Curriculum Design and Instruction To Teach
Social Issues: Taking Sides:
Author: Charles Hayes:
Special Features Include:
Phases For Conducting A Needs Assessment:
Curriculum Design Supplement:
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Curriculum Design Plan:
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Standard Vocabulary:
A Limited Glimpse:
Topics Include:
I. Introduction:
Issue 1: Is Pornography Harmful?
1. Yes: James C. Dobson, from Fianl Report of the
Attorney Genral's Commission on Pornography:
2. No: Larry Baron, Barbara Ehrenreich et al.,
from " Statements of the Shadow
Commissioners," The United States vs. Sex: how
the Meese Commission Lied About Sex:
Psychologist James Dobson, Who was a member of
the Meese Commission on pornography, feels that
pornography is devastating to its victims. Baron,
Ehrenreich, and other "Shadow CommissionerS," a
group of citizens concerned about the report,
contend that their is no evidence to support a
causal connection between pornography and
possible harms.
Issue 2: Should Insanity be Considered a Legal
Defense for Criminals?
1. Yes: Richard Bonnie, from Statement Submitted
to the Committee on the Judiciary. United States
Senate:
2. No: Jonathan Rowe, from " Why Liberals Should
Hate the Insanity Defense," Washington Monthly:
Richard Bonnie has testified that a modified form of
the existing insanity defense is essential because
some people with mental disorders do not deserve
to be punished. Jonathan Rowe feels that the
insanity defense is simply, most often, a legal ploy
exploited to service white, upper-middle-class
defendants.
Issue 3: Is the Control of Human Behavior A Proper
Goal for Psychology?
1. Yes: B.F. Skinner, from " Some Issues
Concerning The Control of Human Behavior: A
Symposium," Science.
2. No: Carl R. Rogers, from "Some Issues
Concerning the Control of Human Behavior: A
Symposium,"Science:
Both behaviorism and humanism have provided
strong influences in psychology. These influences
have, in fact, often conflicted. One of the classic
conflicts has to do with the proper overall
objectives of psychology.
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