This isn't directed at one of your courses, but for my Methods/Stats class this year I'm going to have them read _An Instance of the Fingerpost_ by Iain Pears. It's a murder mystery set just about the time that contemporary science is invented.
It's long, though.... m ------ "[F]aculty have an obligation to the students collectively to prescribe a required course of study designed specifically for liberal education that is comprehensive, coherent, and rigorous." -- Jerry L. Martin -----Original Message----- From: Jablonski, Jessica [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2008 3:15 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Novel-like Books for Courses Hello All, I have been incorporating novel-like books as supplementary reading into some of my courses and have found that many of the students really enjoy when we devote the first 15 minutes of each class to discussing our reactions to a chapter of the book. I also require that they keep a typed journal of their reactions to each chapter and turn that in at the end of the semester. I've found this to promote class participation in class sizes around 35 students or smaller, and I am looking for book suggestions for the following courses that I have yet to find a reading that I think the undergraduate students will really enjoy: Theories of Counseling Personality Social Psychology Health Psychology ("Standing Tall: The Kevin Everett Story" was recently recommended to me by a student, but I have not yet read it) Any suggestions you have are welcomed. Thanks. Jessica Jablonski, Psy.D. Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology Richard Stockton College of New Jersey PO Box 195 Pomona, NJ 08240-0195 Phone: 609-626-5512 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] My Website on Grad Study in Psych: http://home.comcast.net/~jpsyd/graduate.htm --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
