An Educational Psychology Curriculum Designed to Foster Effective Teaching

Nearly every preservice teacher studies educational psychology and most experience a survey course taught much in the style of "introduction to psychology" courses. This paper details a different approach to the curriculum, methodology and evaluation of "ed. psych." The curriculum has a limited number of focal points and a clinical dimension; the methods of instruction are varied and interactive in tone; and the evaluation scheme is diversified and dc-emphasizes instructor subjectivity. The course has been tested in the field and is one part of a reconceptuahzed curriculum for teacher educa¬tion. "An Educational Psychology Curriculum Designed to Foster Effective Teaching.