Articles assignment.

Problems in Educational Psychology

Journal article assignment due April 9, 2017

1. Read the two attached articles .

2. Respond to the following questions (print for class):

• Compare and contrast the ways King and Knapp each characterize the challenges associated with preparing teachers to educate diverse learners?

• What is dysconscious racism and how does it impede educational equity? (use examples from King’s article)

• How does Knapp depart from “traditional psychology” in her use of educational psychology to shape teacher pedagogy? What strategies does she use to teach pre-service teachers about the nature of teaching to reach all students?

• What are your ideas (or questions) about how educational psychologists can adopt a more structural perspective and/or critical approach to our research on classroom issues?