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 Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:51 pm
Aelina_Songmaker Lots of young kids pick up some psychology from books, etc., although usually it's just the really precocious ones. I believe it would be very beneficiary for 4-8 graders to learn about some mental disorders, and certainly about learning styles and multiple intelligences. I found out about both of those when I was in fifth grade and struggling, and it was very encouraging to hear that it wasn't that I was stupid. That's a really good idea. I wish that they did that at my Middle School. I'm in the seventh grade, and I'm thirteen so I think that it would be pretty interresting to see how most kids would react. I personally would enjoy the class because I wanted to take Psychology last year, since I wasn't in the 9th grade I wasn't "qualified to take this course."
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Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 11:53 pm
Where I live, teaching psychology in high school was kind of a new thing, and I was fortunate enough to be able to take a psychology class in high school.
I think teaching psychology to younger grades, even as young as middle school, would be helpful. There are too many teenagers that doesn't understand their problems that well, and psychology can help give helpful insight.
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 7:13 pm
in my school, psychology is only avaliable to upperclassmen, which i think is a great thing. it gives students a couple of years (prior to entering the class) to observe a few things, and high school is a good place to observe certain things. unfortunately, some of the kids in my grade are still too immature to handle it.
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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 1:49 pm
There was a small portions of a family studies course I took last year that, although taught horribly, was what got me hooked.
At my school there's Psychology courses for grades 11 and 12. Which I think is a good age to introduce psychology, by then they're far enough into high school to observe how teens work in large groups, and they're old enough to have figured out more of their lives than before then, and most importantly they should be mature enough to handle the subject.
Though it would be wonderful for students to understand psychology it would become how other required courses are [at least at my school], the majority of the kids won't want to be there and will be complaining and disturbing the class making it less enjoyable for the people who want to be there, and since there will be more classes for it needed more teachers will need to teach it causing teachers who aren't sure about what they are talking about.
In my school there is only one class for the grade 11 psychology course next simester because there's only one class of people that want to take the course, which shows how interested the kids in my area are for learning.
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Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 8:11 am
She lay down on the grass,
Looking up at the sky,
thinking, it’s all she can do.
If she disappeared she would not be missed.
She will be gone just like everyone else.
Getting up from the grass,
she walks on the sand,
looking outward towards the sea.
She walks into the water high up above her knees.
~~~♥~~~♥ Narc Lit ♥~~~♥~~~
These are short quick ansers for now but I'll elaborate on them later.
1. I learned it in 12th grade. Loved it.
2. I think that high school level is the best to start learning it, because this is when the student is wise enough to take the subject matter responsibly, but I think that in a way we've been learning parts of it along the way of our lives.
3. Immaturity is one. Which is why, at the high school level, the student should be mature enough to not be perverted about some aspects of the subject, and to be able to mentally prepare themselves for the learning of this subject.
~~~♥~~~♥ Narc Lit ♥~~~♥~~~
The waves softly hit her legs.
She looks at the sunset and its yellow-red hues
she walks into the sea, farther and farther,
opening her arms towards the wave.
The water is high up to her hips.
The wave comes towards her.
She looks at the wave with her arms stretched out;
the water starts to rage, the wave hits her body hard.
Then the water calms down. The water recedes,
then darkness falls, and all goes dark.
The sun goes down and the day is done.
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Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 2:11 pm
Well,I think Psychology should be taught at least in 8th-12th grade,because honestly how many 5th graders would be mature about it? Anyway,I think it takes a mature and open mind to understand a human being in all aspects and depths, since no one human being is the same.
Plus they have a better grasp as a young adult and are usually subjected by a lot of the psychologic things in the real world,where as k-7th are somewhat shield
(Observations taken from my school experiences)
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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 3:15 am
Starlock Psychology is not a required field in K-12 education across the United States. This, I think, is unwise and should be remedied. For discussion purposes, I have a few questions for you all in regards to the teaching of psychology at the K-12 level. 1) Did you receive any exposure to psychology before college and what was it? Was in through school? If so, was it a course in psychology or part of a wellness program? 2) At what grade level do you think it would be appropriate to teach psychology? 3) What are some potential problems and challenges that may arise in teaching psychology in the K-12 level? 1). Official exposure, no. However, I dedicated 4 years to coming to many conclusions expressed in psychology textbooks simply through analysis and subtle experiments and general observations of people around me, and thus know most of the things that are taught to students in their first/second years of university, without all the fancy terminology. 2). I'd say year 11 would be the best year to start. However, it may be prudent to restrict access to these classes to private and/or selective schools only. 3). Far too many students are too shallow to be able to understand or even believe that another's perspective has any value, hence lessons of psychology would not actually be understood until the students are taken from that environment. Consequently, the entire year in psychology will have been wasted
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