Leveraging Insights from Psychology for Pedagogical Innovation
Abstract
This article details the pedagogical value of psychological insights from Drs. Carol Dweck, Oliver James, and Edwin Friedman. While authored for lay readership, three of their books provided a conceptual basis for the redevelopment of a university-based introductory honors course. By incorporating Dweck's, James's, and Friedman's insights, the course now exhorts students to focus on growing in scholarly competence and often-neglected "emotional" abilities (e.g., decisiveness) important for scholarly leaders. Although anecdotal, evidence suggests that the pedagogical innovation has helped students understand their "scholarly identity" more in terms of their interests, instincts, and skills, and less in terms of their performance.
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