Using Psychology in the Classroom
- Stephen James Minton - Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Psychology can be applied to understanding a range of current issues and topics in teaching and educational practice. Starting with the question, 'what is psychology?', and a topical overview of child and adolescent development, Stephen James Minton moves on to discuss seven areas of contemporary concern in education, showing how psychological approaches can help teachers in key areas of practice.
Areas covered include:
- The self, self-esteem, and self-esteem enhancement
- Intelligence, learning styles and educational attainment
- Positive teaching, co-operative learning and assertive discipline
- Special educational needs
- Preventing and countering bullying and cyber-bullying
- Dealing with prejudice
- Stress and stress management
This detailed text will be vital reading for all those studying psychology and applied psychology in undergraduate and graduate teaching degree programs. Constant links between theory and practice also make it a valuable read for practitioners reflecting on their approach to common classroom scenarios.
Found useful support text for students to consider how they think about education. Have ordered 5 copies for the library and recommend text as a support to students in creating a positive learnnig environment.
Clearly written and extremely useful text which extends the student's understanding of the role and use of psychology within the school classroom.
This book provided a really fascinating dimension for many teacher training students to consider, and helped forge links between psychology and education at a time when teacher education course are highly focused on politicised government agenda.
A good and readable introduction to a range of relevant topics to the psychology of education , and the applied educational psychology practice.
This is a useful book for students to read. It supports some of the key ideas that they need to consider in enough detail for non-psychology courses.
This is a very approachable text that gives new teachers a composite of information, activities, and resources. It serves as a practical tool that the student can use to further his knowledge and apply conceptual learning.
An easy to read book which highlights the holistic view for the trainee teacher.
Some use - but difficult to integrate into an already crowded PGCE course
This is a very good book for trainee teachers as well as a good reference book for post-qualified teachers. I will recommend it to every teacher.
Good for teachers studying at any level in education studies
