Educational Psychology Flashcards
E. What is educational psychology?
Application of psychological theories to help understand how teachers and learners behave, and relate to eachother. Helps to bring positive changes.
E. How are pupils functioning assessed?
IQ tests e.g WISC, STAT.
Observation of pupil.
E. True or false. The industrial revolution triggered changes in organised schooling.
True.
E. What was meant by the ‘blank-state’ approach in the early 20th century?
Learning, repetition, recitation.
E. Piaget believed the child was an active agent in learning, what does this mean?
Children construct their own understanding of the world.
E. Name implications for learning.
- childs stage of dev.
- child as an active agent: discovery learning.
- poor interaction can stimulate cognitive conflict.
E. According to the plowden report, the “heart of educational process…”
…lies the child, learner had to adapt him/herself and is altered in the process”.
E. What are the forms of play?
- solitary.
- onlooker
- parallel
- associative
- co-operative
E. What are the three prime areas of learning early years foundation stage focus on?
- Communication and learning.
- Physical dev.
- P, E, S dev.
E. What can play be linked to?
Communication Cooperation Perspective taking Problem solving Associated with TOM dev.
E. Social- cognitive skills have links with peer relations, give an example that proves this.
Impaired social understanding predicts subsequent rejection.
E. What are the five core functions of educational psychologists?
- consultation.
- assessment
- intervention
- training
- research
E. Name the three levels EP are involved in:
Child and family.
School.
Local authority.
E. What is meant by child-centred approaches?
- dev processes
- promote deeper understanding and ‘cognitive growth’
- focus attention on social and motivational dynamics.
E. What was the researchers name who believed the role of adults was important to guide dev?
Vygotsky.
E. Identify the goals of classroom management.
- create env for learning.
* allocated vs engaged time - maximise academic learning time.
E. Name obstacles to teaching.
Poor pupil behaviour.
Large class size.
Lack of direct guidance.
E. How can classroom management be effective?
Rewards and punishments.
Group consequences.
Rules and procedures clearly communicated.
E. Identify approaches to classroom management.
Authoritarian vs democratic.
Behavioural vs counselling.
Gaining compliance vs building community.
E. Name the three phases of SEN.
- School action - strategies delivered using schools existing resources.
- School action plus - external support services including EPs.
- Statutory assessment- comprehensive assessment of the pupils history, characteristics and needs, potentially give rise to statement of SEN.
E. Identify symptoms of SEN.
Disruptive.
Lack of concentration.
Immature social skills.
Disability that prevents from using facilities provided for others the same age.
E. Identify the four broad areas of SEND.
Communication and interaction.
Cognition and learning.
S, E and MH difficulties.
Sensory/physical needs.
E. Name the four parts of the SEN cycle.
- assess
- plan
- do
- review
•EHC plans
E. Outline the waves of intervention.
Universal provision.
Additional support.
Intensive individual support.
E. What is meant by inclusion?
focus on fulfilling each child’s entitlement to high quality education.
E. What type of processing can account for various differences in social adjustment?
Social - information processing.
B. Name social pressures in the classroom.
Social comparison.
Fear of humiliation of failure.
Peer pressure to work , or not.
B. Identify types of bullying.
Traditional - aggressive.
Bias - particular minority group.
Cyber.
B. What are the risk factors of becoming a bully?
Parental maltreatment:
Insecure attachment.
Harsh physical discipline.
Over-protective parenting.
B. What are the risk factors of becoming a victim?
Few friends.
Low-status friends.
Disability/ SEN.
E. Identify interventions to reduce bullying.
Anti-bullying policy.
Co-operative work.
Peer support systems.
Direct sanctions e.g withdrawal of rewards.
Restorative justice- responsible, reparation, resolution.
Counselling.
B. What is the difference between anxiety disorders and conduct problems?
Anxiety disorders - over-interpretation of threat (avoidant).
Conduct problems - hostile attribution bias (aggressive).
B. True or false. There is no direct links between social experience and psychopathology.
False - they is direct links!
B. What is the meaning of moderate?
Interactions between variables.
B. What is meant by mediation?
Indirect effect between variables.
B. How can bullying be measured?
- teacher/ parent report.
- peer nominations.
- pupil self-reports.
- observations.
B. Friendship has to be ‘…’ in order to protect victimisation.
Has to be reciprocated.
