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Corrupting The Youth: Teaching of PsychologyThe Harbinger of Death (of Human Thought)? A Discussion on AI in the Classroom Hi, Corrupters! ****the following show notes were generated using GhatGPT****Today, we're delving into a hot topic in education— the use of generative AI in college courses. As technology continues to advance, educators are faced with the decision of integrating artificial intelligence into their teaching methods. In this episode, we'll be discussing the pros and cons of using generative AI in higher education. We also broach the question - is there a middle ground? We explore how educators can strike a balance between leveraging generative AI and maintaining a human touch in education. We also dis...2024-02-261h 06
Corrupting The Youth: Teaching of PsychologyRate These Professors: A Discussion on Student Evaluations Hi, corrupters! We know it is just the beginning of the fall semester, but we are already thinking about student evaluations! In this one we talk about what they are, the purpose they serve, where they could maybe use some improvement. Love them or hate them, student evaluations play an important role in the academic job. What are your thoughts on how to use them to improve your pedagogy?-Cassie Music: East Side Manhattan by Popoi | https://soundcloud.com/popoimusic Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US2023-09-1852 min
Corrupting The Youth: Teaching of Psychology Job Hunting Season: Navigating the Current Job Market (Part 2)_____________________________________________________________________________Hello beautiful people! In this episode, Cassie and I acknowledge the passage of time (our pt. 2 episode was recorded months apart from pt. 1. As such, we are coming into the topic with fresh eyes. We reflect on our experiences being on the job market. August/September is usually the start of the job hunting season where jobs get posted. Cassie talks about the questions you should have and gives dating advice while Jacob wonders if we have any listeners who are jerks. We talk about how the first interview is a unique opportunity for you as an applicant as well as g...2023-09-041h 14
Corrupting The Youth: Teaching of PsychologyReintroducing Ourselves! Our new podcast trailer! :) Welcome to Corrupting the Youth!2023-08-2111 min
Corrupting The Youth: Teaching of PsychologyTake this Job and Love It: Navigating the Current Job Market (Part 1)Hi, corrupters! It’s been a while, but we are back…hopefully with a more consistent posting schedule! Today’s episode was recorded a few months ago but involves some big personal updates from Jacob and me. If you couldn’t tell from our new intro…we both got new jobs! And thinking about jobs, that’s what we will be covering in the next 2 episodes! We will be covering job market prep, how to apply to an academic position, and even how to find academic jobs. Early career folks and grad students – this episode is for you! -Cassie Resources mentioned: King-Smith...2023-08-211h 26
Corrupting The Youth: Teaching of PsychologyThe Curious Disappearance of Jacob and Cassie Hi, corrupters! We know, we know. It’s been a long time since you’ve really heard from us. This episode is a nice little chat between the two of us – full of updates on jobs, recent publications, and…our dental health (trigger warning: if you don’t like to talk about teeth…maybe skip the first five minutes!).See y’all soon! -Cassie Music: East Side Manhattan by Popoi | https://soundcloud.com/popoimusic Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US2023-03-0646 min
Corrupting The Youth: Teaching of PsychologyInhale, Exhale: A Discussion on Teacher Well-being and Mindfulness with Dr. Summer Braun Hi, corrupters! We are so excited to publish this week’s episode in which we interview Dr. Summer Braun – an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Alabama. Dr. Braun’s program of research primarily focuses on understanding the associations between teachers’ occupational health and well-being and their students’ social, emotional, and behavioral development using a variety of methodological approaches. Her work bridges research and practice by studying interventions designed to support the well-being of teachers and students, such as mindfulness-based wellness programs. In this episode, we chat about teachers’ well-b...2023-01-301h 01
Corrupting The Youth: Teaching of PsychologySo you want to start your own lab? Getting mentorship advice with Dr. Jon Gore Hello hello beautiful people, Long time no listen! While the Fall semester heated up Cassie and I needed to cool down – but we’re back! In this episode, we interview one of Cassie’s mentors from her undergraduate days, Dr. Jon Gore. Dr. Gore is faculty at Eastern Kentucky University. Not only does he have a prolific lab that engages undergraduates in research, he is also an accomplished hip-hop artist and creative writer who is on his 24th book! In this episode, he shares his wisdom on leading a student-driven lab, discusses his research (on the se...2023-01-161h 08
