Educ psych Flashcards
What are the four levels of reflection?
Description
Evaluation
Analysis
Integration and Reframing
Example of levels of reflection:
The students were working in groups to solve an addition
problem. Not all of the students participated in the groups,
with some sitting back and letting others do all the talking
Description
Example of levels of reflection:
In group work there’s a range of participation. I need to
make note of who does and doesn’t participate, and think of
how to involve them all in the learning
Evaluation
Example of levels of reflection:
I think in these group tasks some are silent but still thinking,
one or two are dominating the thinking and talking, while
others are being lazy and letting the rest of the group do the
thinking. My setting up of group tasks will need to include
strategies to ensure that all need to think, and that all can be
heard
Analysis
Example of levels of reflection:
Group work helps some students to learn, while others do
more learning in individual tasks. There may be a way of
combining the two so that both sets of students are catered
for in the one activity, but perhaps using a mix of individual,
pair and group tasks would be best – both for optimum
learning, and for inclusivity.
Integration and Reframing
Analysing what we
are thinking and
learning by questioning
assumptions,
perspectives and values
related to our thoughts
or to new information
Critical Reflection
involves analysing your own and others’ thoughts and beliefs.
Critical Reflection
An expert practitioner
inducting a novice into
their profession
Mentor
are expert practitioners who take on a responsibility to share
their skills and experience with a novice to help them to develop professional expertise.
Mentor
A statistical approach
to combining data from
a number of studies, to
identify the strength of
a particular effect
Meta-analysis
The variable that
is controlled or
manipulated in
an experiment, to
determine its effect
Independent Variable
The variable that
is measured in an
experiment, to
determine whether the
independent variable
had any effect
Dependent Variable
is a particular research technique involving the manipulation of one or more
independent variables so that you can observe the result in a dependent variable.
Experiment
The extent to which a
test or measurement
device measures what it
purports to measure
Validity
The extent to which a
test or measurement
device obtains the same
result when used on
successive occasions
Reliability
allow participants to report their own attitudes, beliefs, perceptions and ideas,
without the researcher needing to be present.
Questionnaire
It is when to look in depth at a particular situation, group or person.
Case Study
This ensures that any findings would be found on another occasion under
the same conditions.
Reliability
It refers to whether the research findings relate to what is claimed.
Validity
What are the 5 steps of an Action research?
Reflection
Planning
Action
Observation
Reflection
is a particular type of research that can utilise any of the
research methods described above.
Action Research
One of the 5 steps of action research which means identify the issue you are concerned about. Develop some
questions concerning this issue. Learn more about the issue by reading
and consulting colleagues.
Reflection
One of the 5 steps of action research which means develop a strategy.
Planning
One of the 5 steps of action research which means take action and implement your strategy.
Action
One of the 5 steps of action research which means collect data as evidence about the outcomes of your
strategy. You might do this through observation of students or their
work, interview or survey. Share the results with your students and
colleagues. Action research is a collaborative process. Evaluate the
evidence about the outcomes of your strategy.
Observation
One of the 5 steps of action research which means revise your plans based on your evaluation. This restarts the cycle.
Reflection
One of the issues to consider when conducting research is you must provide a description of the research, its purpose and what
participation will involve, including any risks to the participant of being involved in the
research. Parents’ consent must be obtained when conducting research with children.
Informed consent
Enumerate the ethical considerations when conducting research.
Informed consent
Anonimity and Confidentiality
Voluntary participation
Sharing of results
One of the issues to consider when conducting research is you must ensure that you maintain confidentiality. This means
that you should not include participants’ names or other identifying characteristics in any report of the results. You should also keep any records of the research in a secure place to ensure privacy.
Anonimity and Confidentiality
One of the issues to consider when conducting research is participants must be informed that their participation is voluntary and
that they can stop the interview or withdraw from the study at any time. This includes the right
to withdraw their permission for you to use their data. Participation should be entirely voluntary.
Participants must not be pressured or coerced into participating in the research.
Voluntary participation
One of the issues to consider when conducting research is your participants should be given a copy of any report of results and have it
explained to them.
Sharing of results
Enumerate the Developmental system theories.
Development as variable
Development as relational
Development as influenced by context
Development as influenced by the child
One of the developmental system theories which means an important outcome of research under this theory has been recognition of the importance of
relationships for development: part of the social context that, as well as family, includes carers
and educators, peers and community members.
Development as influenced by context
One of the developmental system theories which means this group of theories challenges views of development that focus on a single domain, such as
physical development, cognitive development or social development, arguing that all domains
are related to one another and interdependent.
Development as relational
One of the developmental system theories which means consider the variability of development in terms of the family described in the introduction.
Development as variable
One of the developmental system theories which means the child also plays an important role in their own development, both through their activity and
choices, and by influencing the environment around them.
Development as influenced by the child
Far-reaching
consequences
for learning and
development that
are instigated
by a particular
developmental
achievement
Developmental cascade
are those skills involving
large muscle groups and often whole-body
movements, such as rolling, jumping, clapping,
throwing and running.
Gross motor skills
involve smaller muscle movements, usually of the hands and fingers, and include grasping and
manipulating pencils or scissors.
