Educational Psychology (with "Becoming a Professional" CD-ROM), [Paperback]

Anita Woolfolk (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0205366929 | ISBN-13: 978-0205366927 | Publication Date: April 2, 2003 | Edition: 9

This best-selling, classic text provides beginning teachers with the tools and inspiration to become masters of their chosen profession. The Ninth Edition maintains the lucid writing style for which the author is renowned, combined with a clear emphasis on educational psychology's practical relevance. This edition provides especially helpful new material on the non-academic outcomes of schooling, recognizing the challenges educators face in the next decade to keep all schools safe and compassionate. The most applied text on the market, this text is replete with examples, lesson segments, case studies, and practical ideas from experienced teachers. The much-admired theme of Becoming a Professional is now further enhanced with information about how text content is specifically related to professional standards and PRAXIS II preparation.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

“Anita Woolfolk's readability, approach, and coverage are exactly why I use her book.”
Dr. Nancy F. Knapp, University of Georgia

“The major strengths of this book are completeness of the topics, the up-to-date research base, and the supplemental material. This is still the classic in the field.”
Dr. Steve Hoover, St. Cloud State University

“Woolfolk is one of the most comprehensive textbooks on Educational Psychology around. In addition, the level of writing and presentation of ideas are very reader-friendly.”
Dr. Cheryl C. Durwin, Southern Connecticut State University

This best-selling classic text provides beginning teachers with the tools and inspiration to become masters of their chosen profession. The Ninth Edition maintains the lucid writing style for which the author is renowned, combined with a clear emphasis on educational psychology's practical relevance.

New to This Edition

• New Chapter 13, Teaching for Self-Regulation, Creativity, and Tolerance recognizes that there is more to schooling than academics and educational psychology has much to say about important non-academic outcomes.
• Reaching Every Student. In every chapter, these boxes present ideas for assessing, teaching, and motivating ALL of the students in today's diverse classroom.
• Enhancing Expertise: Technology and Professional Development. One section in every chapter describes how to use the World Wide Web to continue learning after the course and throughout teaching.
• Passing the Praxis. Every chapter contains helpful tips as students prepare for licensure examinations.
• Standards and Licensure Appendix: Praxis II and INTASC. Students can refer to this Appendix at the end of the book for detailed correlations to Praxis II exam topics addressed in the text.
• Stop/Think/Write. Prompts throughout each chapter provide “minds-on experiences.”
• What Would You Say? Two or three times in every chapter students are asked how they would answer possible job interview questions suggested by practicing principals and superintendents around the country.
• Stories of Learning/Tributes to Teaching. In every chapter, a brief story reveals how a real teacher made a difference in the life of a student.

Every student copy comes packaged with a CD-Rom that provides key Praxis information and free access to the Becoming a Professional Web Site where students will find a variety of activities to enhance learning and resources to help them develop portfolios, prepare for certification and job interviews, and utilize lesson plans, activities and class management aids to implement successful strategies and ideas into their own classroom.

Product Details

• Paperback: 704 pages
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon; 9 edition (April 2, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0205366929
• ISBN-13: 978-0205366927
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #766,656 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Solid fundamentals for Educational Psychology, December 5, 1999

By 

S. Blackburn "William H. Blackburn" (St. Louis, Missouri) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Educational Psychology (Paperback)

I am director of secondary school student teachers at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri. I teach courses in Educational Psychology, Teaching and Classroom Management, and Middle School Philosophy. While I use this text in my Educational Psychology class, it has been very helpful in providing information about student development in all of my courses. The book contains a CD-rom with practice tests and useful handouts. I highly recommend it.

19 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great help for soon-to-be educators!, January 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Educational Psychology (Paperback)

This was the textbook for my Educational Psychology class, as I am a college student studying to become a teacher. The book was extremely helpful in understanding the mind of the child and its implications in education. Not only does it describe the psychological background, but it includes a section in every chapter of nothing but specific tips on how to apply those principles in the classroom; this section was extremely helpful for me when it came time to do hands-on work in the classroom. Other great sections include essays written by real teachers to solve potential classroom problems, and "point/counterpoint", which examines two contrasting perspectives on some important issue in educational psychology. This textbook covers the topics of human development, individual variations in learning, different theories of learning (behavioral, cognitive, etc.), motivation, effective teaching strategies and environments, and assessing student learning. A very comprehensive book--I constantly refer to it even now when I have issues in the classroom on which I'd like to brush up my knowledge.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not bad for some, but bias is evident, September 23, 2003

By 

Mark J. Van Ryzin "bigdumbyank" (Minneapolis, MN United States) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Educational Psychology (with Interactive Companion CD-ROM & Becoming a Professional Website Access Card) (8th Edition) (Paperback)

Not a bad overview of educational psychology, with plenty of resources for existing teachers to use in their instruction. As such, the title of this book would more properly be "Educational Psychology for Teachers". For psychologists and educational psychologists, it is rather inadequate, missing many of the new ideas in educational psychology that have not yet reached the "mainstream" of teaching, where Woolfolk resides. Most distressingly, her adherence to traditional ideas in education is annoyingly pervasive and interferes with the reader's process of inquiry and the formation of their own conclusions. As an educator herself, Woolfolk should know better that this.