The Importance Of Educational Psychology

Art has always been a significant part throughout my life, it first started off as a hobby, but later on evolved professionally when my teachers saw potential in me. The learning journey of Art has helped me to nurture and recognise my artistic and aesthetic talents. Not only has it allowed me to develop skills and techniques in art such as painting and drawing it also, opened opportunities for me to appreciate the history and culture of the wider world. My Art teachers played a significant…

This weeks readings examined the role of social constructivism in education as a pedagogy and practice rather than simply as an educational philosophy. Beck and Kosnik’s (2007) article focuses on the role of social constructivism in preservice education and provide examples of this pedagogy put into practie. Both Elkind (2004) and Carson (2005) discuss preservice education as well as the implications of educators using a constructivist approach to teaching and learning. Elkin’s (2004) article…

codified as IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act), No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and the required adequate yearly progress (AYP), students are being served in various ways and the United States is striving to improve the quality of the educational practices and academic outcomes for students with disabilities (Palmer, 2015 and Stoutjesdijk, Scholte, & Swaab, 2012). In an attempt to meet the mandates of NCLB and IDEA, educators must address impediments to special education student’s…

In an inclusive classroom, there are always going to be some challenges the teacher must face when implementing different adaptations. Inclusive classrooms involve children who are ether typical developing or atypical developing. All types of children are involved in learning to work together and learn through different techniques. When having to make certain adaptations for specific students, some challenges can develop. One of the adaptions Ms. Diaz had to make was to provide a corner…

My Philosophy of Education Children are our future leaders. Because of this, I believe that teachers should expect great things from all students. I believe that all students can learn when they are given the tools they need to be successful. I believe that students should be expected to learn and develop authentic skills that are imperative to be successful members of a community. I believe it is important to instill the value of diligence and dedication in a child regarding their…

The education system in America is flawed due to the idea of standardization. Ever since the American education system was created, we have been treating students as if they were being massed produced on an assembly line. This idea of standardization is flawed because of that fact that not everyone is the same. Each and every person on this planet is unique and because of their uniqueness, they learn and think differently than everyone else. The education system doesn’t care about someone’s…

Transformative learning is “forming frames of reference through critical reflection of assumptions, validating contested beliefs through discourse, taking action on one 's reflective insight, and critically assessing it” (Mezirow, 1997, 11). Within an educational setting, he believes we should foster self-direction to create an environment in which participants become extremely capable of learning from one another. Also, we should help each other learn within problem-solving groups (Mezirow,…

Scaffolding The Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) illustrates what the learner can perform with and without the teacher’s help. The teaching framework that aids the learner’s transition from conceptual application with help to application without help is scaffolding (Vygotsky, 1978). Likewise, Basu, Sengupta, and Biswas (2014) describe inquiry learning as an agent of scaffolding. As the level of subject difficulty rises, it becomes more important for teachers to identify the collective…

“Always treat books like gold.” “Never settle for the mediocre.” “Best effort doesn’t always mean giving 100%,” To this day, these little nuggets of wisdom are the first to resurface whenever I think about the different teachers and mentors who have poured into my life over the years. The educators who said these words are people who have influenced me in ways that I am still discovering and have helped me grow into who I am today. While these phrases may seem a bit cliché, they have…

form of recreational reading material to a form of a genre of literature. Some high schools even start to use them as necessary educational tool in classroom. Bring graphic novels into high school curriculums to support teacher education is a highly charged issue and has been debated in a long time. In many experiments, graphic novels which are described as “educational heavyweights” have demonstrated their merits in teaching teen students in literature class (Jonathan 47). Visual literature…