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John Christie

Senior Instructor

John-Christie

Email: John.Christie@dal.ca
Phone: (902) 494-4573
Fax: (902) 494-6585
Mailing Address: 
Â鶹´«Ã½, Life Sciences Centre, Rm 2519, 6287 Alumni Crescent, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2
 
Research Topics:
  • Interactions between learning and attention
  • Spatial attention, especially voluntary
  • Data visualization
  • Applied cognitive psychology
  • Other interesting things, generally cognitive

Â鶹´«Ã½ My Teaching

Students, of all species, learn best as active learners because that's the way brains work. Passively absorbing information is not the best way to retain information. And more importantly, passively absorbed information is a poor way to invoke change in the learner. Therefore, consider me, your instructor, as your guide. Many of my students feel like they are teaching themselves. My job is to provide you an environment, schedule, and guidance that allows you to facilitate your learning. It's the best, and really the only, genuine way to learn.