Psychology in Education

Psychology in Education
Author: Tim Corcoran
Publisher:
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2014
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9789462095649

Psychology's contribution to education has produced a persuasive and burgeoning literature willing to measure (e.g. intelligence quotients), categorise (e.g. learning and/or behavioural diffi culties) and pathologise (e.g. psychiatric disorders) students across learning contexts. Practices like these pervade relationships existing between psychology and education because they share in common certain views of people and the worlds in which they learn. There is however increased acknowledgement that contemporary practice demands alternate ways of working. As learning communities and educators endeavour to make a difference in peoples' lives, they are critically questioning how their use of psychology in education constitutes future possibilities for personhood and psychosocial action. In this book, a group of respected international scholars examine controversies presently facing the enduring relationship between psychology and education. The book will appeal to readers who are interested in the innovative development and application of psychological theories and practices in/to education. The book will be of interest to transnational audiences and is accessible to scholars and students in disciplines including psychology, education, sociology, social work, youth studies, public and allied health. The volume includes contributions from: Tom Billington, Christopher Boyle, Lise Bird Claiborne, Tim Corcoran, Greg Goodman, Jack Martin, Athanasios Marvakis and Ioanna Petritsi, Jace Pillay, Isaac Prilleltensky, Anna Stetsenko, Jeff Sugarman and Stephen Vassallo with a Foreword by Ben Bradley. Tim Corcoran is Senior Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Critical Psychology at The Victoria Institute, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia. He has extensive experience in educational psychology both as a school psychologist and researcher/ academic. His work has involved teaching, research and professional practice in Australia, the UK, Singapore and Iraq.

Reaching Out to Africa's Orphans

Reaching Out to Africa's Orphans
Author: K. Subbarao
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2004-01-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780821358573

This title makes a substantial contribution to our understanding of the many risks and vulnerability faced by orphans and the ameliorating role played by the actions of governments and donors.

From microscope to kaleidoscope

From microscope to kaleidoscope
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2008-01-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9087905645

This innovative book argues that new insights on education and psychosocial aspects surface when research in the realm of HIV & AIDS is viewed through a positive psychology lens.

A Qualitative Assessment of Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Two Zimbabwean Districts

A Qualitative Assessment of Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Two Zimbabwean Districts
Author: Shungu Munyati
Publisher: HSRC Press
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2006
Genre: AIDS (Disease) in children
ISBN: 9780796921444

The Human Sciences Research Council was commissioned by the WK Kellogg Foundation to develop and implement a five-year intervention project focusing on orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in southern Africa. In collaboration with several partner organisations, the project currently focuses on how children, families, and communities in Botswana, South Africa, and Zimbabwe are coping with the impact of HIV/AIDS. The aim of the project is to develop models of best practise so as to enhance and improve support structures for OVC in the southern African region as a whole.