Educational Psychology Books

This practical guide is designed to help college teachers plan their undergraduate courses and deliver high-quality instruction. The book's theme is that teaching is a creative, decision-making, idea-testing enterprise whose purpose is to facilitate...

A passionate deconstruction and reconstruction of learning, development, and schooling that urges teachers to explore and create new educational opportunities for themselves and their students, Schools for Growth: Radical Alternatives to Current...

The term used in the title of this volume--thinking practices--evokes questions that the authors of the chapters within it begin to answer: What are thinking practices? What would schools and other learning settings look like if they were organized for...

This volume supports the belief that a revised and advanced science education can emerge from the convergence and synthesis of several current scientific and technological activities including examples of research from cognitive science, social science,...

Originally published in 1977, this book looks at the problem of educating highly intelligent and gifted children, which it felt was of paramount importance to modern society. In the 1970s education increasingly focused on average pupils, and often made...

"Well thought out and timely. This is the leading group in the world working on texting and literacy, and they have a strong track record of publications. It would also be the first book, as they say, to deal with the subject at an academic level. The...

The central unifying theme of this state-of-the-art contribution to research on literacy is its rethinking and reconceptualization of individual differences in reading. Previous research, focused on cognitive components of reading, signaled the need for...

Through using spoken language, people are able to think creatively and productively together. This ability to 'interthink' is an important product of our evolutionary history that is just as important for our survival today. Many kinds of work activity...

Understanding the factors that encourage young people to become active agents in their own learning is critical. Positive psychology is one lens that can be used to investigate the factors that facilitate a student's sense of agency and active school...

Metacognition is known to be an important factor in academic achievement; however it is also important in a wider life context. The ability to reflect upon how we are thinking can help us to make wiser decisions in all aspects of our life. This book...

""Formation of a Manly Character: A Series of Lectures to Young Men"" is a book written by George Peck and originally published in 1854. The book is a collection of lectures that Peck delivered to young men, with the aim of helping them develop a strong...

More Urban Myths About Learning and Education: Challenging Eduquacks, Extraordinary Claims, and Alternative Facts examines common beliefs about education and learning that are not supported by scientific evidence before using research to reveal the truth...

Originally published in 1971, this book was a critical introduction to the psychology of human development, learning and assessment. It was written with special attention to the needs of students of education and teachers, keeping in view the practical...

This book explores Japanese students' learning experiences and challenges in English medium instruction (EMI) frommotivational perspectives. Using self-determination theory (SDT) as the framework, the first part reveals a lack of the three psychological...

Stories of Beginning Teachers offers insight into the challenges and triumphs of beginning teachers, presenting both research findings and case studies on the challenges faced by new teachers. More than twenty categories and five hundred specific...

The exuberant explosions of old college days have traditionally been forgiven as somewhat enviable expressions of the high spirits of exultant youth

Growing Children's Social and Emotional Skills examines how parent-educator partnerships can be achieved to enhance the development of children's social and emotional skills.The book presents the TOGETHER programme, a training programme that emphasises...

This book is an expansion and major updating of the highly successful Theories of Learning for the Workplace, first published in 2011. It offers fascinating overviews into some of the most important theories of learning and how they are practically...

The basic premise of this book is simple - it brings together early childhood and cultural-studies professionals who are willing to provide a kaleidoscope of views capable of challenging the sanctity of the early childhood western lens. Marianne Bloch,...

The Literacy of Play and Innovation provides a portrait of what innovative education looks like from a literacy perspective. Through an in-depth case study of a "maker" school's innovative design-in particular, of four early childhood educator's...

Providing an objective assessment of the influence of parental involvement and what aspects of parental participation can best maximize the educational outcomes of students, this volume is structured to guide readers to a thorough understanding of the...

First published in 2010. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

First published in 2010. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

No matter what your personal experience, we have all faced challenges in life where we are left with a depleted sense of self worth. Divorce, hardships, failures, and other tragic life events can all shape who we are and influence the way we think...

This volume addresses the pivotal role of feedback in enhancing students' motivation and learning. Through a series of innovative studies, it uncovers the intricacies of how students perceive and utilize feedback, offering practical strategies for...

