Psychology and Education
By Bentham, Susan

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Categories: Behavioural Sciences, Social Science, Education
ISBN: 0203465717, 9780203568453, 9780203465714
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Routledge
Language: English

Summary

Educational Psychology is a topic of great interest to many psychology students. In Psychology and Education, Susan Bentham has provided an introductory level text on this subject written in a user-friendly style. The book covers the cognitive, behaviourist and humanistic perspectives on learning, including the works of Piaget, Vygotsky, Bruner and others. The practical applications of these theories are described. The assessment of educational performance is covered and the cultural and developmental factors affecting performance are discussed. Chapters on the special educational needs of the educationally disadvantaged and gifted, and disruptive behaviour in school are included, with sections on ADHD, autism and dyslexia. The book also discusses teaching and learning styles and the design and layout of educational environments. Psychology and Education assumes little or no background knowledge, and includes self-assessment exercises and activities at the end of each chapter. It makes an ideal introduction to the topic for students of A-Level (OCR and EdExcel specifications) psychology and those with an interest in education and learning.

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Psychology and Education

Karen
Karen (The United States) Mon Dec 01 2008 11:50
I do love to read Gladwell. However, I must admit that I love it for the delicious "aha!" moments, even though I know they are unscientific. He is a fantastic storyteller. Some of his cool facts are well-known by now (maybe because of his own articles in the New Yorker), i.e. that hocke...more...
Joyce
Joyce (Flushing, NY) Fri Dec 26 2008 09:00
Gladwell's third book sets out on the monumental task of explaining why certain outliers are incredibly successful. His overall thesis was that success is determined partially by the circumstances of one's life and partially by the effort and ingenuity of an individual. Case studies include why Kore...more...
kthread
kthread (The United States) Sun Nov 30 2008 11:05
I think of Malcolm Gladwell books as a sophisticated guilty pleasure. He Who Must Name Patterns is the darling of airport bookstores (which I think amuses him; there is a part on airplane crashes in Outliers that is difficult to read on a flight, similar to beginning Ian McEwan's Saturday ...more...
Alex
Alex (The United States) Fri Nov 28 2008 10:50
A little bit too anecdotal and deterministic for my tastes! Didn't like it as much as Tipping Point or Blink
Trip
Trip (Mountain View, CA) Sun Dec 28 2008 17:09
My one-sentence review: "Social Darwinists are full of crap." No one is entirely self-made: parents, mentors, community, society, and piles of luck are necessary for success. Most people who aren't radical libertarians realize this, of course, but Gladwell has the evidence...more...
Stefani
Stefani (San Francisco, CA) Wed Dec 17 2008 12:44
I really really really dug this book. One of the things I love about Malcolm Gladwell is that after I read one of his books, I see the world, and myself a little bit differently - a little more compassionately.
Kelly
Kelly (Cincinnati, OH) Fri Dec 19 2008 11:05
This book should contain a warning that cautions potential readers to not start reading if he or she has anything important to do over the next 24 hours. This book nearly is impossible to put down and wildly fascinating. It reads like the transcript of a favorite professor's college l...more...
Naeem
Naeem (Ithaca, NY) Mon Sep 28 2009 19:38
Recent class discussions have allowed me to amend my previous rave by including a few criticisms. These I discuss at the end of the review. I have been calling people off the streets to have them listen to the CD version. The book brings out the fascist in me because I wish I could ha...more...
Jackie
Jackie "the Librarian" (Olympia, WA) Mon Jan 26 2009 23:16
More pop science from Gladwell. The premise is people need more than talent to succeed, they need opportunity. Everything from when you were born, your ethnic background, and your economic status can affect your chances to succeed in life. Gladwell gives us one anecdotal example after another, ...more...
Nomi
Nomi (The United States) Fri Jan 16 2009 09:30
Very interesting. Gladwell looks at the concept of cultural legacy as the reason behind the supposed random rise of individual geniuses. He argues that not only do various circumstances need to occur at exactly the right time (including the year of someone's birth)but that cultures lend themselves t...more...

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