Teaching and Learning the History of Psychology Need Not Be Boring

The Compleat Teacher-Scholar: An Interview with Stephen F. Davis

“…Davis: Among the other topics that my students and I have examined are student expectations of course and instructor (Becker, Davis, Neal, & Grover, 1990), does teaching less result in better learning (Kennedy, Rodrigue, & Davis, 2000), do students actually read boxed materials in textbooks (Miller & Davis, 1993), teaching the history of psychology (Davis, Janzen, & Davis, 1982), student research conferences (Kring, Richardson, Burns, & Davis, 1999), test-taking time and performance (Davis & Grover, 1987), a hands-on laboratory experience for introductory psychology (Davis, Wann, Richard, & Kixmiller, 1988), the development of a course to introduce students to the profession of psychology (Davis, 1988), the effects of frequent versus infrequent testing on performance (Grover, Becker, & Davis, 1989), personality characteristics of first-generation college students (McGregor et al, 1991), collaborative scholarship with undergraduates, teaching and learning styles (Richardson, Kring, & Davis, 1997), mentoring (Kring et al, 1999), training graduate teaching assistants (Davis & Huss, 2002), teaching APA format (Rewey, Juve, Weiser, & Davis, 2000), teaching the research methods course, teaching the careers in psychology course, academic dishonesty (Davis, Grover, Becker, & McGregor, 1992), and several additional topics that escape me right now.…”

Current State of History of Psychology Teaching and Education in Argentina

“…While lecturing constitutes the cornerstone of university teaching, its limitations have been repeatedly stated, especially for history of psychology courses (Goodwin, 2002; Woody, 2011). In fact, part of the drive behind promoting meaningful, inventive, engaging history teaching seeks to complement lectures with other instructional approaches (Davis, Janzen, & Davis, 1982; Nawrot, 2014).…”

The history of psychology course.

“…For help in organizing a course and devising student projects and exercises, Benjamin (1981) provided the most comprehensive resource available for the teacher of the history of psychology, which includes an annotated list of articles on teaching the history of psychology. More recent articles that may be useful have been published in the journal Teaching of Psychology: Cole (1983); Davis, Janzen, and Davis (1982);Furumoto (1985); Harris (1983); Hart (1986); Kushner (1980);Smith (1982);and Terry (1980). Most of these deal with methods that may be adapted to emphasize women and minorities; Furumoto (1985) explicitly described a seminar that focuses on women in the history of psychology.…”