Teaching Psychology and the Socratic Method
Real Knowledge in a Virtual Age
Published on 23. June 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
VI, 209 pages
978-1-349-95716-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book presents a lively and accessible way to use the ancient figure of Socrates to teach modern psychology that avoids the didactic lecture and sterile textbook. In the online age, is a living teacher even needed? What can college students learn face-to-face from a teacher they cannot learn anywhere else? The answer is what most teachers already seek to do: help students think critically, clearly define concepts, logically reason from premises to conclusions, engage in thoughtful and persuasive communication, and actively engage the franchise of democratic citizenship. But achieving these outcomes requires an intimate, interpersonal learning community. This book presents a plan for using the ancient figure of Socrates and his Method to realize humane learning outcomes in the context of psychology.
Reviews / Votes
"James J. Dillon argues that we need to focus more on helping students learn how to think and less on content that they are likely to forget anyway. . Dillon's purpose is to present a unique plan for integrating the Socratic method into a psychology course. . I recommend that psychology faculty read Teaching Psychology and the Socratic Method. It is likely to stimulate some thought about how best to stimulate thought in our students." (David S. Kreiner, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 62 (14), April, 2017)More details
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
VI, 209 p.
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 148 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
286 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-349-95716-3 (9781349957163)
DOI
10.1057/978-1-349-95050-8
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
11/2016
Palgrave MacMillan
€96.29
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Person
James J. Dillon is a psychologist and Professor at the University of West Georgia, USA. He specializes in the study of learning and development. He has coordinated many special learning communities for college students. In addition to his research and university teaching, Dr. Dillon is a certified public elementary school teacher.
Content
Why We Teach .- Who Is Socrates and Why Should We Read Him? .- The Socratic Method .- Socrates Structures the Course .- Teaching Neuroscience with Phaedo .- Teaching the Psychology of Memory with Phaedo .- Teaching the Psychology of Learning with Meno .- Teaching Sensation-Perception Psychology with De Anima .- Teaching Cognitive Psychology with De Anima .- Academic Conference #1: Psychology and the Body .- Teaching Developmental Psychology with Republic .- Teaching Moral Development with Theaetetus .- Teaching Abnormal Psychology with Nichomachean Ethics .- Teaching Psychotherapy with Phaedrus .- Academic Conference #2: Good, Better, Best in Psychology .- Teaching Personality with Apology .- Teaching Social Psychology with Crito .- Teaching Motivation & Emotion Psychology with Euthyphro .- Academic Conference #3: What Is the Self? .- Omnibus Academic Conference: The Socratic Method.