An area of Applied Psychology 1 that has captured my interest is the field of educational psychology. This field of study is interested with children and young adults in educational and early years’ settings (British Psychology Society (BPS), 2016). This has captured my interest as children are especially vulnerable during school years, due to a variety of reasons such as low self esteem. This could be due to learning difficulties such as dyslexia and behaviourial problems. I believe that I would find it rewarding to work with children to help them develop their own skills and abilities in regards to the obstacles shown early in their life. In this essay, I will be looking at this field of study in more detail to justify whether I could
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I currently possess some of these traits, although I will need to develop them further. I have good communication skills as my current part- time job is customer service based. This means that it involves interacting with customers on a daily basis. I believe my communication skills are good as my role is not on a face-to-face basis so I need to rely on pitch and tone (Mehrabian, 1972). I also believe that I can be sensitive, have tact and be diplomatic as I work in a job where medical conditions are often discussed, this means that I have learned to deal with sensitive information appropriately and with tactfully. I also volunteered in my last year of school in the support for learning centre in my school. This meant that I got to see first hand how educational psychologists deal with children and young people with issues such as dyslexia and autism. I believe that this has helped me learn how to work with young people with types of issues such as these in a appropriate way without being patronising and condescending. However, there are some traits that I believe that I would have to develop further to pursue this career in the future. I believe that to be an assertive, persuasive and effective facilitator, would need to develop my leadership skills as …show more content…
However, unlike what I previously thought, they come into contact with children of differing social, behavioural and developmental levels. When researching the role, I found that educational psychologists are beneficial to the educational system and to the lives of children and young people. They have helped reform education in a way that has helped young people excel in an academic setting. Although I found many obstacles to pursuing educational psychology, I have surprisingly found that it has not impacted in me wanting to pursue a different career. In fact, it has made me more determined to try and achieve this profession. Finally, I have found that using the Gibbs’ reflective cycle (1988) has helped me put my thoughts and feelings into a logical structure and has made me aware that this is a profession that I am deeply interested
I currently possess some of these traits, although I will need to develop them further. I have good communication skills as my current part- time job is customer service based. This means that it involves interacting with customers on a daily basis. I believe my communication skills are good as my role is not on a face-to-face basis so I need to rely on pitch and tone (Mehrabian, 1972). I also believe that I can be sensitive, have tact and be diplomatic as I work in a job where medical conditions are often discussed, this means that I have learned to deal with sensitive information appropriately and with tactfully. I also volunteered in my last year of school in the support for learning centre in my school. This meant that I got to see first hand how educational psychologists deal with children and young people with issues such as dyslexia and autism. I believe that this has helped me learn how to work with young people with types of issues such as these in a appropriate way without being patronising and condescending. However, there are some traits that I believe that I would have to develop further to pursue this career in the future. I believe that to be an assertive, persuasive and effective facilitator, would need to develop my leadership skills as …show more content…
However, unlike what I previously thought, they come into contact with children of differing social, behavioural and developmental levels. When researching the role, I found that educational psychologists are beneficial to the educational system and to the lives of children and young people. They have helped reform education in a way that has helped young people excel in an academic setting. Although I found many obstacles to pursuing educational psychology, I have surprisingly found that it has not impacted in me wanting to pursue a different career. In fact, it has made me more determined to try and achieve this profession. Finally, I have found that using the Gibbs’ reflective cycle (1988) has helped me put my thoughts and feelings into a logical structure and has made me aware that this is a profession that I am deeply interested