caa a22 4500 477140475 CHVBK 20180405111731.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19970601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1024740512959 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1024740512959 Snowman Jack Southern Illinois University, Carboundale, Illinois aut Educational Psychology: What Do We Teach, What Should We Teach? [Elektronische Daten] [Jack Snowman] Teacher education students sometimes question the value of educational psychology courses even though educational psychology textbooks are primarily concerned with understanding and improving classroom teaching and learning. A survey of current educational psychology textbooks and instructors reveals that (a) most texts cover a wide variety of topics, (b) instructors rate most of these topics as important, (c) there are large variations in depth of coverage among texts, and (d) all texts contain numerous classroom applications. The questionable reputation of the educational psychology course may stem from its broad coverage. A dozen or more topics in one semester may decrease the probability that most students will achieve a solid grasp of any one topic, leaving students uncertain about the course's meaning and applicability. A proposed solution is to offer the introductory course as a two-semester sequence, with the second course offered as an elective. Plenum Publishing Corporation, 1997 educational psychology nationallicence educational psychology textbooks nationallicence educational psychology courses nationallicence teaching educational psychology nationallicence Educational Psychology Review Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 9/2(1997-06-01), 151-170 1040-726X 9:2<151 1997 9 10648 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024740512959 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024740512959 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Snowman Jack Southern Illinois University, Carboundale, Illinois aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Educational Psychology Review Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 9/2(1997-06-01), 151-170 1040-726X 9:2<151 1997 9 10648 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer