Educational psychology

This highly topical book integrates theory and practice about children and their education provision in secure accommodation.

Handbook of the Psychology of Aging, Eighth Edition, tackles the biological and environmental influences on behavior as well as the reciprocal interface between changes in the brain and behavior during the course of the adult life span.

Parental involvement in children's education is a subject of growing interest and recent legislation in both the UK and USA has given formal recognition of parents' rights.

This book reports on a study on physics problem solving in real classrooms situations.

Few evidence-based resources exist for supporting elementary and secondary students who require intensive intervention--typically Tier 3 within a multi-tiered system of support (MTSS).

Education and its context are both changing rapidly.

The Four Domains of Mental Illness presents an authentic and valid alternative to the DSM-5, which author Rene J.

Actor Training in Anglophone Countries offers a firsthand account of the most significant acting programs in English-speaking countries throughout the world.

`It would be of use to adults and teachers who are starting to research peer support and the logistics of adopting such a scheme in their school.

Computers have become a topic of concern, debate, argument, dogmatism, and inquiry among a variety of people who are interested in the fate and effectiveness of the educational system.

The authors have grouped the theories into three classical "e;families"e; which differ in their views relative to the prime motives underlying human nature.

An accessible, authoritative, interdisciplinary and cross-cultural survey of key basic and applied research findings on dyslexia and dyscalculia.

The only book for students which explores the connection between emotional intelligence and effective leadership Emotionally Intelligent Leadership: A Guide for Students is based on a conceptual model that helps students to become emotionally intelligent leaders.

Music's ability to express and arouse emotions is a mystery that has fascinated both experts and laymen at least since ancient Greece.

The past 15 years have witnessed an increasing interest in the comparative study of language and music as cognitive systems.

Teaching Thinking Skills by Steve Johnson was initially published by the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain in 2000.

Chemical education is essential to everybody because it deals with ideas that play major roles in personal, social, and economic decisions.

William Ketterer is the winner of the APA 2021 Distinguished Contributions of Applications of Psychology to Education and Training AwardThis book provides school teachers, counselors, administrators, therapists, and parents an accessible and evidence-based approach to reduce violence in schools.

This authoritative reference examines in depth the myriad challenges facing pediatric cancer survivors and proposes a robust framework for structured follow-up of these patients through adulthood.

Basic Counselling Skills for Teachers provides teachers and school staff with an accessible guide, and easy-to-apply skills, to providing counselling to students in a school setting.

Focusing on non-traditional students in higher education institutions, this new book from renowned scholar John Levin examines the extent to which community college students receive justice both within their institution and as an outcome of their education.

Diane Shorrocks-Taylor School of Education, University of Leeds,UK In September 1998, a conference was held at the University of Leeds entitled 'International comparisons of pupil performance: issues and policy'.

It's one of the great mysteries of teaching: Why do some students "e;get it"e; and some students don't?

Returning Learning explores early school years teachers' perceptions of nature and how this informs their pedagogy through a posthuman theoretical framework.

This book is essential reading for any clinician or researcher working with teens with autism spectrum disorders.

Most intervention research in education aims to demonstrate the efficacy of specific programs and practices.

This book addresses cultural variability in children's social worlds, examining the acquisition, development, and use of culturally relevant social competencies valued in diverse cultural contexts.

Excluded From School exposes the reasons why, despite many national and local initiatives, large numbers of children continue to tax the education system to such a degree that they become permanently excluded from school.

The history of attempts to raise the intelligence of mentally retarded individuals is wrought with controversy.

The Research in Participatory Education Network (RIPEN) was initiated by the Research Programme for Environmental and Health Education at the Danish School of Education, University of Aarhus, in 2003.

This is an essential resource for educators working to support emotional wellbeing in children and young people.

Presenting interventions that are practical, effective, and easy to implement in educational and clinical settings, this book addresses the most frequently encountered emotional and behavioral problems in 3- to 6-year-olds.

In a time of pressures, challenges, and threats to public education, teacher preparation, and funding for educational research, the fifth volume of the Handbook of Reading Research takes a hard look at why we undertake reading research, how school structures, contexts and policies shape students' learning, and, most importantly, how we can realize greater impact from the research conducted.

Sandra Smidt takes the reader on a journey through the key concepts of Lev Vygotsky, one of the twentieth century's most influential theorists in the field of early education.

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.

Formative Assessment and Science Education documents the findings of a research project which investigated the ways in which teachers and students used formative assessment to improve the teaching and learning of science in some New Zealand classrooms.

This book studies how to improve problem-based and inquiry-based learning by incorporating cognitive maps.

In the early 1980s, concern about disruptive behaviour in secondary schools had grown, being variously regarded as a symptom of a decaying society or as a failure on the teachers' part.

Intervenieren mit PEPDie Prozess- und Embodimentfokussierte Psychologie – kurz PEP genannt – erfreut sich aufgrund ihrer hohen Wirksamkeit zunehmender Beliebtheit in Therapie, Beratung, Coaching und Pädagogik.

In this book various scholars explore the material in science and science education and its role in scientific practice, such as those practices that are key to the curriculum focuses of science education programs in a number of countries.

The fourth edition of this textbook offers a scientific and practical context within which to understand and conduct clinical assessments of children's and adolescent's personality and behavior.

Discourse, Dialogue and Technology Enhanced Learning is invaluable to all those wanting to explore how dialogic processes work and how we facilitate them.

All cultures have children and young people whose emotional wellbeing requires attention and whose behaviours give them, their peers and those who care for them challenges in how to meet their needs.

Written by two educational psychologists, this essential aid shows how change can be managed to increase job satisfaction and avoid unnecessary stress and conflict.

EdPsych Modules uses an innovative modular approach and case studies based on real-life classroom situations to address the challenge of effectively connecting theory and research to practice.

With this bestselling book from educational consultant Carla Tantillo Philibert, you'll gain practical strategies for teaching Social Emotional Learning (SEL), mindfulness, and well-being to help improve the human connection between you and your students.

The Handbook of Epistemic Cognition brings together leading work from across disciplines, to provide a comprehensive overview of an increasingly important topic: how people acquire, understand, justify, change, and use knowledge in formal and informal contexts.

Winner of the British Psychological Society Book Award (Academic Monograph category) 2013!