“Hey, That’s Me! ” A Relevant Course

Abstract

riculum reform, replacing significant, conceptual, meaningful-all descriptive of the idea that what is taught should be of immediate use and interest to the learner. At suburban Kings Park (N.Y.) High School, a senior elective course in psychology seemed a proper vehicle to reflect students' consuming fascination with human conduct, their own and that of others. The principal suggested the general approach to be pursued, encouraged the teacher to be open-minded, experimental. The idea was to engage the students in a kind of group therapy interaction, with a minimum amount of direction and with