ShortCutsTV

JUNE 18, 2024

Designed to enhance the teaching of A-level and AP Psychology, the Film Club is a subscription-only site that gives you unlimited access to all of our Psychology films. Membership costs just £25+VAT per year and our free 30-day trial gives you complete access to all the films in the library. So you can judge the […]

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

” As I listened to this episode, I was thinking about the concept of psychological safety through my educator lens. This is where the concept of psychological safety–what it is, what it looks like, and how to create it–fascinates me. What is psychological safety? What characterizes a psychologically safe space?

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Psychology Sorted

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

And here is another Psychology Sorted review sheet. This Abnormal Psychology review sheet on major depressive disorder will help you to match the studies and arguments to the questions, in time for your May 2024 revision. I’ve started completing it just to give… Continue reading →

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A Psychology Teacher Writes

MARCH 17, 2023

In Psychology (for our specification at least) students typically study material for paper 1 in year 12 and then paper 2 content in year 13. Then I mapped out year 1 topics from the specification (Edexcel Psychology in this case) across the weeks, to have covered all the major areas in the time available.

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ED Surge

MARCH 20, 2024

This colleague, who I manage, shared that during a recent meeting I had facilitated, my tone made them feel psychologically unsafe. I made someone feel psychologically unsafe? Their words, and the description of their experience in the meeting left me stunned, confused and disappointed in myself. I kept thinking, “Me? I wish I had.

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Psychology Sorted

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

I am offering short-term online cover teaching for DP psychology. My dream job could be your dream solution. Contact me through the blog or FB.… … Continue reading →

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All Things Pedagogical

JUNE 22, 2024

And the difference between the folk who can or choose to only see positive, and those who see and experience those barriers to connecting, engaging, or even sharing in spaces like conferences or classrooms or meetings, is psychological safety. We like to use phrases like "this is a safe space" when we in fact can never guarantee this.

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Edthena

AUGUST 31, 2022

Positive psychology. Check out the conversation above, or continue reading for highlights including what positive psychology has to do with supporting teacher well-being. Check out the conversation above, or continue reading for highlights including what positive psychology has to do with supporting teacher well-being.

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This Is Not a Sociology Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Psychoanalysis Some of the most important “technologies” of psychology were developed by Sigmund Freud. Behaviourism While Freudian psychoanalysis was hugely influential in the 20 th century another completely different strand of psychological investigation was developed almost concurrently, this is “behaviourism”.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 21, 2023

AP Psychology is a popular course, and rigorous AP classes help prepare students for college and demonstrate their skills for college admissions. The study of psychology is particularly important in this regard because it is a field led by women. I majored in psychology before forging a political career.

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Jonathan Firth

JUNE 2, 2022

Image source: Unsplash In most psychology and related courses, learners are expected to write short essays or extended exam-style answers about research studies or theories. I want to share some tips about how to structure this type of essay. It will be especially useful if you are a student in your final years of school (e.g.

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Jonathan Firth

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

What should you read to prime yourself for further study in Psychology? I’m often asked by new or prospective Psychology students (or their parents) if I can recommend some interest-based reading to extend their understanding or prepare for a degree. Image via Pixabay. Apparently so. A great primer ahead of studying psychopathology.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 30, 2021

By constructing a psychologically safe environment through reframing metacognitive interpretation of subjective difficulty, children can express their full cognitive potential (Autin & Croizet, 2012). Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 141(4), 610. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 38(4), 281-288. Fiorella, L.

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Psychology Sorted

JULY 2, 2024

As stated in the subject brief, the content for the new psychology course comprises the three approaches – biological, cognitive and sociocultural – and research methodology. Students will need to give an example, but it does not need to be a psychological study. It can be a theory or a relevant example from life.

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Education Week - Social Studies

AUGUST 22, 2023

See how the College Board, Cambridge International, and the International Baccalaureate approach psychology courses.

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Jonathan Firth

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

This week the annual Scottish Learning Festival took place in Glasgow, and together with five fellow educators I gave a presentation on the value of psychology to younger learners. 1) The study of Psychology is a basic part of understanding reality. 2) Psychology is interesting and motivating. We can do better for our learners.

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Jonathan Firth

MARCH 8, 2019

Psychology in the Classroom: A Teacher's Guide to What Works came out around this time last year. Co-authored with Marc Smith and aimed at both new and experienced teachers, it’s a guide to how psychology research on areas such as memory, creativity and motivation can be applied to classroom practice.

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Education Week - Social Studies

AUGUST 4, 2023

The organization that oversees the Advanced Placement program said Florida has “effectively banned AP Psychology in the state.”

