Issues in 11 Psychology

I want to be able to teach this class by being "embedded" (thanks George Bush) in the class. So here are some ideas:

• I have done a cursory look at the big ideas of the first unit on Introduction to Psychology. I have listed the key resources in a database and only briefly looked at the key points.
  
• I have a general idea of how I could use them in a class. For example, there are a number of sections on identifying variables in an experiment, graphing data etc. It would be very boring to go through each one of them and then do the review questions. I would like to attempt the class activity which is an example practical first but then examine each problem with the students method as they become apparent.
• I would like to start the unit by getting the students to articulate what constituents an effective teaching session for them. List these off and then when I come to a new area ask which method might be appropriate.
• I did have the idea of getting them to do all the Review questions for homework but that would be difficult to manage and might tempt students to copy. I guess I would have to discuss the reasons for doing homework and ways to avoid copying.
• The wiki idea is starting to take shape. I can see the importance of the students coming up with their own ideas of what words like "normal distribution" and "histogram" mean. Again, collaborative work means that it would be easy for "social loafing" to occur. Perhaps I could allocate each student a set of words that they must initiate the discussion of the meaning of and then get others to add to or comment on as part of their homework. So for example, I would say "your homework for tonight is to add the meaning of these words to the wiki and contribute to the meaning of at least two other entries".
• Will also need to discuss the ethics section very early. This would be critical in creating trust in the class.