Corrupting The Youth: Teaching of PsychologyF*** the Moment: Creating Long-Term Change with Quoc HoangHello, hello, hello beautiful people,Jacob here ~ Today we have a very special interview. Cassie and I were lucky enough to work with Quoc Hoang, Director of Experiential Learning at Culverhouse College of Business within the University of Alabama. His LinkedIn profile is: (https://www.linkedin.com/in/quochhoang/)Quoc shares his unique path to his role as well as his experience mentoring people across disciplines to develop them as a leader. His approach to teaching comes from the “perspective of being an outsider”. In this episode, we talked about letting people run into walls and...2022-10-1754 min
Corrupting The Youth: Teaching of PsychologyTeaching the Replication Crisis: A Discussion with Dr. Bill ChopikHi, corrupters! We are so very excited to publish this week’s episode in which we interview Dr. Bill Chopik – an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at Michigan State University. Dr. Chopik has been quite involved in the Open Science Movement, participating in large projects such as a replication report in Many Labs 5 and in organizations such as the Collaborative Replications and Education Project (CREP). He has also published work on how (and whether) to teach undergraduate students about the replication crisis. We hope you enjoy this episode as much as us! 2022-10-0351 min
Corrupting The Youth: Teaching of PsychologyThe Main Objective: A Discussion on Objective-Based Learning Hiiiii, Corrupters!In this episode we tackle the topic of learning objectives. Having just prepped syllabi for our fall courses, this one was fresh on our minds! We discuss backward design, Bloom’s taxonomy, and even mention ungrading a time or two…of course.Hope you enjoy!-CassieResources mentioned: Reading on Backward Design: https://teach.ucmerced.edu/pedagogy-guides/backwards-design Reading on Bloom’s Taxonomy: https://teaching.charlotte.edu/services-programs/teaching-guides/course-design/blooms-educational-objectives Reading on Why Rubrics are Bad: https://www.alfiek...2022-09-1247 min
Corrupting The Youth: Teaching of PsychologyPsychology: A Useless Degree?Have you ever heard someone say, “You have to go to graduate school to get a job with a psychology degree!” …Yeah, we’ve heard that before, too. And it is NOT true! In this episode, Jacob and I talk about career advising for undergraduate students and discuss ways we can do better at preparing undergrads for the workforce. -Cassie Resources mentioned: APA (2013): https://www.apa.org/ed/precollege/about/undergraduate-major Course Hero Digital Learning grant winners: https://www.coursehe...2022-08-291h 07
Corrupting The Youth: Teaching of PsychologyWe're Back for Season 2: Teaching to TransgressWith a new academic year starting, so does the 2nd Season of this Podcast. After enjoying a (relatively busy) summer, Cassie and I are ready to take the podcasting world by storm. Sort of.In this episode, we catch up with what's been going on in our lives. We also dedicate this episode to bell hooks and their philosophy of "Teaching to Transgress". We talk about revolting against the status quo and how to manage students who want to use the classroom as their personal therapy session. Notably, I am not entirely convinced by all of hooks...2022-08-151h 09
Corrupting The Youth: Teaching of PsychologyMeta-Teaching: Interview with Drs. Alexa Tullett and Ansley GilpinHello hello hello, beautiful people!Cassie and I have just finished interviewing two outstanding professors who switch off leading the Teaching of Psychology (ToP) course. Dr. Gilpin is a cognitive-developmental psychologist who studies imagination/pretend play and is the Director of Graduate Programs, Dr. Tullett is a well-known name in the open science community, a seasoned podcast host, and our mentor.We discuss their teaching background, what ToP means to them, common challenges they face when teaching pedagogy to nascent instructors, and times they have made mistakes. In this episode, you'll find Y2K references...2022-05-1642 min
Corrupting The Youth: Teaching of PsychologyPsychics, Fraud, and Hackers: A (Brief) History of the Replication CrisisHello folks,Jacob here! In this episode, we talk about Recent achievements, the importance of qualitative work, the motivation of podcast listeners, Oscar the Cat, how social psychology became the face of the crisis, and how we deal with that information in our own teaching.Hope you enjoy it!-------------------------------Miranda, J. F.*, Whitt, C. M. *, & Tullett, A. (In Press). History of replication failures inpsychology. In S. Lilienfeld, A. Masudo, & W. O’Donohue (Eds.), Questionableresearch practices in clinical psychology. Springer.*Co-Leading Authors, Equal Co...2022-05-021h 03
