Educational Psychology
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Hallmark features of this title
- Guidelines for Family and Community Partnerships offer specific guidelines for involving families and organizations in children’s learning.
- Teachers’ Casebook sections present students with realistic scenarios at the beginning of each cluster and ask, “What would you do?” Responses from veteran teachers appear at the end of each cluster.
- Reaching Every Student sections present ideas for assessing, teaching and motivating all students in today’s inclusive classrooms.
- Point/Counterpoint sections in each chapter present two perspectives on a controversial topic in the field of education.
- Stop & Think activities give students firsthand experience with the concept being discussed.
- Guidelines offer succinct and usable principles for teaching based on research.
New and updated features of this title
- UPDATED: Diversity in today’s classrooms is examined with increased coverage in Chapters 1 through 6.
- NEW: Put Yourself in Their Place portraits of students make diversity real and human for readers, helping them develop empathy for students in different educational situations.
- UPDATED: Information is presented on the brain, neuroscience and implications for teaching.
- UPDATED: Language development, emergent literacy, language diversity and bilingual education topics are included in Chapter 5.
- UPDATED: Current teaching strategies on the effective application of learning principles as identified by the Institute for Educational Sciences are covered in greater detail.
- UPDATED: Impacts of technology and virtual learning environments on the lives of students and teachers today are explored.
- Learning, Teaching, and Educational Psychology
- Cognitive Development
- The Self, Social, and Moral Development
- Learner Differences and Learning Needs
- Language Development, Language Diversity, and Immigrant Education
- Culture and Diversity
- Behavioral Views of Learning
- Cognitive Views of Learning
- Complex Cognitive Processes
- Constructivism and Designing Learning Environments
- Social Cognitive Views of Learning and Motivation
- Motivation in Learning and Teaching
- Managing Learning Environments
- Teaching Every Student
- Classroom Assessment, Grading, and Standardized Testing
Forty four easy-to-read modules facilitate students’ learning and retention
- 9780135206508 / 0135206502 Educational Psychology: Active Learning Edition, 14e
- 9780135208496 / 0135208491 MyLab Education with Pearson eText — Access Card — Educational Psychology: Active Learning Edition, 14e
About our author
Anita Woolfolk Hoy was born in Fort Worth, Texas, where her mother taught child development at TCU and her father was an early worker in the computer industry. She is a Texas Longhorn; all her degrees are from the University of Texas – Austin, the last one a PhD. After graduating, she was a psychologist working with children in elementary and secondary schools in 15 counties in central Texas. She began her career in higher education as a professor of educational psychology at Rutgers University, and then moved to The Ohio State University in 1994. Today she is Professor Emerita at Ohio State. Anita’s research focuses on motivation and cognition, specifically, students’ and teachers’ sense of efficacy and teachers’ beliefs about education. For many years she was the editor of Theory Into Practice, a journal that brings the best ideas from research to practicing educators. With students and colleagues, she has published over 150 books, book chapters and research articles.
Anita has served as Vice-President for Division K (Teaching and Teacher Education) of the American Educational Research Association and President of Division 15 (Educational Psychology) of the American Psychological Association. Before completing this 14th Edition of Educational Psychology, she collaborated with Nancy Perry, University of British Columbia, to write the 2nd Edition of Child Development (Pearson, 2015), a book for all those who work and love children.
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Dimensions | 1.35 × 8.55 × 10.85 in |
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Subjects | educational psychology, higher education, EDU046000, Vocational / Professional Studies, Teacher Education, Introduction to Educational Psychology |