This discussion has two questions. Make sure to address both of these questions in your initial post by Wednesday. Respond to your peers with constructive feedback including academic insights, examples, and questions no later than Sunday.
- Reflect on your experience of being a student and the various teachers by whom you have been taught. Which teachers stand out as most effective? What personal and/or professional qualities did they possess and convey to students? What impact did they have on your and other students’ learning and motivation? In light of your reflections and research, discuss how knowledge of educational psychology can be helpful both to practicing psychologists and, in a larger sense, to members of the global community
- What are the roles for education and psychology envisioned by E. L Thorndike? Have those roles changed? What kinds of methods did Thorndike recommend for use in research?
omplete the following readings from your textbook, Educational Psychology:
- Chapter 1: Learning, Teaching, and Educational Psychology
- Chapter 2: Who Are You? Who Are Your Students? Culture and Diversity
- Chapter 3: Cognitive Development