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ERIC Number: EJ435023
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0889-0293
The Introductory Psychology Textbook.
Blumenthal, Arthur L.
International Journal of Social Education, v5 n3 p11-28 Win 1990-91
Discusses an analysis of 10 common introductory psychology textbooks. Argues that the books tend to present psychology as tedious, even silly, and as a canned, multimedia, self-teaching program. Concludes that replacing textbooks with lectures based on the instructor's personal knowledge and experience would improve the teaching of psychology. (SG)
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Experience, Higher Education, Humanistic Education, Introductory Courses, Lecture Method, Psychology, Teaching Methods, Textbook Content, Textbook Evaluation, Undergraduate Study
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Opinion Papers
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Textbook Dependency