A Psychology Teacher Writes

DECEMBER 17, 2023

One of the more challenging topics to teach in Psychology is biopsychology. Students often arrive at A level psychology with not only a wide range of prior knowledge but also a massive variety in expectations about what they’re going to learn. For some, the biological aspects are something of a shock!

Psychology 130

Psychology Teaching Humanities 130

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.

Psychology 130

Psychology Cultures Teaching 130

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.

Leadership 522

Leadership Psychology Cultures Research 522

Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

While its role in Aztec rituals and warfare has long intrigued archaeologists, recent research published in Communications Psychology 1 explores its impact on the human brain. This study provides new insights into how these whistles amplified fear, heightened emotional states, and reinforced the psychological power of Aztec rituals.

Psychology 98

Psychology Artifacts Humanities Cultures 98

Psychology Sorted

JULY 11, 2024

Recommended for IB Diploma Psychology teachers – all levels of experience. 26-28 July. psychsummit24 #ibdppsychology #ibpsychology Eduspark Quizizz Revision Village Themantic Education

Psychology 97

Psychology Education 97

Psychology Sorted

JUNE 28, 2024

Though the IB Diploma psychology is recommended as a two-year course , I know that some teachers have to fit it into one year! Here is a suggested two-year plan for your psychology course. It will also work if you are lucky enough to teach your HL and SL students separately. This is essential when conducting the class practicals.

Psychology 98

Psychology Teaching Humanities Cultures 98

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.

Psychology 131

Psychology Leadership Cultures Humanities 131

TeachThought

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

This question is characterized by those faulty or otherwise distracting assumptions rather than the assessment or answer.

Critical Thinking 322

Critical Thinking Teaching Government Psychology 322

Psychology Sorted

JUNE 29, 2024

Image by Bob McEvoy from Pixabay The IB does not recommend that the Psychology SL course is taught in one year only. Of course, if you DO teach SL Psychology in just one year, you won’t need to start till September 2026, as the new course is not examined until May 2027. Below, please find a plan for 4.5 that take time out.

Psychology 98

Psychology Teaching 98

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 →

Psychology 98

Psychology 98

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.

Leadership 473

Leadership Cultures Psychology Research 473

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.

Junior High 501

Junior High Psychology High School Research 501

A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Annual Review of Psychology, 60(1), 421-449. Journal of Applied Psychology, 96(4), 863-871. Your people—and your organization—will be better for it. Avolio, B. Walumbwa, F. & Weber, T. Leadership: Current theories, research, and future directions. Lazzara, E. & Salas, E. The Leadership Quarterly, 18(6), 606-632.

Leadership 297

Leadership Psychology Cultures Research 297

The Effortful Educator

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

however, these programs are much less likely to include an educational psychology or cognitive psychology course on memory processing and differing theories of learning. Colleges and universities need to include coursework in educational psychology and cognitive psychology. Especially in the U.

Psychology 122

Psychology Professional Development Humanities Teaching 122

Anthropology.net

MARCH 14, 2025

Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new genomic study, published in Frontiers in Psychology 1 , approaches the problem differently. Frontiers in Psychology , 16. Traditionally, scholars have debated linguistic origins based on indirect clues—symbolic artifacts, brain size, or the complexity of tool-making. 1 Miyagawa, S., DeSalle, R.,

Humanities 98

Humanities Archaeology Artifacts Psychology 98

Psychology Sorted

JULY 27, 2024

My recorded presentation is today! Who doesn’t want full marks in Paper 3?! Laura Swash provides all you need to get your students toward this goal. Come here to discuss and share strategies. Paper3 Enjoyed the session? Support Laura’s fundraiser for Open Road, an organisation that works with families affected by addiction.

Psychology 98

Psychology Research 98

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 13, 2025

They found that math and reading scores, along with psychological, emotional and behavioral measures, were no higher for children with disabilities who learned in general education classrooms, on average, compared to children who learned in separate special education classrooms. Only 15 studies survived. He did not study those.

Education 145

Education Psychology Research Government 145

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.

Psychology 417

Psychology Professional Development Cultures Leadership 417

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

The post Theater, economics and psychology: Climate class is now in session appeared first on The Hechinger Report. — Caroline Preston This story about climate change classes was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education.

Psychology 114

Psychology Economics K-12 Sociology 114

A Principal's Reflections

JULY 24, 2016

Psychology does not work in our favor. Some researchers posit that, psychologically speaking, negative events weigh close to three times more than positive events. It is in our nature to focus on the negatives, but you work too hard to allow yourself to fall victim to this psychological trap. It is all about the power of YOU!

