Encyclopedia of Educational Psychology

[Shaa-Baaz]

Paperback: 1208 pages
Data: January 17, 2008
Format: PDF

Description:
Educational Psychology is a special field of endeavor since it
strives to apply what we know about many different disciplines to the broad
process of education. In the most general terms, you can expect to find
topics in this area that fall into the categories of human learning and
development (across the life span), motivation, measurement and statistics,
and curriculum and teaching. There are few comprehensive overviews of the
field of educational psychology, and the purpose of this two-volume
Encyclopedia is to share this information in a way that is, above all,
informative without being overly technical or intimidating.

With more than 275 contributions, the Encyclopedia of Educational
Psychology opens up the broad discipline of educational psychology to a
wide and general audience. Written by experts in each area, the entries in
this far-reaching resource provide an overview and an explanation of the
major topics in the field of human development. While the Encyclopedia
includes some technical topics related to educational psychology, for the
most part, it focuses on those topics that evoke the interest of the
everyday reader.

Key Features:
Addresses topics that are of particular interest to the general public such
as vouchers, Head Start, divorce, learning communities and charter schools
Shares subjects that are rich, diverse, and deserving of closer inspection
with an educated reader who may be uninformed about educational
psychology
Draws from a variety of disciplines including psychology, anthropology,
education, sociology, public health, school psychology, counseling, history,
and philosophy
Presents many different topics all tied together by the theme of how the
individual can best function in an educational setting, from pre-school
through adult education.