Educational Psychology, Sixth Canadian Edition (6th Edition)

Product Description Educational Psychology is written to show how information and ideas drawn from research in educational psychology can be applied to solve the everyday problems of teaching. The Sixth Canadian Edition continues to emphasize the educational implications and applications of research on child development, cognitive science, learning, motivation, teaching, and assessment. About the Author Anita Woolfolk Hoy was born in Fort Worth, Texas, where her mother taught child development at Texas Christian University and her father was an early worker in the computer industry. She is a Texas Longhorn—all her degrees are from the University of Texas, Austin, the last one a Ph.D. After graduating, she was a psychologist working with children in elementary and secondary schools in 15 counties of central Texas. She began her career in higher education as a professor of educational psychology at Rutgers University, and then moved to The Ohio State University in 1994. Anita’s research focuses on motivation and cognition, specifically students’ and teachers’ sense of efficacy and teachers’ beliefs about education. She is the editor of Theory Into Practice, a journal that brings the best ideas from research to practicing educators. With students and colleagues, she has published over 80 books, book chapters, and research articles. Anita has served as Vice-President for Division K (Teaching &Teacher Education) of the American Educational Research Association and President of Division 15 (Educational Psychology) of the American Psychological Association. Just before completing this twelfth edition of Educational Psychology, she collaborated with Nancy Perry, of the University of British Columbia, to write the second edition of Child and Adolescent Development (Pearson, 2015), a book for all those who work with and love children. Her next project is the fourth edition of Instructional Leadership: A Research-Based Guide to Learning in School (Pearson), written with her husband, Wayne K. Hoy, the Novice Fawcett Chair of Educational Administration at The Ohio State University. Philip H. Winne is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia and Canada Research Chair in Self-Regulated Learning & Learning Technologies. His research interests include self-regulated learning, metacognition, motivation, study tactics and learning strategies, adaptive software for researching, and promoting self-regulated learning. Nancy E. Perry is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education at the University of British Columbia. She is also a Special Education Coordinator and a Learning Disabilities Program Coordinator. Her research interests include metacognition, motivation, and self-regulated learning in elementary school children; social perspectives on teaching and learning, including social and cognitive and sociocultural theories; teacher development; individual differences; and learning disabilities.