The Importance Of Educational Psychology

My understanding of enquiry/inquiry is the ability to seek or request for truth, information, or knowledge through investigation and questioning for both my students and my own teaching practices. As human beings we continuously dissecting the reality of the world we are in and what we perceive in our own point of view. That viewpoint is bendable and, through practice along with perseverance we learn to critically reflect and eliminates our personal biases. One can only see the world through…

Theme 1 has taught me lessons related to how I should make my classroom inclusive. One of the main ways I’ve learned to achieve this, is by connecting with your students on a personal level outside of the classroom. As in, showing compassion outside of academics and making sure that the concern in your students is genuine rather than using a position of power against them. It’s important that we remember that teaching occurs both inside and outside of the classroom. Any moments and interactions…

Reflection Questions 1. What were the strengths of your lesson? What worked well? The strengths for my lesson was that the students were actively involved in creating their own unique art piece using various handheld objects. The students were also able to involve things that are relevant in their lives or surroundings as part of their artwork. I believe providing the students primary colors worked well because the students mixed the paint and created secondary colors. The younger students that…

Many people look to gain more knowledge throughout their lives either to invent new technology, understand how it is exactly that certain things function, or to just be up to date on the things going on in the world. The idea of gaining more knowledge is something that does not just happen in our society today but has occurred all throughout history. René Descartes was one of the people in the late 1500’s and early 1600’s who wanted to be able to acquire as much knowledge as possible, but wanted…

Peter Gray, the author of One More Really Big Reason to Read Stories to Children, argues that reading is essential since it helps children develop morally, emotionally, and socially. The development of these three aspects help children to become better human beings. I think that Peter Gray brings up excellent points in his article, but I believe that reading brings more to society and the real world. The three aspects of reading mentioned in his article-moral, emotional, and social…

Purpose Paper Pur·pose (n.): a person's sense of resolve or determination. The purpose paper is a paper that helps students outline their goals, and find their purpose through their strengths to reach those goals. I have 3 goals in my college life: to pass my classes with a B or higher, apply for an internship, and to become more knowledgeable and wiser. My purpose is to live life to the fullest, to discover what is beyond the horizons; in other words, I want to be a self-fulfilling prophecy.…

The discussion about how therapy and schooling are used in conjunction with each other is often found to be difficult to assess. Legally schools are require to provide services to not only develop students’ academic needs, but also the social and emotional aspects of students as well (CASEL, 2016). Schools are often provided with the challenge of developing a system which holistically supports children in all aspects of their personhood. Rigorous curriculum are necessary as state testing and…

Self-Efficacy, Self-Regulation, and Cognitive Style as predictors of achievement with podcast instruction – An examination of multiple potential factors that could affect instruction through podcasting. Self-efficacy, self-regulation and cognitive style are researched and tested for potential effects with the aid of seventeen students. These students screened for four persistent variables (academic self-efficacy, academic self-regulation, cognitive style and self-efficacy for online…

Math Anxiety: Understanding the Developement, Effects and Preventions for Future Students Children’s experiences in education influences their attitudes, feelings and abilities towards academics. Early experiences with education can foster positive feelings, motivating students and encourage further study or they can produce negative feelings such as anxiety. Mathematics is an area known to be associated with high levels of anxiety in learners. Hill, Mammarella, Devine, Caviola, Passolunghi,…

The article “School counselor consultation: Enhancing teacher performance through rational emotive-social behavioral consultation,” Jeffrey Warren and Stanley Baker, discusses the viability of the Rational Emotive-Social Behavioral Consultation (RE-SBC) model for use by school counselors in support of teachers and students alike, which are experiencing social-emotional issues. They also provide an overview of theory and concepts that can be applied during a consultation, as well as case examples…