
psychologists, most of us have probably given more thought to our students' cognitive
processes than professors in other disciplines. And, our interest in teaching topics
is reflected by our presence on this listserv.)
My one reservation with Forsyth's book is that it *is* an overview. There are some on
this list who are experts in assessment or using technology; for these people, the 1
chapter devoted to each of these subjects is unlikely to be very satisfying.
Hope that helps some. I would be interested to hear what you think, Rod.
Marcia
Marcia J. McKinley, J.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Mount St. Mary's College
Emmitsburg, MD 21727
(301) 447-5394 x4282
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