Educational Psychology

1. Childish Thinking

1.1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN79Qyddsf0

1.2. Adults need to be more willing to learn and to make mistakes. Adora Svitak talks about how important it is to be imaginative, and how adults need to realize that children have things to offer as well.

2. Growth Mindset

2.1. Leads to a desire to learn

2.2. Tendency to embrace challenges

2.3. Persist through setbacks

2.4. Know that effort equals mastery

2.5. Learn from criticism

2.6. Find lessons and isnpiration in others

2.7. Means a greater free will

3. Differentiated Learning

3.1. Ensuring there are spaces in the classroom for students to work quietly and without distraction

3.2. Provide materials that reflect a variety of cultures and home settings

3.3. Set out clear guidelines for independent work that matches individual needs

3.4. Develop routines that allow students to get help when teachers are busy with other students and cannot help them immediately

4. Blooms Taxonomy of Cognitive Skills

4.1. Knowledge: remembering/recognizing facts

4.2. Comprehension: interpreting/understanding information

4.3. Application: using information to solve problems

4.4. Analysis: separating concepts into parts and indicating relationships

4.5. Synthesis: creating new ideas from other related ideas; bringing ideas together

4.6. Evaluation: determining the worth/value of something

5. Differentiated Instruction

5.1. A variety of teaching and learning strategies that are necessary to meet the range of needs evident in any given classroom (Pearson 133).

6. Achievement vs Aptitude Tests

6.1. Aptitude: students are scored based on how well they did compared to the other students who completed the same test.

6.2. Achievement: a student is scored based on how well they do compared to specific criterion-references.

7. Curriculum Planning

7.1. Educational Purpose: is important for students to learn, follows curriculum

7.2. Learning Experiences: selected in order for students to learn requisite knowledge and schools

7.3. Evaluation: the collection of student data in order to analyze performance

8. Four commonplaces of education

8.1. Someone (the teacher) teaches...

8.2. Something (the curriculum) to...

8.3. Someone else (the student) in...

8.4. Some setting (the classroom)

9. Positive Learning Environment

9.1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFnMTHhKdkw

9.2. "Kids don't learn from people they don't like" -Rita Pierson

9.3. Creating a positive learning environment starts with the teacher- if a child does not feel welcome, liked, or wanted, they will not learn.

10. Deci's Three Fundamental Needs of Students

10.1. Autonomy

10.2. Competence

10.3. Relatedness

11. Stiggin's Taxonomy of Achievement Targets

11.1. Knowledge: declarative knowledge (facts, concepts, and generalizations) and procedural knowledge (problem-solving methods)

11.2. Reasoning: answering questions through problem-solving

11.3. Skills: using procedural knowledge in a fluent fashion and in appropriate contect

11.4. Products: student creations that reflect skills and ability

11.5. Attitudes and Dispositions: interest in and desire to learn more about certain topics

12. Aboriginal Education: Protective Factors

12.1. Early Intervention

12.2. Resiliency

12.3. Positive Self-Image

12.4. Engagement by Families

12.5. Community Involvement

12.6. Relevant Programming

12.7. Connections to Aboriginal role models and supports

13. Theory of Multiple Intelligences

13.1. Linguistic

13.2. Logical-Mathematical

13.3. Spatial

13.4. Musical

13.5. Bodily-Kinesthetic

13.6. Interpersonal

13.7. Intrapersonal

13.8. Naturalistic