TIPSters, there is an interview with Phil Zimbardo in this summer's issue of
the The General Psychologist, 35, 49-58, which I think you will find of
interest. Below, I include two paragraphs from the interview on issues that I
thought were relevant to the list. The interview had appeared earlier in the
North American Journal of Psychology, (1999),1, 1-16.
Enjoy.
"... I know there are some universities where beginning graduate students teach
introductory psychology. That's a sin. It should not be allowed. It's almost
immoral. You simply don't know enough at that level. I'm not sure I know
enough after 40 years of teaching, after writing many editions of introductory
texts. To think that a new graduate student can teach all of introductory
psychology is just wrong, given the amount of knowledge required these days
about so many areas. It is just an abdication of responsibility of faculty
because they're essentially saying we're going to dump it on graduate students
because we don't want the burden, or can't teach it well ourselves without
doing too much preparation. And then, of course, they justify this action by
arguing that the introductory course is not so important anyway."
"Because I did not have any long-term goals, I also did not negotiate for
royalties or residuals, so have not made a penny from this enormously
successful venture. The series is a 26-program introduction covering all of
psychology made back in 1989. It has been showing for a decade to PBS
audiences throughout the US and Canada, in ten other nations, in most colleges
and now in virtually all high schools. More than 70,000 students in
Telecourses have gotten college credit for Introduction to Psychology without a
teacher, by watching my series and reading a textbook and passing a
standardized test."
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