Thank you kindly Wendi! Jean-Marc
-----Original Message----- From: Wendi K. Born [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 6:30 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE:[tips] Gender Studies / Human Sexuality Here is the class I teach. The paper assignments are nested and designed to encourage 1) Self-focus, current, limited in perspective, somewhat exaggerated, and slightly negative, often constrained by a focus on perceived norms or others opinions; 2) Other focus, often hopeful and optimistic, broadens views of sexuality and future; (They complain about this but it is arguably the MOST important paper and the vast majority of the students report it is a positive experience with significant value for them.) 3) Self-focus, future-oriented, what am I seeking, discovery of personal needs and ways they are meeting those needs; 4) Experiential learning exercise, self in the world, experience of actually moving through a limitation that the person would like to leave behind. I always have students design this paper personally in a conference with me. It is almost always based on an issue they bring up in paper #1 (little did they know)). Students love the papers and often suggest that we should have done more of them, but the grading is too burdensome. I RARELY use class time purely for lecture and typically have discussion, guests, demonstrations, etc. I begin each lecture with a song (YouTube) related to the topic for the class. This can be a task assigned to students. The anatomy quizzes are partly done with play-doh. They construct what I tell them to, I show them a list, they point to it in their construction (if it is there) and if I recognize it, they earn a point for each. I record their score on a quiz and hand it to them to complete the written portion. It is great to invite a panel of about 10 people to answer questions that the class develops ahead of time in small groups. I try to have people of different ages, races, marital status and sexual orientation. I always include someone who can talk about a sexual assault and someone who can talk about unplanned pregnancy. I have been lucky to have people who talked about both abortion and adoption. Other assignments that have worked well: Letter to your rapist or description of a non-consensual sexual encounter or experience of a close friend or family member. Discussing abortion from the male perspective is eye-opening for many people and allows people to see that no matter what happens, the experience affects people deeply. It is important to have examples of personal accounts or experiences for this to work. I had the speech choir prepare a presentation to spark discussion and it was very moving. Enjoy! People change their lives in this class every year for the better. AND they love the class. -----Original Message----- From: Jean-Marc Perreault [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 3:49 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Gender Studies / Human Sexuality Hi Everyone, I am looking for a course outline at the 200-level on Human Sexuality. It does not have to be a PSYC denomination. I have an instructor who has consistently delivered a very popular intro to human sexuality course over the past 5-6 years, and there is high demand for a 200-level offering. Because we are a small College, I need to model the new course on something pre-existing to facilitate transfer agreements with other Canadian institutions. Any leads would be greatly appreciated. Cheers! Jean-Marc --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected]) The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto ("e-mail") is sent by Baker University ("BU") and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
