Hi I would find it a challenge with that small a class filling all the class time, whether lectures or traditional seminars. I have had students in larger classes do small exercises out of class and submit brief reports by e-mail. I just credit them if they submit anything reasonable. But perhaps with small class, one could find a collection of related activities, have different students examine each, and then have students summarize their activities for class. I'm not sure what topics you would want to cover, but I just used google videos with phrases "understanding the brain" and "aphasia." Lots of stuff popped up. Undoubtedly even more written material on-line about topics. Whether it would be worth the time to find and cull material depends on whether you expect to teach the class again, or whether you could use it in other classes.
Take care Jim James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax [email protected] >>> "DeVolder Carol L" <[email protected]> 20-Aug-10 10:12 AM >>> Dear List Members, I have an unusual problem and I would appreciate your input. I am used to teaching courses that by many standards are considered small (30-35 students). This semester I have the opportunity to teach a very small class (4 students) in Behavioral Neuroscience. I'm most comfortable in a lecture format, in fact, I think I do pretty well that way, but I don't think that would be appropriate for this class. I'd love to hear your suggestions on how to teach this class in a seminar format (or any other creative idea) given the subject matter. I was also considering implementing a lab component that would be dissection of a human brain and have been wondering how valuable this would really be (I would have loved it as an undergrad, but that's me). I welcome all thoughts on any of this. Thanks in advance. I often forget to thank you all for your responses, but I really appreciate the help I've gotten over the years. And sorry for the cross-posting, but I get different kinds of answers from different lists. Carol Carol L. DeVolder, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Psychology St. Ambrose University 518 West Locust Street Davenport, Iowa 52803 Phone: 563-333-6482 e-mail: [email protected] web: http://web.sau.edu/psychology/psychfaculty/cdevolder.htm The contents of this message are confidential and may not be shared with anyone without permission of the sender. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a891720c9&n=T&l=tips&o=4320 or send a blank email to leave-4320-13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a89172...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=4324 or send a blank email to leave-4324-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
