Educational psychology

Implementing 'Restorative Practice' in schools can offer powerful and effective methods of promoting harmonious relationships and resolving conflict.

This book brings together for the first time a synthesis of philosophical and psychological material to examine the basis for the professional identity that teachers might believe in, and the effects of misunderstanding and mistreating these beliefs.

Design effective, learner-driven math interventions with this accessible and thought-provoking guidebook.

Feedback is essential to learning, and this book summarizes the latest and best research on how instructional feedback impacts achievement.

This book provides a variety of advice, thoughts, and studies on nurturing creativity in the classroom, from top international experts.

Give your students the tools they need to motivate themselves with tips from award-winning educator Larry Ferlazzo.

This handbook collates research evidence and presents the most up-to-date findings on child development in Sub-Saharan Africa.

The production of this book represents a culmination for me of some 25 years of interest in the field of personality and substance use and abuse.

The first comprehensive description of a scoring model for tests composed of smaller tests focusing on narrow topics.

Nel Noddings advocates a unifying educational aim of producing better adults and presents strategies to achieve this in high schools.

This book examines how autonomy in language learning is fostered and constrained in social settings through interaction with others and various contextual features.

Nurturing the Whole Student: Five Dimensions of Teaching and Learning begins with the assumption that education is at its best-healthiest, most engaging, and most effective-when it is holistic.

Learning to Connect explores how teachers learn to form meaningful relationships with students, especially across racial and cultural differences.

We offer in this book a collection of chapters that reflect a broad range of issues linking globalization to education in an accessible yet theoretically grounded and detailed form.

Educational Leadership: Perspectives on Preparation and Practice identifies core knowledge and skills that educational leaders should be exposed to during pre-service preparation and throughout in-service professional development.

School Counseling in the 21st Century brings the theoretical aspects of school counseling to life.

This practical resource offers a classroom-tested framework for secondary math teachers to support students who struggle.

This textbook serves as a guide for practitioners whose goal is to enhance refugee students' learning experiences.

Do the emotional responses of students and to traumatic conflict constitute insurmountable obstacles in peace education efforts?

Over the past few decades, a growing body of literature has developed which examines children's perspectives of their own lives, viewing them as social actors and experts in their understanding of the world.

This research- and pedagogy-oriented book delves into the study and application of incidental vocabulary acquisition in English through captioned videos.

Radical Pedagogy articulates a new theory of identity based on recent research in psychoanalysis, social psychology and cognitive science.

Argues that the use of computers and the Internet in schools has not led to the enhancement of learning envisaged.

Despite many years of equality of choice, boys and girls continue to differ in both the subjects they study at school and later in the careers they decide to pursue.

This book is designed to provide the first comprehensive overview of research on the acquisition and training of professional performance.

Psychology is of interest to academics from many fields, as well as to the thousands of academic and clinical psychologists and general public who can't help but be interested in learning more about why humans think and behave as they do.

This handbook examines state-of-the-art research and clinical findings on attenuated psychosis syndrome (APS) across the globe.

The handbook examines the latest advancements in applied behavior analysis (ABA) as the preferred method of treatment for children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

Young people with autism can be particularly susceptible to setbacks, often leading to depression and a sense of hopelessness.

Use this interactive workbook to create relevant, inclusive online courses for adult learners.

This accessible collection of essays critically examines Vygotsky's scientific legacy.

"e;School is so boring!

In the World Library of Educationalists series, international experts themselves compile career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces - extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, major theoretical and practical contributions - so the world can read them in a single manageable volume.

This timely second edition provides an applied perspective regarding school-based consultation, including an overview of mental health and behavioral, instructional, social cognitive, Adlerian, solution-focused, and organizational/systems consultation.

The purpose of this book is to promote discussion about educational objectives generally and objectives in the teaching of educational psychology in particular.

This book focuses on elementary and middle school children's understanding of mathematics as well as the cognitive aspects involved in the development of mathematical knowledge, skills, and understanding.

The Confident Teacher offers a practical, step-by-step guide to developing the habits, characteristics and pedagogy that will enable you to do the best job possible.

When I organized a symposium on the development of nonverbal behavior for the 1980 meeting ofthe American Psychological Association, I was faced with an embarrassment of riches.

Domestic violence in adolescent romantic relationships is an increasingly important and only recently acknowledged social issue.

In his international bestseller How Children Succeed, Paul Tough introduced us to research showing that personal qualities like perseverance, self-control and conscientiousness play a critical role in children s success.

Peer Relationships in Classroom Management offers pragmatic, empirically validated guidance to teachers in training on issues pertaining to students' interpersonal relationships.

Originally published in 1969, Intelligence and Cultural Environment looks at the concept of intelligence and the factors influencing the mental development of children, including health and nutrition, as well as child-rearing practices.

First published in 1968, Problem Solving Interviews explores different elements relating to conversations concerned with finding a solution to a particular problem.

Neuropsychological and psychological evaluations in school settings are often rich in detail about a child's cognitive, academic and emotional functions, and come with specific recommendations to support the child's performance in school.

First published in 1988, this work reports on a major British study of children's progress and behaviour in 33 infant schools.

Ever wonder what is going on in a baby's brain?

Can you spot Dinaroo and her friends and see what they have found in the dump?