Faculty Talk Outline
Goals for this Talk and as Department Chair:
Inclusiveness
Allowing all voices
“Comfort”
Encouragement to speak
Permission not to speak
No need to risk speaking first
Invitation to an “Experiment” in “Approach and Style”: How we might work
A study in action: Where do you stand?
Choose a topic
Should we have chocolate for dessert?
Should we do this type of processing?
Your choice?
Whatever you want from me
Asking about You
General Talk Outline
Title: Trends and Challenges in Education in Psychology
Introduction:
General
The “Menu” (while I talk, before the PPP)
Look it over
Choose your topic(s)
Formulate a Question for me
Goals
Give you a sense of me
Answer Questions
Get a sense of you
My style approach
Informal
Inclusive
Active
Multiple Levels (See if you can detect the underlying communications)
Chaotic
Initially structured
Associative (Tangential?)
Anecdotal
Too Wordy (permissions)
Stop me
Keep me on track
Keep me to time
Structure
15-25 minutes my choice (try for 15)
25 minutes your choices
5 minutes closure
Powerpoint: First Part
Overview (first 6 slides)
Slide 1: I’ve extended topic. Not just trends but also challenges—dealing with the trends.
Slide 2: Some trends that I personally brainstormed. By no means all or distinct from
each other. What they are and a brief explanation of what they mean to me.
Slide 3: What you see is your handout—from a different perspective. Why?
Slide 4: Because the view becomes complex…fast. The trends influence Education in
Psychology in a University that is Small in this department at the graduate (or
undergraduate) level with us. But only one branch to explore for implications.
Many more.
Slide 5 and 6: One Branch
My Specific Choice: Pragmatic View of Educational Goals (Defining Educational Goals for Psychology in Particular)
Preparation for Vocation vs. Life-long Learning
Preparation for Non-linear thinking/expectations/mindset
Preparation for Interdependent thinking/expectations/mindset
Education: Educare or Educere? To Help or to Lead From? Not either/or
but both. A dynamic interaction/balance—and a perpetual
challenge.
Slides 7 and 8: Why important (bifurcation, complexity, interrelation)? Why the Dragon?
Patterns of trends and challenges similar.
Some areas more closely related than others:
Multidisciplinary Approach and Diversity
Techno-education, pragmatic view, and depersonalization
Some evidence more tension:
Pragmatic view (e.g., manualized treatments) and Diversity (e.g., Social locations, adaptation of interventions).
All interrelated in the larger view.
Open Discussion: Q & A
Powerpoint: Last Part (last 2 slides)
Slide 8: Where next not just here and now but from here.
Slide 9: Risk (we only know so much now) and Opportunity (the patterns are not fixed)
The decisions…Together? Yours. Mine. Ours!?
Closure (Thank You)