I’m back from my educational psychology class, and there have been a couple of things running through my head since the summer session started:
1. I can not believe that this is an elective within the education program and not a mandatory introduction class. Maybe it’s just the bookworm in me, but getting this kind of background on how kids develop and how they learn is doing a lot to help me make sense of the various techniques and practices I’ve learned about in some of my other classes. I just don’t get how you can learn how to teach without learning how kids - and adults - learn.
2. It ain’t half bad material to have on hand as a parent, either. Although I imagine hospitals would start getting funny looks if they gave out educational psychology textbooks shortly after the delivery.