04/12/2019 – Davood Gozli

Glenn Wallis: How to Fix Education

By Davood Gozli | 04/12/201907/03/2020 by Davood Gozli

I found this book when I needed it the most, toward the end of a very tiring academic semester. After months of trying new methods of teaching and mostly failing. I found in the book another person for whom education is an issue. A problem. A question. A quest. That, in and of itself, was remedy for my heart and soul. It was refreshing to read Wallis’s words after innumerable interactions I had with colleagues…

critical psychology General Psychology Teaching Theoretical Psychology

Systems & Theories Class (Fall 2019)

By Davood Gozli | 04/12/201904/12/2019 by Davood Gozli

What was unique about this semester: We discussed Brian Haig’s (2014) Investigating the Psychological World. A few students got involved with the book, but I think most students focused only on the chapter they were responsible for. I kept returning to the question, Why did Haig write this book? (especially given that psychological researchers don’t need to read such a book to perform their research activities). And I wanted the students to at least be…