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 22, 2023

This psychological safety fosters a culture of mutual respect and trust, allowing professionals to focus on their own development rather than worrying about judgment or criticism. Moreover, feedback provides specific and actionable information for educators to set goals and make targeted improvements.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 28, 2022

Annual Review of Psychology. Brock, S.E., McAliney, P.J., and Sen, A. 2017), "Toward more practical measurement of teamwork skills", Journal of Workplace Learning, 29 (2): 124-133. Leary, M.R. Motivational and emotional aspects of the self. 58(1):317–344.

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Education Week - Social Studies

AUGUST 22, 2023

Some districts opted for alternatives to the College Board's course to ensure compliance with state law.

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Teaching Anthropology

APRIL 13, 2024

Psychology and Forensic Chemistry), and Institutions. In the introductory course in biological anthropology and archaeology, “92% of students agreed that the Virtual Mystery web-tool helped them understand what a professional anthropologist does; 88.3% The VM project has expanded across disciplines (e.g.

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TeachThought

JUNE 10, 2024

Edith Ackerman, a “ Swiss-born American psychologist who explored the interactions between developmental psychology, play, learning and design. It promotes the idea that learners construct knowledge most effectively when they are actively involved in making something that is personally meaningful.

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Geography Education

APRIL 17, 2024

I’ve often wondered why my mom and I are so different in this regard; our psychology, our interests, the information we value, the skills we believe are useful and within our grasps are quite distinct.

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A Psychology Teacher Writes

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The challenge, then, for PD is to use these levers to secure engagement (note: this is not about some rather sinister form of psychological manipulation to ‘trick’ people into engaging or getting buy-in; it’s about finding ways to explicitly show that people’s perceived individual needs are actually in alignment with whole-school goals).

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 8, 2023

Educational psychology: developing learners (7th ed.). Students are more prone to own their learning as they are taking proactive steps to identify where they are, where they want to be, and what is needed to succeed. In life, this might be the most critical competency that educators can cultivate in the classroom. Ormrod, J. Pintrich, P.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 14, 2022

2013) The role of supervisor autonomy support, organizational support, and autonomous and controlled motivation in predicting employees' satisfaction and turnover intentions, European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 22:4, 450-460. & Fouquereau, E. Teaching Managers To Relate: Using Feedback To Bolster Commitment And Morale.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 30, 2023

A study published in 2023 in the journal of Applied Cognitive Psychology documented that second graders memorized more multiplication facts when they practiced using flashcards rather than by repeating their times tables aloud.

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Edthena

OCTOBER 12, 2023

We’ve rounded up four resources that provide best practices for improving school culture, including how psychological safety is crucial for educators and strategies for valuing and supporting teachers. Find them on our blog: What Positive Psychology Has to Do with Supporting Teacher Well-Being Promoting Teacher Mental Health?

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Now a trio of economists say they’ve been able to calculate some of these psychological costs. The psychological downsides of overscheduling hit before students’ cognitive skills were maximized. On average, children spent 45 minutes a day on all of them, ranging from zero to four hours a day.

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 13, 2020

In this guest post, Cori Schwarzrock shares her experience using blended learning models in her AP psychology course. I teach AP Psychology, blended and traditional, at a high school in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. Cori Schwarzrock is an AP Psychology teacher at Cary-Grove High School in Cary, Il. Not sure where to start?

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ShortCutsTV

MAY 10, 2024

If you’re interested in free textbooks – of either the Sociology or Psychology variety – you may well have come across the Openstax Introduction to Sociology textbook published by Lumen Learning. And if you haven’t Openstax is an example of a growing field in education called OER (Open Educational Resources).

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A Psychology Teacher Writes

JUNE 11, 2024

Contemporary educational psychology, 61, 101860. Ryan & Deci (2020). Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation from a self-determination theory perspective: Definitions, theory, practices, and future directions. Sims & Fletcher-Wood (2021). Identifying the characteristics of effective teacher professional development: a critical review.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Take AP Psychology. But rather than encouraging us to engage with psychology’s intellectual premises, the class requires us to memorize roughly 400 terms. Thus, it is no surprise that GPT-4 clocks high scores on the bar exam, SAT and multiple AP exams, including a 5 (the highest possible score) on AP Psychology.

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Edthena

MARCH 14, 2023

This ASCD article explains: The term was originally coined by Harvard Business School professor Amy Edmondson, who defines psychological safety as “a shared belief that the team is safe for risk-taking.” Fostering a culture of psychological safety means teachers feel respected and empowered to teach and take risks in the classroom.

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Political Science Now

JUNE 7, 2024

She is particularly interested in political psychology and identity politics and her current research focuses on the psychological factors influencing political engagement. Marzia Hussaini is a first-year Ph.D.

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ED Surge

MARCH 19, 2024

That can be true with challenges like glitches in the federal financial aid forms or a student registration system, says Greg Walton, a psychology professor at Stanford University. That can especially be the case for students who are racial minorities. What is the biggest obstacle to implementing the ideas based on your research findings?

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