Corrupting The Youth: Teaching of PsychologyThe Mental Health Crisis: How to Support Struggling Students Hey Corrupters, Jacob and I have been chatting a lot about mental health recently, and we'd thought it'd make for a good podcast topic, too. Sometimes it's hard to know what to do as a teacher to best support your students as they struggle with mental health issues, and given the mental health crisis in higher education, we are sure this is something a lot of instructors think about. We hope these stories and pieces of advice help! -Cassie Resources mentioned: Ayala et al. (2017): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc...2022-04-1855 min
Corrupting The Youth: Teaching of PsychologyYou Fools!: When You Look Like an Idiot in Front of Your StudentsHi, Corrupters! Happy belated April Fool’s Day! In that spirit, in this week’s (hopefully) entertaining episode, Jacob and I discuss some of the times we looked like complete idiots in front of our students. Related to that, we also talk about some things not to do as a teacher. Thanks for listening! -Cassie Resources Mentioned: Worst Lecture Ever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8puiI7RD_fM The Worm Experiment: https://citeseerx.ist.psu...2022-04-0446 min
Corrupting The Youth: Teaching of PsychologyBurn, Baby, Burn: Burnout in Academia Hi again, Corrupters! This week Jacob and I have a frank discussion about burnout in academia. One topic we touch on is compassionate teaching and how it's important but can be exhausting, especially considering the backdrop of our current world. If you are, or have ever felt, burnt out, this one's for you. -Cassie Resources Mentioned: Bartlett et al. (2021): https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pcbi.1009124&fbclid=IwAR2iiscbrmLOsINmV52mu68nUWHX8ITEHX3uW0vIuuTza-RwCyYA0NCtD8EMusic: East Side Manhattan by Popoi | https://soundcloud.com/popoimusic Music...2022-03-2155 min
Corrupting The Youth: Teaching of PsychologySomething LGBT Just Happened To Me: What's It Like To Be A Queer Teacher in Higher Education? Hey there, corrupters! (Is that, like, a cool name to call our listeners or is it cringe?? Please let me know.)In this episode, Jacob and I discuss being queer and what it means for us as teachers and academics working in higher education. As some of you probably know, being LGBTQIA+ isn’t always sunshine and rainbows, and we talk about methods of cultivating safer, happier spaces for queer students. We also spend some time talking about the need for substantive, intersectional advocacy, and barriers we often face.Whether you’re q...2022-03-071h 03Corrupting The Youth: Teaching of PsychologyWhat’s the point?: Do our incentive structures encourage innovative teaching? Cassie here (finally)!In this episode, Jacob and I chat about incentive structures in academia, and how it often feels like research is viewed as more important – and a more admirable skill – than teaching. We tackle questions like: What are some ways we can combat the current incentive structure that doesn’t always reward innovative pedagogy? And how do deal with our personal feelings about this?Thanks for listening!-CassieResources mentioned:1) Society for the Teaching of Psychology: https://teachpsych.org/2) FORRT: https://forrt.org/ M...2022-02-2153 min
Corrupting The Youth: Teaching of PsychologyUngrading: Agitating Traditional AssessmentHello hello hello beautiful people,Jacob here (once again!), Now I promise Cassie will take a few of the next couple of descriptions, but I couldn't help myself. This episode's topic is on a concept we realized we had referenced a bunch already, and thought we should tackle it early on: Ungrading.What is it? What's wrong with grades (except they really don't do much of anything we want them to*)? What concrete tips do Cassie and I have above and beyond shaking our fists? And is it really an all-or-nothing idea, or can a...2022-02-0751 min
Corrupting The Youth: Teaching of PsychologyBeing Thrown In The Deep End: Teaching for the 1st TimeHello folks,Jacob here again! This episode covers a lot of areas we can hopefully take a deeper dive in the future: from authentic teaching and new teachers' fears, a splash of philosophy, and ending with some concrete tips for 1st-time teachers we hope you enjoy! In addition, there is also me being the target of extortion by Cassie, discussions of students as the enemy, and us starting to share resources!We also now have been officially added to Apple/I=tunes, Amazon Music/Audible, and Spotfiy! I guess we're official now?Resources...2022-01-3146 min
Corrupting The Youth: Teaching of PsychologyDoing the Millennial Thing: Who are we and why are we podcasting?Hello folks,Jacob here! Cassie and I think that having an introductory video to give a short lay of the land is what all the hip casters do. It's exciting to start this journey, and we don't know how well this will go is part of the fun!Also, note: You might notice the edit hiccups, I now know that teaching is the call, not sound engineer! Hopefully the skills will grow and the episodes more crisp and clean :)Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/sonda/were-in-it-together2022-01-2910 min