Teaching Challenges in Secondary Schools - Cases in Educational Psychology

This case study book represents current areas of interest in Educational Psychology embedded within current challenges teachers face in today's middle and high school classrooms.

List of contents

Part I: Human Development
Case 1: Adolescent Cliques: To Belong or Not to Belong?
Case 2: Internet Plagiarism
Case 3: Academic Honesty
Case 4: Cyberbullying and Adolescent Identity
Part II: Individual Differences and Diversity
Case 5 : Gender Equity: Encouraging Female Students in Science
Case 6: Teaching Students with Special Learning Challenges
Part III: Learning Theories
Case 7: Cell Phones in Class: Problems with Texting
Case 8: Adolescent Relationships and the Power of Social Media
Case 9: Grade Grubbing: Complaining and Arguing About Grades
Part IV: Motivation
Case 10: Encouraging Girls Confidence in Math
Case 11: Stressed Out: Dealing with Academic Pressure in High School
Part V: Classroom Management
Case 12: The Role of the Teacher: Can Students and Teachers Be Friends?
Case 13: Responding to Students' Backtalk and Disrespect
Case 14: Encounters with Difficult Parents
Part VI: Instructional Approaches
Case 15: Making the Most of Academic Learning Time
Case 16: Meaningful Authentic Learning: Finding the Funding
Part VII: Assessment and Evaluation
Case 17: Meaningful and Fair: Grading Subjective Assessments

About the author

By Alyssa R. Gonzalez-DeHass and Patricia P. Willems

Summary

This case study book represents current areas of interest in Educational Psychology embedded within current challenges teachers face in today’s middle and high school classrooms.

Product details

• Authors: Alyssa R Gonzalez-Dehass, Alyssa R. Gonzalez-Dehass, Alyssa R. Willems Gonzalez-Dehass, Gonzalez-DeHass Alyssa R., Patricia P Willems, Patricia P. Willems, Patricia P. Gonzalez-Dehass Willems, Willems Patricia P.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2017
• EAN: 9781475828191
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-2819-1
• No. of pages: 170
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works; EDUCATION / Research, EDUCATION / Educational Psychology, EDUCATION / Reference, Educational psychology, Organization & management of education, Secondary Schools, Social research & statistics, Social research and statistics, Educational systems and structures