Educational Psychology: A Learning-Centered Approach to Classroom Practice

This educational psychology text reflects authentic classroom experience. The connections between educational psychology theory and real practice are made throughout the text via case studies, the voices of real teachers, and examples derived directly from the practice of classroom teachers. The authors take a strong learning-centered, constructivist approach to the teaching-learning process, encouraging students to reflect on their own experiences and the experiences of others, and to build their own metaphors and theories of teaching.

This educational psychology book, whose authorship includes a classroom teacher, reflects more authentic classroom experience than any other book available. The connections between ed psych theory and real practice are made throughout the book via case studies, the voices of real teachers, and examples derived directly from the practice of real classroom teachers.