Psychology 265

Psychology Research Education Leadership 265

A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 30, 2015

Speer, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Manchester in England, has found that “self-praise” is still considered largely unacceptable. In her study, published in Social Psychology Quarterly, Speer discovered that in almost every case, indirectly or directly praising oneself seemed to violate social norms.

Psychology 321

Psychology Leadership Teaching Education 321

Cult of Pedagogy

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Blake is an AP psychology teacher, but he has also studied cognitive science on his own for close to a decade now and has turned a lot of that study into helpful resources about how to better align our teaching with how students learn.

Pedagogy 224

Pedagogy Psychology Library Teaching 224

A Principal's Reflections

JULY 23, 2017

The consensus of this research is that the space itself has physical, social, and psychological effects. Psychological Science, 25(7), 1362–1370. The effect of learning spaces on various behaviors—territoriality, crowding, situational and personal space—has been the focus of some sociological and environment behavioral research.

Research 360

Research K-12 Pedagogy Psychology 360

ED Surge

JANUARY 27, 2025

So my parents had me take a psychological test, and the psychological test came back and essentially said that I had low academic aptitude which, when you are a parent, is not exactly the message that you want to get for your child at age 3. At 3 years old, I was still trying.

Psychology 141

Psychology Humanities Research Education 141

TeachThought

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Psychology, Neurology, and even Anthropology all have had a louder voice in ‘education,’ which may explain why critical thinking seems to be so often missing from most school and curriculum design. This, to a degree, reduces the function of pure philosophy.

Critical Thinking 307

Critical Thinking Anthropology Psychology Public School 307

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.

Psychology 98

Psychology History Teaching American History 98

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 20, 2025

A year ago, paper and pen seemed to be the winner when the journal Frontiers in Psychology published a Norwegian study that documented how different areas of the brain were communicating more frequently when students were writing by hand. You are faced with a notable dilemma: Should you whip out a notebook or a laptop to take notes?

Psychology 141

Psychology High School Research Education 141

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?

Psychology 218

Psychology Sociology Anthropology World History 218

A Psychology Teacher Writes

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

I’ve written before about a general approach to lean marking in my subject ; as I noted there I don’t think there’s anything revolutionary in my approach and it’s something that has taken a while to develop.

Psychology 130

Psychology Research 130

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Bowman noted, “As dangerous or harmful as they can be, these narratives are designed to be engaging and satisfy deep psychological needs, such as the need for community and understanding. While teens don’t believe every conspiracy theory they see, 81 percent who see such content online said they believe one or more.

Civics 145

Civics Psychology Critical Thinking Teaching 145

Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Education, he suggests, must go beyond academic knowledge and address the psychological and neurological roots of human behavior. While science and technology have advanced, the biological and psychological forces that shaped early human societies remain largely unchanged.

Humanities 100

Humanities Psychology Economics Group Identity 100

A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 7, 2019

Educational psychology: Developing learners (5th ed.). If the goal is to improve an array of outcomes and genuinely prepare kids for the workforce now and in the future, a relevant culture is a necessity. Ormrod, J.E. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson Education, Inc. Ryan, R.M., & & Deci, E.L.

Cultures 419

Cultures Elementary School Middle School High School 419

Cult of Pedagogy

MARCH 3, 2024

Below are four possible explanations from cognitive psychology to explain this occurrence, followed by some possible solutions. In cognitive psychology, this is a kind of dual coding of information. Why don’t they know this stuff I just taught? Dual coding adds to the context of the material.

Psychology 348

Psychology Pedagogy Library Teaching 348

Teaching Anthropology

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Secondly, syndemic health conditions adversely interact through various biological or psychological mechanisms or pathways. Firstly, they involve two or more health problems that cluster together in a population. Why teach syndemics?

Teaching 246

Teaching Anthropology Archival Research Psychology 246

A Psychology Teacher Writes

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

I’m thinking here primarily about my own subject, Psychology, or any other where there aren’t simply right or wrong answers most of the time, and therefore examining requires interpretation and application of a mark scheme. I’m just not sure. And, to be clear, I’ve never examined. What might examining give you?

Psychology 195

Psychology Teaching Education 195

Passion for Social Studies

JANUARY 31, 2025

This includes everything from the impact on literature and film to the psychological scars left on soldiers. For instance, they will explore essential topics like the draft and anti-war protests. Additionally, they will learn about the consequences of wars.

Lesson Plan 130

Lesson Plan History Psychology World History 130

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.

Artifacts 332

Artifacts Project-Based Learning Psychology Interactive Learning 332