Tipsters -
Having taught primarily lecture-based courses, I'm a little nervous about
trying a seminar (yes, it's applied social psychology <G>). My guess is
that about 8-15 students will register.
My questions are:
(1) timing: What are the pros and cons of teaching one 3-hour class per
week vs. two 1 hour and 15 minute sections (either way, I would probably
have the first half or first day of lecture and/or demonstrations and
activities and perhaps much of the second half or day as discussion)?
(2) I don't feel all that confident leading discussions; do people who have
done this successfully have tips or hints for me (both for my role as
leader and for getting students to be productive)? It seems to me that
students HAVE to read ahead of time, so I was thinking about having quizzes
or thought papers due each day, and also grading their in-class
participation; this would shift the balance from tests and projects to
reading and participation to reflect the purpose of the class. I've also
been thinking about having 2 students be responsible for reading a little
extra and leading discussion on the discussion days.
(3) I'd like to bring in guest speakers, specifically people who apply
social psychology in their careers. I know of a social psych ph.D who does
trial and jury consulting,and I think I could find an I/O person fairly
easily, but does anyone have ideas for any other topics (e.g.,
race/prejudice, gender, cross-cultural, etc.)?
(4) Does anyone have syllabi from seminars (any topic is fine; it doesn't
need to be related to social) --either online or that they'd be willing to
attach or email--that they'd be willing to send?
Thanks in advance!
Traci
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Traci A. Giuliano
Department of Psychology
Southwestern University
Georgetown, TX 78627
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(512) 863-1596;fax 863-5788
http://www.southwestern.edu/~giuliant
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