Retooling psych 101
More than 1 million students take introductory psychology each year, making the course a prime opportunity to showcase the value of psychology as a science and draw in future psychologists. Now, a team of psychology educators is working to make better use of this key entry point.
“Intro psych is a spokesperson for our field,” says Bridgette Martin Hard, PhD, who develops the course’s curriculum at Duke University. “For most college students, intro psych is the first and often the only point of contact they have with psychology. It’s so important to get this class right.”