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Eric Castro: AI wrappers around information and decisions schools must make - Descript

Me, being interviewed.

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Generative AI and Psychotherapies Lesson

At the end of the Disorders and Therapies unit during the Spring semester of 2023, I wanted to students to gain more experience with generative AIs, which have filled the news recently and been a topic of …

The power of propaganda: How it contributes to the biased development of racial stereotypes in America.

by Eric E Castro

Propaganda has played a significant role in the development and perpetuation of racial stereotypes in America. Racial stereotypes …

“Writing” an article

For the Introduction to Ethnic Studies course that I teach, I could not find an article that was of the appropriate reading level to introduce the propaganda lesson propaganda in the “Media & Society” unit. Articles that I …

Jared Diamond and GPT-3

I wrote this as an email to my academic department but for various reasons decided to not send it and instead post it here.

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Based on yesterday’s departmental conversation, I went to the educator’s page for the three-part …

Mastodon

Related to the last, another piece of Scott Reid’s lesson on Development that I stole was around 18 things an 18-year-old should know. I gave students four articles, asked them to read just one, and put 4-minutes on the clock. Here are the four …

Social media connects me to psychology teachers around the country. An AP Psychology teacher in Arizona, Scott Reid, shared two parts of his Development unit that I felt would play well with my Cognitive Psychology students, half of whom are in the …

I am committed to the science of education, and I have many loosely-held opinions. Sometimes these opinions of mine come into conflict with the available data on teaching and learning. And I’m glad of these opportunities to critically examine my …

I have gotten a few emails from administrators at nearby schools and one from across the country, asking for a copy of my updated infectious disease response. This is because in 2003 when the SARS outbreak approached California, I was involved in the …

The “Psychology department” was asked to present to the school’s teaching faculty on the topic of: “neuroscience and the teenage brain.” We took the opportunity to address cognitive load theory. Our Google slides are here, and embedded below:

We did …

A respected colleague¹ asked a group of psych teachers: “What’s the biggest thing you’ve learned about the art of teaching in your career, and on a second note, what’s the biggest thing you’ve learned about teaching PSYCHOLOGY in your career.”

My …

A offered a 45-minute presentation to colleagues on the most common neuromyths amongst teachers – and the truth about each as currently understood by researchers. The slides for that presentation are embedded below:

I discovered the widespread use of interteaching through the community of psychology teachers on Twitter, and have written about it here before. When our Office of Professional Development sent out the call for presentation proposals, I offered to …

I was invited by the student leaders of SI Unplugged to give a reflection to a small group of seniors on the topic of: “cherishing.” Meeting in the chapel from 6–8pm, students surrender their phones for two hours of time together in prayer, songs, …

Student Evaluations are always, even after 20-years of teaching, a period of deep self-reflection. For the formal reflection, requested by the Academics office, I submitted the following:

For Social-Cognitive Psychology, I really want to build in …

It is not often that teachers get a kind note from a student, and so I am just making record of that here. From a senior who completed Honors Social-Cognitive Psychology:

Dear Mr. Castro,
Thanks so much for a wonderful semester. I’m beyond impressed …

Over the past ten-years, I have been paying more attention to how my assignments and activities are supported by the academic literature on learning. Where assignments do not reflect that research, I have eliminated them. This year, I introduced a …

I previously wrote about our plans to use three stations to review for the upcoming midterm exams. This is to say that it seemed to work out quite well.

I felt that students were meaningfully engaged in each of the three tasks, and that the flexible …

Since my colleague is writing the actual Midterm test foI the coming week, given our division of labor, my assignment is lesson planning the Review Day prior to the test. The plan is as follows:

I’ll get loaner iPads from Tech, and have them already …