Increasing the Relevance of the Media to Psychology Courses.

Sorensen, James L.

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Increasing the Relevance of the Media to Psychology Courses

Sorensen, James L.

Teaching of Psychology, 3, 3, 140-1, Oct 76

In three college level psychology courses the author has used a "media project" technique to relate course content to popular media. Students search popular media for items applicable to the course and then rate them for relevance, centrality, and degree of misrepresentation. (AV)

Descriptors: Course Content, Higher Education, Humanistic Education, Learning Activities, Media Research, Psychology, Relevance (Education), Student Research, Teaching Methods

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