Fine motor skills
Movement skills using
large muscle groups
Gross motor skills
Movement skills using
small muscle groups
Fine motor skills
The period between
childhood and
adulthood
Adolescence
The biological changes
associated with sexual
maturity
Puberty
It is a nerve cell
Neuron
The long ‘arm’ of a
neuron that carries
messages to other cells
by means of electrical
impulses
Axon
The gap between the
axon and dendrites of
two neurons
Synapse
A chemical substance
that carries messages
across the synapse
between neurons
Neurotransmitter
Branch-like protrusions
from a neuron that
receive messages from
other cells
Dendrites
The process by which
axons are insulated with
a sheath of fatty cells,
which improves the
speed and efficiency of
message transmission
Myelination
The capacity of the brain
to change and develop
new neural connections
throughout the lifespan
Brain plasticity
The process of the brain changing and adapting
itself in response to input and experience is
known as
Brain plasticity
are responsible for storing and transmitting messages throughout the brain system.
Neuron
The outer layer of
the brain, which is
responsible for human
intelligence
Cerebral cortex
The specialisation of
functions in the two
hemispheres of the
cerebral cortex
Lateralisation
is the largest and last area of the brain to complete development and is
considered the most important contributor to children’s cognitive functioning
Cerebral cortex
The strong emotional
bond established
between infant and
caregiver
Attachment
Positive adjustment
despite the experience
of significant risk or
adversity
Resilience
The sound system of
language
Phonology
The system of meanings
associated with
language
Semantics
Meaning of language in
social interaction
Pragmatics
The combination of
units of meaning in
words; for example,
listen + ed = past tense
of ‘listen’
Morphology
The grammatical
system that orders
the construction of
sentences
Syntax
Enumerate the five systems of language.
Phonology
Semantics
Pragmatics
Morphology
Syntax
is concerned with the communication of meaning in social interaction;
Pragmatics
are the relationships between words and their meanings;
Semantics
describes the way in which words are made up according to tense, gender,
number and so on;
Morphology
refers to the grammatical systems that combine words into phrases and sentences.
Syntax
Communication using
two-word sentences,
leaving out smaller
words
Telegraphic speech
Inappropriate use of
a word for a class of
things rather than for
one particular thing
Overextension
Inappropriate use of
a word for one thing
rather than for a class
of things
Underextension
Application of a
grammatical rule,
ignoring its exceptions
over-regularisation
Awareness of and
understandings about
language
metalinguistic awareness
Adults’ role in language
development
- Joint attention
- Child-directed speech
- Expansion and recasting
- Language input
When carer and child
together attend to
a stimulus, such as
when reading books
or playing peekaboo
games
joint attention
A type of speech
directed to young
children and
characterised by high
pitch, short and well-
spaced sentences,
simple vocabulary and
exaggerated intonation
child-directed speech
Parents’ tendency
to respond to young
children’s utterances
by restating them in a
more elaborate form
Expansion
Parents’ tendency to
respond to children’s
utterances by restating
them in the correct
grammatical form
Recasting
Throughout life,
environmental
influences result in
chemical signals that
turn on and off the
expression of genes
Epigenetics
is a series of progressive and orderly changes leading to maturity, which shows both consistency
across humanity and also individual difference. Development is lifelong, with each change providing a basis for
future changes.
Development
Who we are, what
makes us unique
and who we believe
ourselves to be
Self
The information, ideas,
attitudes and beliefs we
have about ourselves
Self-concept
The cognitive process of
comparing our abilities
to others or to social
standards
Social comparison
The level of satisfaction
and pride that
individuals have in
the self
Self-esteem
is defined as a subjective evaluation of our worth as a person.
Self-esteem
An individual’s sense of
being able to manage
a task effectively
and successfully in a
particular domain
Self-efficacy
The ability for people to
intentionally influence,
control and direct their
actions to make things
happen
Human agency
four sources of information about the self that are known to build and shape our sense of efficacy
Enactive mastery experience
Vicarious experience
Social persuasion
Physiological and affective state
the valuable experience we gain from performing tasks
successfully.
Enactive mastery experience
the experience we gain when we see others perform a task successfully.
Vicarious experience
the social and verbal feedback we get from other people, which has
a powerful persuasive force.
Social persuasion
feelings caused by anxiety and stress (e.g. butterflies in the
stomach or a depressed mood) provide us with important information about our sense of efficacy.
Physiological and affective state
A metacognitive activity
that involves planning,
directing and evaluating
one’s cognitive
processes
self-regulation
An internal self-
structure in which we
organise our beliefs,
abilities, needs and self-
perceptions
identity
Psychological
development in a social
context
psychosocial
development
A ‘turning point’,
where individuals
experience a temporary
state of conflict and
disequilibrium
psychosocial crisis
Typically group-centred,
viewing individuals
in terms of their
relationships, roles and
responsibilities in the
community
collectivistic culture
Focuses on the self
as an autonomous
individual; successful
pursuit of individual
goals is valued
individualistic culture
A moral problem
requiring individual
judgements and moral
reasoning
moral dilemma
A level of moral reasoning where morality is seen as a set
of rules handed down
by adults
preconventional
morality
A level of moral reasoning where being a good member
of society and helping
those close to you is a
priority
conventional morality
A level of moral reasoning where individuals move
beyond the
conventional rules of
their community to
focus more broadly on
what is best for society
at large, and on ways of
promoting justice
in society
postconventional
morality
What are the three levels of moral reasoning?
- preconventional morality
- conventional morality
- postconventional morality
Enumerate the five component
model for describing moral behaviour.
moral judgement
moral sensitivity
moral motivation
moral action
moral character
one of the 5 component model for describing moral behavior which means being able to judge the ethics of possible responses; to weigh up and judge
the merits of different arguments and positions
moral judgment
one of the 5 component model for describing moral behavior which means being sensitive to the emotions and interpretations of others
moral sensitivity