RE: Random Thought: What's Your Answer

[Hatcher, Joe]

I would say that about ten years into my teaching career I began to ask myself the same question.  My teaching, as a result, began to emphasize more application of concepts to event outside the classroom (what good is knowledge of content if one cannot apply it to living examples?).  I also became involved in Peace Studies, a field in which Psychology has a large role to play (in my mind, the Us-Them dichotomy, described by Henri Tajfel and by Ervin Staub {The Psychology of Good and Evil}, is one of the most ubiquitous and conflict-promoting parts of social/cognitive life)        I do think that statistics can also be thought of as making the world a better place.  Somewhere, I think on TIPS, I heard the notion of teaching the Intro (and stats) class as if the future governor of the state was a first year student in the front row.  What could they take from the class that would make them a better governor?  I think a good understanding of experimental design and the problems of correlation vs causation are fundamental to understanding the world.   Help it be a good day, Joe Hatcher Ripon College Ripon, WI  54971 [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Christopher D. Green [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sun 8/28/2005 1:14 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: Re: Random Thought: What's Your Answer Paul Okami wrote: I would say nothing.  Instead, I would immediately crush his/her larynx with the heel of my palm, then rip it out of his/her throat using the tiger claw technique. That might get you in trouble. (more trouble than my answer, even!)  Actually, the Presidents of institutions I have worked at do not bump into people.  They have appointments. Trouble averted. :-) -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: 416-736-5115 ext. 66164 fax: 416-736-5814 http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ============================ . --- 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: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]