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Critical Educational Psychology
Stephen Vassallo
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Description for Critical Educational Psychology
Paperback. This book will enhance teachers' ethical decision-making and start important new conversations about power and opportunity. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JNC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. .
The field of critical studies recognizes that all knowledge is deeply embedded in ideological, cultural, political, and historical contexts. Although this approach is commonly applied in other subfields of psychology, educational psychology-which is the study of human learning, thinking, and behavior in formal and informal educational contexts-has resisted a comprehensive critical appraisal. In Critical Educational Psychology, Stephen Vassallo seeks to correct this deficit by demonstrating how the psychology of learning is neither neutral nor value-free but rather bound by a host of contextual issues and assumptions. Vassallo invites teachers and teacher educators, educational researchers, and educational ... Read more
The field of critical studies recognizes that all knowledge is deeply embedded in ideological, cultural, political, and historical contexts. Although this approach is commonly applied in other subfields of psychology, educational psychology-which is the study of human learning, thinking, and behavior in formal and informal educational contexts-has resisted a comprehensive critical appraisal. In Critical Educational Psychology, Stephen Vassallo seeks to correct this deficit by demonstrating how the psychology of learning is neither neutral nor value-free but rather bound by a host of contextual issues and assumptions. Vassallo invites teachers and teacher educators, educational researchers, and educational ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421422633
SKU
V9781421422633
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About Stephen Vassallo
Stephen Vassallo is an associate professor of education at American University. He is the author of Self-Regulated Learning: An Application of Critical Educational Psychology.
Reviews for Critical Educational Psychology
This stimulating, challenging analysis encourages readers to develop questions of their own... Students, teachers, and administrators should all discuss the questions Vassallo raises.
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