Interview An Interview with

a clinical and developmental psychologist by training, Brophy has conducted research on many topics including teachers ’ achievement expectations and related self-fulfilling prophecy effects; teachers ’ attitudes toward individual students and the dynamics of teacher–student relationships; students ’ per-sonal characteristics and their effects on teachers, classroom processes, and student achievement; teachers ’ strategies for managing classrooms and cop-ing with problem students; teachers ’ strategies for motivating students to learn; and instructional method issues involved in teaching social studies for understanding, appreciation, and life application. Professor Brophy has authored over 300 articles, chapters, and technical reports. He is best known for the text Looking in Classrooms, now in its ninth edition. He has also authored Contemporary Educational Psychology, Moti