L1 Introduction Flashcards
What is educational psychology?
Support children and young people
Help those with learning difficulties, social and emotional difficulties, disabilities, developmental needs
What is an example of work EP do for children and families?
Individual discussions
Individual and group level intervention
Children and parents involved
Focus groups
What is an example of work EP do for school and establishments?
Classes and groups
School wide intervention
For staff
Design, implement, evaluate
What is an example of work EP do for local authorities?
Planning forums
Authority wide intervention and training
Design, implement, evaluate
What are the domain of interest?
Cognition and learning
Social, emotional and mental health
Communication and interaction
Sensory and physical
What are the guidelines and codes that EP use?
Health and care professions council
British psychological society
Division of education and child psychology
Why do we need Educational Psychologists?
Contributing to statutory services
Promote inclusion within the access to education
Contribution to preventative activities
Trouble shooting and problem solving
What is evidence based practice?
Seeks to draw upon evidence that is likely counter the internal validity threats of significant findings being overlooked
Adapt consider what’s working and what’s not
What are scientific methods to draw upon?
Hierarchy of methods
Systematic reviews
Single RCTs
Quasi experiments
Case studies
Expert opinions
What is the hierarchy of evidence?
Gold standard - systematic review
- randomised controlled trail
- controlled study
- quasi experimental study
- non experimental descriptive study
- evidence from expert committee reports
What are pragmatic solutions?
Drawing on scientific methods
Hypothesis generation
Data collection
Hypothesis testing
Drawing on practice knowledge
What are some issues?
Journals might omit contextual detail that limit their studies
Practitioners may assume most recent evidence is most reliable
The extent to which EP practitioners employ skills to guide their own judgements need to be researched further
What are the single case experimental designs?
Allow measurement progress and change in an individual in response to an intervention
Simplest form is AB design
What are the challenges when using single case experimental design?
Relationship between EP and natural sciences is complex
Scientific activity can be incompatible with their espoused values
