Constructing a Psychology of Teaching and Learning

by Kelvin Seifert

This introductory core text takes a constructivist view of common topics in educational psychology. Through numerous examples, vignettes, anecdotes, and dialogues, Seifert offers students a rich and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0395708087
• ISBN13: 9780395708088
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 608 Pages

Customer Reviews

Readable ed psych, at last

At last, an ed psych book that is not pretentious! Seifert seemed to talk with readers (or at least to me) in a natural way about teaching, students, and the stresses of teaching careers. The book does not pretend that ed psych is truly "scientific," and it takes the inherent uncertainties of teaching seriously without implying that teaching is therefore an impossible job. I enjoyed reading this book, maybe because it did NOT seem like a classic textbook. Like a lot of ed students, though, I wish it had a bit more on classroom management