Educational Psychology
(Photo Credit: my_new_wintercoat) What is Educational Psychology?
Writing in the encyclopdeia of educational psychology, Neil Salkind states that "Educational psychology can be defined as the application of what we know about learning and motivation, development, and measurement and statistics to educational settings (both school and community-based)." Salkind also makes the point that when taught at college or university, "educational psychology is an ambitious course that undertakes the presentation of many different topics all tied together by the theme of how the individual can best function in an "educational" setting, loosely defined as anything from pre-school through adult education." Educational Psychology Career Advice & Information
This section of the educational psychology page contains information links for anybody interested in becoming an educational psychologist, or anybody wanting to find out more about what educational psychologists do. This information will relate predominately to the practice of educational psychology in the USA & UK; however, I hope to include related information from other countries in due course. USA:
Careers in Educational Psychology A useful general guide produced by Colleen McLenaghan as part of a class project at West Chester University, Pennsylvania. Please Note that this was written in 2000 so some of the information will be outdated e.g. pay ranges etc. Click Here to read careers in educational psychology. Newsletters For Educational Psychologists Published on behalf of the educational psychology division of the American Psychological Association. Click Here to access the newsletters. UK:
The British Psychological Society Click Here for information on: Educational Psychology 2.0
This part of the educational psychology page is dedicated to the move towards what is known as web 2.0. Web 2.0 links people, it's a place where people contribute, share, collaborate and learn. To access some of the links below, you may have to register and/or login. Educational Psychology Doctorate Scheme Facebook group described as follows: This group is for all those souls that have found their way onto the three year doctoral programme to become ed psychs. It is intended to be a forum for support and sharing articles, information and good practice. Do Schools Kill Creativity? Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining (and profoundly moving) case for creating an education system that nurtures creativity, rather than undermining it. With ample anecdotes and witty asides, Robinson points out the many ways our schools fail to recognize -- much less cultivate -- the talents of many brilliant people. "We are educating people out of their creativity," Robinson says. The universality of his message is evidenced by its rampant popularity online. A typical review: "If you have not yet seen Sir Ken Robinson's TED talk, please stop whatever you're doing and watch it now." Just brilliant, enjoy! Recommended Educational Psychology ReadingEncyclopedia of Educational Psychology (2 Volume Set) by Neil J. Salkind
Book Description Educational Psychology is a special field of endeavor since it strives to apply what we know about many different disciplines to the broad process of education. In the most general terms, you can expect to find topics in this area that fall into the categories of human learning and development (across the life span), motivation, measurement and statistics, and curriculum and teaching. There are few comprehensive overviews of the field of educational psychology, and the purpose of this two-volume Encyclopedia is to share this information in a way that is, above all, informative without being overly technical or intimidating. With more than 275 contributions, the Encyclopedia of Educational Psychology opens up the broad discipline of educational psychology to a wide and general audience. Written by experts in each area, the entries in this far-reaching resource provide an overview and an explanation of the major topics in the field of human development. While the Encyclopedia includes some technical topics related to educational psychology, for the most part, it focuses on those topics that evoke the interest of the everyday reader. See following link for more details: Encyclopedia of Educational Psychology (2 Volume Set) Go Back To The Types of Psychology Page Go From Educational Psychology Back To The Home Page
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