Re: Final lecture ideas/rituals

[Marie Helweg-Larsen]

I have tried a couple of different "big ending" approaches that have 
worked very well. One is to have them split into groups and develop  a 
list of the "top 3 things that you found fascinating/fun/memorable in 
this class". After group discussion each group give their 3 items and I 
write them down on the board. Of course there are repeats but in the end 
you end up with an impressive set of diverse "lessons" that the students 
felt they have learned. I might then add 1 or 2 or my own. I think 
students like seeing how much they have learned and end on a "big 
picture" note. Also many of the points cut across all the topics in the 
chapters, like "you really need research to tell what is going on". An 
alternative is to ask the groups "what are 3 things you learned in the 
course that you would tell your state representative/congress person (or 
whatever)". This is focused more on "giving away psychology" and 
students making a link between what they have learned and the usefulness 
of this information. It is probably a little harder than the first one.
Good luck
Marie

Michael Lee wrote:

Hello,

Coming up on the last day of classes, I'm just wondering what some of you
do, if anything, at the end of the year, particularly for Intro Psych.
Like most of us, I'm probably just going to be scrambling chaotically to
finish and wrap everything up as much as possible right to the last minute.
But I thought if there was something some of you say, talk about, or
incorporate
into a final lecture, I'd like to hear about them.  Particularly since, as
is often the case
with Intro, we end the year discussing Psychological Disorders and
Treatment, etc.
Not terrribly positive and somewhat anticlimactic.
Any thoughts/suggestions?

Mike Lee, MA
Dept of Psychology
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB, Canada


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