Educational Psychology in social context: Ecosytemic applications in southern Africa is a tried-and-tested textbook which applies educational psychology and, specifically, a unifying ecosystemic framework to aid teachers and other educators to enhance the learning experience of students in a developing society.
Features
- The text addresses educational challenges around four specific aims; being transformative, being socially relevant, promoting an active process of learning, and communicating effectively.
- Accessible language and a logical, easy-to-understand structure outlined in the first introductory chapter.
- It applies educational psychology to education issues that are of immediate concern to educators in social contexts of southern Africa and many other developing countries.
PART I OVERVIEW
1Aims of the book, and how best to use it
2Quality education for all
PART II THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
3An ecosystemic perspective
4Understanding human development
5Constructivism and learning
PART III DEVELOPING INCLUSIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
6Developing an inclusive school environment
7Developing an inclusive classroom environment
PART IV CONTEXTUAL DISADVANTAGES IN EDUCATION
8Contextual disadvantages: Conceptual framework
9Specific issues of contextual disadvantages
PART V SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN EDUCATION
10Social problems: Conceptual framework
11Substance abuse and violence
12Sexuality and associated social problems
PART VI DISABILITIES AND LEARNING
DIFFICULTIES
13Disabilities and learning difficulties: Conceptual framework
14Disabilities
15Learning difficulties
The book is relevant to both undergraduate and post-graduate study as well as pre-service and in-service teacher education and can be used for courses in educational psychology in degrees such as Bed, BedHons and PGCE
