Using Educational Psychology in Teaching

by Paul Eggen; Don Kauchak

• ISBN13: 9780136850984
• ISBN10: 0136850987
• Format: Bound Book
• Copyright: 2020-08-15
• Publisher: Pearson Education (US)

Summary

Using Educational Psychology In Teaching features real classroom case studies to help you learn to apply educational psychology theories and research in your own classroom.

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Author Biography

Paul Eggen has worked in higher education for nearly 40 years. He is a consultant for public schools and colleges in his university area and has provided support to teachers in 12 states. Paul has also worked with teachers in international schools in 23 countries in Africa, South Asia, the Middle East, Central America, South America and Europe. He has published several articles in national journals, is the co-author of six other books, and presents regularly at national and international conferences. Paul is strongly committed to public education. His wife is a middle school teacher in a public school, and his two children are graduates of public schools and universities.

Don Kauchak has taught and worked in schools and in higher education in nine states for over 40 years. He has published in a number of scholarly journals, including the Journal of Educational Research, Journal of Experimental Education, Journal of Research in Science Teaching, Teaching and Teacher Education, Phi Delta Kappa, and Educational Leadership. In addition to this text, he has co-authored or co-edited six other books on education. He has also been a principal investigator on federal and state grants examining teacher development and evaluation practices, and presents regularly at the American Educational Research Association. He currently volunteer-tutors first, second, and third graders in a local elementary school. These students have taught him a lot about educational psychology.

Table of Contents

1. Educational Psychology: Understanding Learning and Teaching
2. Cognitive and Language Development
3. Personal, Socio-Emotional, and Moral Development
4. Learner Diversity
5. Learners with Exceptionalities
6. Behaviorism and Social Cognitive Theory
7. Cognitive Views of Learning
8. Complex Cognitive Processes
9. Knowledge Construction and Learning Sciences
10. Motivation and Learning
11. A Classroom Model for Promoting Student Motivation
12. Classroom Management: Developing Self-Regulated Learners
13. Learning and Effective Teaching
14. Increased Learning with Assessment
15. Standardized Testing and Learning

Appendix: Using Educational Psychology (11th edition), to Prepare for the Praxis Principles of Learning and Teaching Exam