Rod
I use this book in my Honors Intro course. It serves as the basis for debates in which teams of 4 students participate. Two comments:
1. The articles are usually but not always based on empirical evidence but rather on rational arguments. Take, e.g., Siano's article for the nay side of the TV and aggression debate.
2. I ask my students to seek out further empirical evidence to support the side of the debate they are defending. Sometimes the available empirical evidence is quite heavily in favor of one side.
These are minor problems if you are careful in selecting the issues you will use.
David G. Thomas, Ph.D.
Professor & Associate Head
Department of Psychology
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK 74078
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To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: (bcc: David G Thomas/psych/cas/Okstate) Subject: Taking Sides |
Hi folks. Do any of you have any experience using the Taking Sides
series with your classes? I'm using it for Abnormal Psychology this
semester. Students seem pretty excited about it, but I was curious if
there are any potential pitfalls or problems that you have found in
using the debate format. Thanks in advance! Rod
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