Education psychology in context : readings for future teachers

Education psychology in context : readings for future teachers / edited by Bruce A. Marlowe and Alan S. Canestrari - Thousand Oaks, Sage Publications, c2006. - xxviii, 299 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes references and index


Introduction: Theory into practice
pt. I. Real classrooms. 1. Planning for effective instruction: lesson design / Madeline Hunter & Doug Russell
2. Excerpts from "Jigsaw groups and the desegregated classroom: in pursuit of common goals" / Elliot Aronson & Diane Bridgeman
3. The key to classroom management / Robert J. Marzano & Jana S. Marzano
4. What makes a good teacher? / Richard P. Traina
pt. 2. How does learning occur? 5. Excerpts from "The science of learning and the art of teaching" / B.F. Skinner
6. Excerpts from "Transmission of aggression through imitation of aggressive models" / Albert Bandura, Dorothea Ross & Sheila A. Ross
7. Students remember ... what they think about / Daniel T. Willingham
8. Toward a pedagogy of depth in everyday classrooms: exploring relational consciousness among teachers and young children / Darlene L. Witte-Townsend & Anne E. Hill
pt. III. What role does maturation play in learning? 9. The stages of the intellectual development of the child / Jean Piaget
10. Excerpts from "Eight ages of man" / Erik H. Erikson
11. Excerpts from "Continuities and discontinuities in childhood and adult moral development" / L. Kohlberg & R. Kramer
12. Excerpts from "Images of Relationship" / Carol Gilligan
pt. IV. How should student diversity affect teaching practice? 13. English only: the tongue-tying of America / Donald Macedo
14. Can inclusion work?: a conversation with Jim Kauffman and Mara Sapon-Shevin / John O'Neil
15. The first seven ... and the eight: a conversation with Howard Gardner / Kathy Checkley
Insights about creativity: questioned, rejected, ridiculed, ignored / Edward P. Torrance
pt. V. What factors influence student motivation? 17. Five reasons to stop saying "Good job!" / Alfie Kohn
18. Caution: praise can be dangerous / Carol S. Dweck
19. Excerpts from "A theory of human motivation" / Abraham H. Maslow
20. Excerpts from "Alleviation of learned helplessness in the dog" / Martin E.P. Seligman et al
pt. VI. What do good assessments look like? 21. Standardized testing and its victims / Alfie Kohn
22. Teaching to the (authentic) test / Grant Wiggins
23. Competitive grading sabotages good teaching / John D. Krumboltz & Christine J. Yeh
24. Letter to a state test scorer (from a science teacher who knows his 5th graders well) / Stephen Kramer

This book of major readings in educational psychology provides a stimulating alternative for teachers wanting to understand how their students learn and develop by addressing the questions real teachers in real schools ask about real students.


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Educational psychology

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