PSYCHOLOGY TEACHING:BALANCING BETWEEN EDUCATION, ENTERTAINMENT, AND APPLICATION Victor Karandashev,Aquinas College, the USALeningrad State University, Russia

PSYCHOLOGY TEACHING AS EDUCATION Traditional paradigm: Psychologically educated teachers bring their

knowledge to students Students work really hard to acquire the knowledge

The value of knowledge is more important than their entertaining features

The value of knowledge is more important than their application

Students have to read a lot Teachers encourage:

learn now and do not ask about applications, the knowledge will be helpful in the future, believe me.

Learning about science: names, theories and other conceptual and empirical knowledge

Diversity of student motivation

PSYCHOLOGY TEACHING AS ENTERTAINMENT Students always appreciated the entertaining

professors The ability to entertain become more and more

important now Students tend to read less and expect more

entertainment from a professor Students like pictures in the textbooks Students like videos, interactive activities, etc. Students like reinforcement, the more the better

The more frequent assessment is preferable Student likes quizzes The less student attention span Extra credit opportunities

Gamification of teaching

PSYCHOLOGY TEACHING AS APPLICATION Students always appreciated practical advises

What will be in the next exam, professor? The tendency to expect and require knowledge

application became drastically growing now Case studies approach Students like exercises with application of

knowledge “Recognize defense mechanisms” “Recognize a psychological disorder”

Learning about other people: individual differences, personality, abnormal psychology

Learning about themselves: Self-assessment activities

Training to do something