Teaching Psychology and the Socratic Method [electronic resource] Real Knowledge in a Virtual Age / by James J. Dillon.

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 any...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dillon, James J. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Subjects:
Educational psychology.
Philosophy, Ancient.
Psychology, Experimental.
Sociology—Methodology.
Online Access:
Springer Behavioral Science and Psychology eBooks 2016 English/International: 2016 (Springer Link)
EBSCO eBooks: 2016 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2016 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
Teaching Psychology and the Socratic Method: Real Knowledge in a Virtual Age
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • 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.