WGU C913 Psychology for Educators
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decentration (Piaget) ✔✔ability to think of more than one quality at a time
Social Development Theory ✔✔Vygotsky
Educational Psychology ✔✔a branch of psychology that is concerned with understanding and
improving how students acquire a variety of capabilities through formal instruction in classroom
settings.
uses theory and research to understand the factors that affect teaching and learning
How Will Learning about Educational Psychology Help You be a Better Teacher? ✔✔teaching
is a complex enterprise, research can inform teachers, and professional coursework contributes to
competence
5 characteristics of scientific observation ✔✔sampling, control, objectivity, publication, and
replication
,"Teaching as an art" involves... ✔✔beliefs, emotions, values, and flexibility
"Teaching as a science" means... ✔✔Research provides a scientific basis for "artistic" teaching
"Teaching as an Artistic Scholar" ✔✔combines science and art theories
4 steps of Teaching as Inquiry ✔✔1: ask useful questions
2: gathering data
3: reflecting on (analyzing) what you have learned
4: taking action
Characteristics of being a flexible teacher (Wasserman) ✔✔1. ability to improvise and modify
2. know when to take advantage of an unexpected event
3. communication emotions and interests in a variety of ways (classroom management)
4. willingness and resourcefulness to work around impediments not of your own doing
(interruptions, poor-quality textbooks, inadequate facilities, etc.)
,1. Identify and explain Erikson's psychosocial stages, with specific attention on those stages that
occur from preK to the end of high school. ✔✔Trust Versus Mistrust (Birth to One Year)
Autonomy Versus Shame and Doubt (Two to Three Years; Preschool)
Initiative Versus Guilt (Four to Five Years; Preschool to Kindergarten)
Industry Versus Inferiority (Six to Eleven Years; Elementary to Middle School)
Identity Versus Role Confusion (Twelve to Eighteen Years; Middle Through High School)
Intimacy Versus Isolation (Young Adulthood)
Generativity Versus Stagnation (Middle Age)
Integrity Versus Despair (Old Age)
, 2. Identify at least 3 strategies to help students develop a sense of industry (you may also refer to
chapter 13, and don't forget to read the "Suggestions for Teaching!"). ✔✔Set them up to be
successful!
*base grades on realistic and attainable standards that are worked out ahead of time and
communicated to the students
*providing clear expectations as to what students should be able to do after a unit of instruction
*designing lessons that are logical and meaningful
*using teaching methods that support effective learning processes
3. Explain Marcia's 4 identity statuses. ✔✔1. identity diffusion
crisis: not yet commitment: weak
Not self-directed; disorganized, impulsive, low self-esteem, alienated from parents; avoids
getting involved in schoolwork and interpersonal relationships.
2. foreclosure
crisis: not yet Commitment: strong
Close-minded, authoritarian, low in anxiety; has difficulty solving problems under stress; feels
superior to peers; more dependent on parents and other authority figures for guidance and
approval than in other statuses.
latest 2023 Already Passed
decentration (Piaget) ✔✔ability to think of more than one quality at a time
Social Development Theory ✔✔Vygotsky
Educational Psychology ✔✔a branch of psychology that is concerned with understanding and
improving how students acquire a variety of capabilities through formal instruction in classroom
settings.
uses theory and research to understand the factors that affect teaching and learning
How Will Learning about Educational Psychology Help You be a Better Teacher? ✔✔teaching
is a complex enterprise, research can inform teachers, and professional coursework contributes to
competence
5 characteristics of scientific observation ✔✔sampling, control, objectivity, publication, and
replication
,"Teaching as an art" involves... ✔✔beliefs, emotions, values, and flexibility
"Teaching as a science" means... ✔✔Research provides a scientific basis for "artistic" teaching
"Teaching as an Artistic Scholar" ✔✔combines science and art theories
4 steps of Teaching as Inquiry ✔✔1: ask useful questions
2: gathering data
3: reflecting on (analyzing) what you have learned
4: taking action
Characteristics of being a flexible teacher (Wasserman) ✔✔1. ability to improvise and modify
2. know when to take advantage of an unexpected event
3. communication emotions and interests in a variety of ways (classroom management)
4. willingness and resourcefulness to work around impediments not of your own doing
(interruptions, poor-quality textbooks, inadequate facilities, etc.)
,1. Identify and explain Erikson's psychosocial stages, with specific attention on those stages that
occur from preK to the end of high school. ✔✔Trust Versus Mistrust (Birth to One Year)
Autonomy Versus Shame and Doubt (Two to Three Years; Preschool)
Initiative Versus Guilt (Four to Five Years; Preschool to Kindergarten)
Industry Versus Inferiority (Six to Eleven Years; Elementary to Middle School)
Identity Versus Role Confusion (Twelve to Eighteen Years; Middle Through High School)
Intimacy Versus Isolation (Young Adulthood)
Generativity Versus Stagnation (Middle Age)
Integrity Versus Despair (Old Age)
, 2. Identify at least 3 strategies to help students develop a sense of industry (you may also refer to
chapter 13, and don't forget to read the "Suggestions for Teaching!"). ✔✔Set them up to be
successful!
*base grades on realistic and attainable standards that are worked out ahead of time and
communicated to the students
*providing clear expectations as to what students should be able to do after a unit of instruction
*designing lessons that are logical and meaningful
*using teaching methods that support effective learning processes
3. Explain Marcia's 4 identity statuses. ✔✔1. identity diffusion
crisis: not yet commitment: weak
Not self-directed; disorganized, impulsive, low self-esteem, alienated from parents; avoids
getting involved in schoolwork and interpersonal relationships.
2. foreclosure
crisis: not yet Commitment: strong
Close-minded, authoritarian, low in anxiety; has difficulty solving problems under stress; feels
superior to peers; more dependent on parents and other authority figures for guidance and
approval than in other statuses.
