Educational Psychology

After creating the bubbl for Woolfolk chapter 9 I was able to really get in depth with the main ideas of chapter 9. I tried the best I could to get as engaged into chapter 10 and 11 as well. This blog post will cover the main takeaways I had from chapter 9, 10, and 11 from the Woolfolk text. Chapter 9 had many great ideas including: metacognition, learning strategies, problem solving, and creativity. I want to focus mainly on creativity because  it is often overlooked in an educational setting. Creativity is defined as the ability to produce original work that is purposeful, useful, and appropriate (Woolfolk, p. 350). A good way to recognize creativity in students is whether or not they are expressing high energy, humor, playfulness, and attraction to complex things (Woolfolk, p. 351). Creativity can impact a student's social, psychological, physical, and all-around life. A student can expand their mind and express their identity which contributes to who they are when they are cr...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdWVhZFKn-0 I felt that after interviewing Dr. Patricia Ann Malopsy I was able gain some important information when thinking about how to manage a classroom. The most important idea that she stressed was to gain as much experience as possible. She truly believes that experience will always be the best recipe for knowledge and classroom management skills. She informed me that it was extremely important for her to gain many experiences from volunteering or internships in order to gain superb classroom management skills. Personally, I believe that she is truthful because I love to learn from observing or from getting involved. I like to connect with people from interacting and getting involved. I believe that books can be helpful when it comes to vocabulary, statistical studies, critical thinking; but in order to truly handle a situation one must get involved. Dr. Malopsy made some connections to the text. My first connection from the Woolfolk text comes ...

Chapter 7 mainly touches base with classroom management. The main ideas that stuck out to me were punishment and reinforcement. On page 257 in the Educational Psychology textbook by Woolfolk, there is a section on two types of reinforcement. There is both positive and negative reinforcement. Negative reinforcement is a process of trying to control and prevent a certain behavior. Positive reinforcement is an act of trying to keep a good behavior in order. In the class that I observe I have noticed my teacher's technique for positive reinforcement. He knows how to get a certain student on track by simply talking about sports and that allows the student to get his mind in the right place. On page 258, there are some good punishment techniques (presentation and removal punishment). I have seen removal punishment work firsthand from cell phones being removed or activities or privileges even being removed. From my experiences I believe that presentation punishment is great because as a b...

Chapter four touches base with some very important components, and especially when it comes to learning disabilities involved in educational settings. How would an educator explain a student who is unable to accurately read, write, speak, spell, and learn? What if that same student does not have an intellectual disability, emotional problem, educational disadvantage and have normal hearing, vision, and language capabilities? Learning disability would be the diagnosis for a student with these features but this term has no clear-cut definition (p. 140). One definition is “a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or using language, spoken or written, that may lead into an imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or perform mathematics” (p. 140). Genetics play a major role in students obtaining a learning disability because if parents have a learning disability then their children will have 30-50% chance of...

Trinity Christian College Field Experience Form Context for Learning Description of School and Students About the School Where You Are Observing or doing Field Experience School Name and City: Outlook Academy, Location: Chicago State University Type of School: Elementary school, Middle School, High School, or Other: High School Setting: Urban, Suburban, or Rural: Urban Write your responses to the three questions below in paragraph form. 1.      List any special features of the school or classroom setting (e.g., themed magnet, classroom aide, bilingual, co-taught with a special education t eacher, pull-out program).              There is a classroom aid who goes classroom to classroom.  2.      Describe any district, school, or cooperating teacher requirements or expectations that affects the planning or delivery of instruction, such as required curricula, pacing plan, use o...