Suggestions for college courses

Tue Aug 15 15:02:43 CDT 2006

Carole, Kaya and all...I taught practice courses in
direct work with individuals, families and groups,
life span development, and some very specialized
seminars in how to work in protective services for
children, and trauma work with adults, in a social
work program for 25 years!  As soon as I discovered
psychodrama in l974, I began to find ways to
incorporate action pieces into the work.  I can
suggest old movies--I used "Ordinary People", "The
Milagro Beanfield War", "Powwow Highway", were a few,
and had the class see the movie, then different groups
took on the roles of the characters in the movies
while other groups took on the roles of
interventionists in some form.  Worked great!  Also,
using the target social atom--Kaya, I know you have
that in some of the stuff I've handed out--and have
each person do the simple charting indicating which
for them are Sabelli & Sabelli's "choices of the
heart" vs "submission to necessity", to illustrate the
reworking of choices made at different developmental
places.  Browse Dan Siegel's books--his "Parenting
from the Inside Out" would give a whole new meaning to
how to parent for the "whole child".  I'll be glad to
consult more on things to do for different
developmental stages--I made up a Monopoly game for
the class to play around aging.  There was an
excellent year by year book on children from birth to
end of adolescence, don't know if there is a current
edition--"These are Your Children".  I'll think more
about it, as there are many things to do in action and
many folks have already offered great ideas.  Georgia
Rigg

--- k.kade at att.net wrote:

> Hi, Carol and all.... I also will be teaching for
> the first time this fall at Alaska Pacific
> University.  I will be teaching thier intro to psych
> class and life span development from 0 - teens.  My
> books were already selected so I have little choice
> in regards to that... However next semester I can
> choose my own books and am curious what people have
> used for books that are more psychodramatically
> orientated.  The classes are suppose to be in action
> and lecture is not encouraged (cooool).  I also am
> curious if people have some ideas for papers that I
> could supplement the books with specially for this
> semester.
> 
> So succintly stated:
> 
> Action orientated teaching ideas
> 
> Papers and articles to supplement books
> 
> Books for teaching intro to psyche and lifespan
> development.
> 
> Thank-you! Kaya
> 
> p.s. This list is great!
> 
> -------------- Original message from Carole Oliver
> <carololivernj at optonline.net>: -------------- 
> 
> 
> > Hello Colleagues, 
> > 
> > I will be teaching a Intro to Psychology course at
> Montclair state 
> > University to freshman in sept 
> > the class has 100 students and is supposed to be
> best as a lecture class. 
> > However, I have always taught action methods in
> the grad program with 20-35 
> > students and was able to make it interactive. 
> > Can you give me any suggestions on how to utilize
> break out groups, 
> > interactive exercises, etc with this may students.
> 
> > the chapter topics are: 
> > developing thru the life span, therapy, abnormal
> psych, emotions, nature vs 
> > nurture, and others. 
> > I am not .looking for exercises do the spec
> chapters obviously but how to 
> > involve the class in learning thru interaction. 
> > 
> > any suggestions would help. I am really looking
> for any sociometric, or 
> > interactive techniques that can be used with such
> a large class. 
> > 
> > Thank you so much 
> > 
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