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EDUC 210 Psychology of Education finalexam long answers Concordia University
2024
,EDUC 210 Psychology of Education final exam long answers Concordia University 2024
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1. André just graduated from his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Education in June and will be meeting his first class of second
graders tomorrow at Montreal Elementary School. His colleague, Henry, is a veteran first-grade teacher with 20 years of
experience and is considered to be an expert teacher by the school board’s administrators, his colleagues, as well as his
students and their parents
a. Based on the research Educational Psychology about new teachers, what are likely to be André’s major concerns about his
first months of teaching? (3 points)
1. André's major concerns would be based on his lack of experience. Although student teaching gives you some experience, it is
not the same as teaching in your own classroom. Classroom discipline, encouraging and motivating students, learning how to
adjust and accommodate students with various abilities, backgrounds, or needs, and many more challenges exist. Learning
how to manage these difficulties is tough and can take time, especially for a new teacher who is still getting used to their new
responsibilities. Both Henry and André encounter the same obstacles as educators, but Henry has already established a
foundation of knowledge, wisdom, and experience on which to make his judgments, whereas André has yet to do so.. André
will learn with time and experience to focus his attention on his students, rather than himself as a new teacher, and will base
his success on the success of his students. André should devote more time to getting to know his students, their
backgrounds, and interests, and to establish a trusting relationship with them in order to improve his teaching.
2. Teachers may feel reality shock before beginning a class, researched by educational psychologists. Teachers will realize in
class that each student has a distinct ethnicity, culture, and background, making it more difficult for first-time educators to
accommodate each student and discipline the classroom appropriately. Because Andre's studies and experiences at school
will not give him the same experiences as classroom teaching, inexperience will be an issue in the early months of teaching.
André will need a few months to properly understand how to manage his classroom and to feel at ease with the obligations
that come with teaching. To enhance learning, the new instructor must take the time to understand more about each of his
students.
3. André's main worries during his first months of teaching may include how to educate students who learn differently, how
to cope with discipline in the classroom, and how to encourage students who are struggling with the material.
, b. Based on the research in Educational Psychology, what factors facilitated Henry’s development of his expertise? (3 points)
Henry has been teaching for 20 years. His experience has brought him respect and high regard from others. This implies that he is
very efficient as a teacher and could be considered an “expert” teacher. You can think of Henri as an expert because of the
successful achievement of his students. As time goes on, his experience level will grow thus increasing his efficacy level.
Before Henry gained his level of experience, his development of expertise could have been based on the experience he gained
throughout his days as a pre-service teacher in the classroom and during internships. His self-efficacy could have been developed
through the interpersonal connections created between him and his students. There have been numerous studies done on the
relationship that exist between students’ test scores and the teacher-student connection. They found that students’ test scores
tend to be higher when the students have an efficient teacher with whom they have a good relationship with. The praise that Henri
receives demonstrates that he has achieved a good teacher-student connection with his students. In addition, one can assume that
Henry has also created a good relationship with the parents of his students and this is beneficial to his personal development and
the teacher- student connection he has with his students.
Throughout his years as a teacher, Henry has been reflective in his teaching. He adapts to unexpected situations and tries to find
improvements and solutions for future incidents. Through adaptation of the curriculum, Henry tries to ensure complete, successful,
meaningful learning from his students. It doesn’t matter if students have learning difficulties and disabilities or not, their proficiency
level, whether they speak the language or not, and so on. Henry’s goal is to create a learning environment where all students can
learn, thus he adapts his curriculum, the best way he can, to fit all of his students’ needs. To do this, Henry, at the beginning of his
career, probably needed to ask his colleagues for advice, feedback, help, and/or suggestions as they would have more experience
than him. He must have also observed his colleagues which tends to help with increasing his expertise level. It is possible that Henry
has also built his curriculum around his students, i.e., he has used a student-based approach. If this is the case, students would have
independence thus making them more self-sufficient and leading them to be more engaged in the lesson. As a matter of fact, some
studies have found that teachers’ confidence and commitment levels are crucial to establish successful learning. What makes a great
teacher is one that is flexible and can easily adapt to all students’ needs as well as learning situations.
i. Henry is not only respected and highly regarded by many in his position but he also has 20 years of experience, which
would suggest his sense of efficacy as a teacher would be quite high. His status as an expert is indicative of his success with
his students, furthering his sense of efficacy, and would therefore facilitate further development of his expertise in years to
come. In regards to the development of it prior to the accrued experience, it would likely have been facilitated by some
self- efficacy attained from student teaching through more likely related to interpersonal relationships with students..
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