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This School Librarian Thinks Her Job Is the ‘Best-Kept Secret in Education’

ED Surge

I'm a second-year doctoral student in educational leadership. If I'm reading a story to them, I also teach about parts of a book by way of creating citations, because when they go to high school and college, they're going to have to create a research paper that requires citations. That's what I do. I'm an educator.

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Psychology as a school subject - what are the benefits?

Jonathan Firth

7) Psychology helps to build independent research skills. While this factor is not unique to the subject, psychology is an excellent vehicle for building independent research skills. The subject is also excellent for cross-curricular learning. This makes it ideal for projects at any age.