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Price: $112.95

Format:
Paperback 312 pp.
320 photos; 22 figures; and 13 tables, 8" x 10"

ISBN-10:
0195428072

ISBN-13:
9780195428070

Copyright Year:
2010

Imprint: OUP Canada

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Educational Psychology

Applications in Canadian Classrooms

Alan Edmunds and Gail Edmunds

The only Canadian educational psychology textbook of its kind, this innovative introduction connects theory to practice by documenting - through letters, journal entries, and the authors' accompanying commentary - a typical educator's experience teaching students of various ages, grades, nationalities, and abilities. This groundbreaking approach covers teaching and learning, development, individual variability, and diversity, and brings together classroom management and assessment in a way that is practical, instructive, and accessible. An authoritative guide for teaching teachers how to teach, Educational Psychology is an ideal resource for beginning teachers, teacher-candidates, and undergraduate students in education programs.

Readership : Faculty of education students studying educational psychology in their second and third years will be the text's primary market. Students taking educational psychology in psychology departments at the second- and third-year level represent a secondary market.

Reviews

  • "A totally unique approach; combining content and cases in a real-life scenario."

    --Professor Ken Pudlas, School of Education, Trinity Western University
  • "I applaud the authors for having presented their material in a format and in a style which allows for discussion and application of. . . learning in a real-life setting. This style seems to me to be geared toward genuine student understanding and success."

    --Dr. M. Stefan Sikora, Mount Royal University

Preface
1. Early August: Planning for the Upcoming School Year
2. Late August: Considering Developmental Differences
3. First Week of School: Establishing a Positive Learning Environment
4. Mid-September: Making Instructional Decisions
5. Late September: Assessing Student Progress
6. Early December: Individual Differences-Intellectual Abilities and Challenges
7. Early February: Socio-Cultural Considerations
8. End of School Year: Standardized Achievement Tests
References
Index

Companion website:
Instructor's Manual
Test Bank
PowerPoint Slides
Student Learning Centre - including further readings and resources

Alan Edmunds is an associate professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Western Ontario. He has more than 20 years' experience as a special education teacher, a school psychologist, a private educational consultant, and a faculty member at four Canadian universities. His major research interests include the study of the exceptionally gifted and developing models for the design and implementation of efficient classroom- and behaviour-management systems. In addition to Educational Psychology in Canadian Classrooms, he has co-authored with Gail Edmunds the 2008 text Special Education in Canada.

Gail Edmunds holds a BA Honours in psychology and an MEd in educational psychology. During her tenure as a graduate student she completed two theses focused on children's writing, specifically their ability to revise their own work. Currently a freelance writer and researcher, Gail has also held the title of research officer for the Esso Family Math Project and assisted Professor Alan Edmunds in his research with a precocious child writer. Gail has worked on several educational supplements for US publishers and co-authored with Alan Edmunds the 2008 text Special Education in Canada.

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Special Features

  • 100% Canadian. Written by Canadian instructors for Canadian students, the text features Canadian references and examples throughout, ensuring that the material is relevant to teacher-candidates who wish to teach in this country.
  • Expert scholars. Written by two well-respected scholars in the field, the text is a practical and authoritative treatment of educational psychology today.
  • Unique thematic approach. Grounded in the activities of an actual classroom, concepts in educational psychology are presented so that they apply directly to teacher-candidates and their experiences. Connecting the fundamental topics of educational psychology with teaching practice is done via:
  • Real life scenarios and examples link theory to practice, contextualizing fundamental topics in a way that is relatable and easy to understand.
  • An engaging narrative written from the perspective of a fictional teacher teaching a class of students of all ages, genders, ethnicities, and learning abilities. This appears in the text as comments by the new teacher on her day-to-day experiences in the classroom, relating directly to topics covered in the text, as well as issues and challenges that new teachers will face in their classroom.
  • A chapter sequence that follows the realistic timeline of a school year - August to June - outlining what teachers will encounter in each month.
  • Linking different aspects of educational psychology together. Students learn the relationship and interaction between topics such as Classroom Management and Assessment of Learning as they will experience them in the real world, rather than studying these topics in isolation.
  • Excellent pedagogy. Learning objectives, lists of further resources, key concepts, figures, photos, and tables are woven throughout the narrative, aiding in student comprehension of the topic.