With more than 275 contributions, the Encyclopedia of Educational Psychology opens up the broad discipline of educational psychology to a wide and general audience. Written by experts in each area, the entries in this far-reaching resource provide an overview and an explanation of the major topics in the field of human development. While the Encyclopedia includes some technical topics related to educational psychology, for the most part, it focuses on those topics that evoke the interest of the everyday reader.
Key Features
Addresses topics that are of particular interest to the general public such as vouchers, Head Start, divorce, learning communities and charter schools
Shares subjects that are rich, diverse, and deserving of closer inspection with an educated reader who may be uninformed about educational psychology
Draws from a variety of disciplines including psychology, anthropology, education, sociology, public health, school psychology, counseling, history, and philosophy
Presents many different topics all tied together by the theme of how the individual can best function in an educational setting, from pre-school through adult education
