Psychology 2062A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Educational Psychology, John Dewey, Empiricism

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2062A/B
• Professor: Stephanie Kelly

Document Summary

Foreign born immigrants and refugees: 20% of the population. Poverty: 35k people in london are in poverty (making less than 20k/year). About 4/10 of indigenous people live in poverty. Disabilities: spend most of their day in the general classroom. Important personal characteristics of teachers: teachers high in self-efficacy for teaching. Are more likely to be satisfied with their jobs: developed via: Completion of student teaching: varies for each task. Can have high efficacy for one task but not another: maintained through: Work culture with high expectations for students and collegial help/support: teacher"s self-efficacy declines after the first year of teaching. Do teacher"s make a difference: early research said no, it"s only family wealth and social status, recent research says yes, several characteristics make a difference. Quality of the teacher-student relationship in kindergarten predicted many academic and behavioural outcomes in grade 8. Quality of teachers (full certification and major in their teaching field) related to.