Jonathan Firth
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
My own school psychology textbooks, including books for the Higher and GCSE courses. There are also a wide range of resources for A-Level Psychology. I’ve been teaching Psychology at secondary school level for almost two decades. This article discusses routes into teaching the subject.
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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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).
The Hechinger Report
MAY 5, 2022
In fact, admissions officers say students who wish to gain admission to competitive universities often feel compelled to take the course, even if they intend to major in social science or humanities. After all, this is what most colleges do: Students interested in science and engineering take the traditional algebra-to-calculus path.
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 9, 2023
Overall, students didn’t benefit academically, psychologically or socially from the practice. Dalgaard, a senior researcher at VIVE—The Danish Centre for Social Science Research, initially found over 2,000 studies on special education inclusion. Some children thrived while others did very badly in regular classrooms.
Anthropology News
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Courses in history, psychology, sociology, and political science are often part of the core curricula in journalism programs,” writes Paula Horvath in Journalism & Mass Communication Educator. Grafting ethnography onto journalism has been suggested for decades—it’s time to put it into practice.
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
“These humanities fields are down to unprecedented levels,” said Rob Townsend, director of humanities, arts and culture programs at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Pure sciences like physics and chemistry are included in the liberal arts and sciences but not the humanities. It’s worrisome.”.
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