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Student Diversity

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Hello folks. Oh well, it's been very quiet lately and I haven't really post anything in a week but here I am.. posting another summary from another chapter of the book. But enjoy it guys!  Student Diversity What is student diversity actually? Well there is evidence that every students are different in how they habitually think. These differences are more specific than learning styles or preferences, and psychologists sometimes call them cognitive styles, meaning typical ways of perceiving and remembering information, and typical ways of solving problems and making decisions (Zhang & Sternberg, 2006). These differences are more specific than learning styles or preferences, and psychologists sometimes call them cognitive styles, meaning typical ways of perceiving and remembering information, and typical ways of solving problems and making decisions (Zhang & Sternberg, 2006). Howard Gardner proposes that there are eight different forms of intelligence, ea

Student Development

Development refers to long-term personal changes that have multiple sources and multiple effects. Some human developments are especially broad and take years to unfold fully; a person's ever-evolving ability to “read” other's moods, for example, may take a lifetime to develop fully. Other developments are faster and more focused, like a person's increasing skill at solving crossword puzzles. The faster and simpler is the change, the more likely we are to call the change “learning” instead of development. The difference between learning and development is a matter of degree. Students’ development matters for teachers, but the way it matters depends partly on how schooling is organized. In teaching a single, “self-contained” grade-level, the benefits of knowing about development will be less explicit, but just as real, as if you teach many grade levels. If you teach multiple grade levels, as often is true of specialists or teachers in middle school or high school,

The Changing Teaching Profession and The Learning Process

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Hello people! Welcome back to the blog! So after my previous post about the contents of the book called "Educational Psychology" by Kelvin Seiferd and Rosemary Sutton, here is the resume or summary of the first and second chapter. Chapter 1: The Changing Teaching Profession and You. So, there's a very common question about teaching. It's mostly "What's so good in teaching? What's the Joy?" Well the answer will be quite simple. As it was described in the book, there are many answer for that question but here's some of the answer from the book: To witness the diversity of growth in young people, and their joy in learning. To encourage lifelong learning - both for yourself or for others. To experience the challenge of devising and doing interesting, exciting activities for the young. Every students have their own diversity, whether it's their ethnic background, their financial, their first or second language and so on. Bu

Reviews of Educational Psychology Book by Kelvin Seiferd and Rosemary Sutton

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Hello people! How are you doing? I hope nothing is bad happening to you right now. Otherwise, if you are having a very bad day, don't worry.. there will be rainbows after the rain. So stay positive and endure everything with a positive mind. 😉💕 xx So, it has been a very long time since I do this kind of thing. I don't really remember how to actually write a blog, so pardon me if there are some mistakes I accidentally make. This post is going to be a review about the book I read, also to fulfill my work for one of the course I have. In this post I will write the Content of the book. Here it is: Book Title : Educational Psychology Author       : Kelvin Seiferd and Rosemary Sutton Table of Content : The Changing Teaching Profession and you The Learning Process Student Development Student Diversity Students with the Special Education Needs Student Motivation Classroom Management and The Learning Environtment The Nature of Classroom Communication Facilitat