Resumen

GUZMAN, Jesús Carlos; MARTINEZ VILLEGAS, María Fernanda  y  VERDEJO MANZANO, Marcos Evencio. Teaching psychology in an innovative way. A report of an experiment. Sinéctica [online]. 2017, n.49. ISSN 2007-7033.

As an alternative to traditional teaching, we present the results of teaching three undergraduate psychology courses which incorporate three educational innovations: a) Making learning visible; b) Best teaching practices and c) Learner-centered teaching. The aim is to prove the effectiveness of teaching by comparing the results obtained at the start of courses (pre-test) with those achieved at the end (post-test) to identify quantitative and qualitative differences in learning. The findings reveal significant differences between pre-test and post-test of less than .05 in the three groups. Almost 66% of all students claimed to have accomplished all their course goals, in addition to acquiring other academic and personal results. The accomplishments are attributed to the teaching methodology used, but limitations are recognized. Although the experiment used psychological content, it may also be used to teach other kinds of subjects. The findings reported provide an example of how a non-traditional approach to teaching can get better results.

Palabras llave : university teaching; psychology teaching; making learning visible; good teaching practices; learner-centered teaching.