Mark- I think that the text for History and Systems depends on the format of the course. I tend to use my own orientation as a starting point (i.e., there is a distinctly experimental/scientific orientation to the course). I've decided that beginning each area of the course with a lecture to give an introduction/summary of the period, important scientific and social factors, etc. is sufficient organization. I have the students read original sources from "Classics in the History of Psychology". The web-site for that is http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/ (Christopher Green, whose name you may recognize from the list does the unbelievably difficult job of maintaining that site!). Ours is a senior level course so I believe the focus on primary sources is necessary for us. I have taught the course at a different level and used textbooks and found that most worked reasonably well as long as you match the level of the writing and coverage to the preparation of your students. Perhaps the most important thing for my choosing "good" texts for those classes was involving students in the selection process. It seems that History and Systems texts are as guilty as any of the old dictum, "What you like the students will hate and vice versa". I just found that there were few texts that the students were neutral about. They loved or hated them but their tastes rarely matched mine. Maybe I was lucky but I never ran into any 'bad' texts in that area. Tim ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
-----Original Message----- From: Mark S. Schmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 9:52 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: History and Systems Text Colleagues, I'm teaching History and Systems for the first time this summer. Could you recommend a text? I'm looking at several right now that are all very similar in their coverage. Are there any that you have found to be especially good in any ways? Thanks! Mark --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