This book addresses core issues related to school learning and the use of developmental/cognitive science models to improve school-based instruction.

This concise guide introduces the importance of executive function for social and emotional well-being, and effective learning. This engaging book offers knowledge and strategies for improving executive function together with an understanding of its...

Consent in the Childhood Classroom challenges typical premises of social and emotional learning, self-regulation, and putative misbehavior by centering the theme of consent in the experiences of young children and their teachers. Early childhood and...

This book studies the dialectic relationship between the image of the child and the toy in literary depictions of childhood in 19th- and 20th- century Anglo-American fiction. Drawing from the psychoanalytic theories of Sigmund Freud, Anna Freud, D.W...

At fourteen years of age Samantha was raped. Two years later she entered therapy. This is the story of her therapeutic journey back to health.

"This is a book that I am going to have to own, and will work to find contexts in which to recommend.　 It cuts obliquely through so many important domains of evidence and scholarship that it cannot but be a valuable stimulus" -Hamish Macleod, University...

The Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts created new challenges for teachers and pre-service instructors. Self-regulated learning, using one's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors to reach goals, can help students become independent,...

Transforming Learning Through Tangible Instruction offers a transformative, student-centered approach to higher education pedagogy that integrates embodied cognition into classroom practice. Evidence across disciplines makes clear that people learn with...

This volume tackles perceived myths surrounding the academic excellence of East Asian students, and moves beyond Western understanding to offer in-depth analysis of the crucial role that shadow education plays in students' academic success. Featuring a...

Critical Theories for School Psychology and Counseling introduces school psychologists and counselors to five critical theories that inform more equitable, inclusive work with marginalized and underserved student populations. Offering accessible...

Learning Under the Lens: Applying Findings from the Science of Learning to the Classroom highlights the innovative approach being undertaken by researchers from the disparate fields of neuroscience, education and psychology working together to gain a...

Implementing Universal Social-Emotional Programs is a step-by-step guide for educators and school-based mental health professionals seeking to effectively select, employ, and evaluate universal social-emotional programs using implementation science. With...

As a teaching novel, this book seeks to demonstrate ways in which a past with significant traumas does not need to hold us captive. It involves an enjoyable expedition on to an island called Rustenberg, where its characters mainly inhabit the town...

Developing Notetaking Skills in a Second Language combines theoretical perspectives with an analysis of empirical classroom studies and offers a detailed discussion that increases pedagogical awareness of factors impacting second language (L2) notetaking...

In literature, culture, history, philosophy and arts of classical and Renaissance Europe, a certain thematic event can probably be traced through how people learned to cope with life, read, accumulate cultural capitals, fight ideologies, become smart,...

Come si comportano i campi di bioenergia umana durante le interazioni? Una descrizione chiara della dinamica energetica supportata da illustrazioni evidenti. Il contenuto può essere utilizzato come uno strumento per migliorare la propria...

Bjørn offers an insightful, clearly written formula for how to become more present to ourselves and more intimate with the sacred pulse of life. His simple, yet powerful suggestions for how to understand and respond to our human and spiritual...

Examensarbeit aus dem Jahr 2003 im Fachbereich Pädagogik - Schulpädagogik, Note: 1,3, Universität Erfurt, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Fast überall sind heute Kinder und auch Erwachsene zu finden, die sich hektisch und teilweise ungelenk in der...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2014 im Fachbereich Pädagogik - Schulpädagogik, Note: 2,0, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (LBZ), Veranstaltung: B2, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Arbeit besteht aus drei Teilen, die durch das Hauptthema...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2005 im Fachbereich Pädagogik - Schulpädagogik, Note: 2,0, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Veranstaltung: Hochbegabung im vorschulischen Bereich, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Hochbegabte Kinder bedürfen einer speziell...

Akademische Arbeit aus dem Jahr 2012 im Fachbereich Pädagogik - Pädagogische Psychologie, Note: 1,7, Universität Potsdam (Institut für Lebensgestaltung-Ethik-Religionskunde), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Unsere Gefühle beeinflussen unsere Sprache, genauso...