The Social Psychology of Education Current Research and Theory [Paperback]

This book examines the ways in which the theory and data of social psychology can be applied to teaching, learning, and other experiences in schools.An examination of the ways in which the theory and data of social psychology can be applied to teaching, learning, and other experiences in schools from individual to teacher-student and group perspectives.An examination of the ways in which the theory and data of social psychology can be applied to teaching, learning, and other experiences in schools from individual to teacher-student and group perspectives.This book examines the ways in which the theory and data of social psychology can be applied to teaching, learning, and other experiences in schools. Its focus ranges in level from the individual (e.g., student attitudes and attributions), to the teacher-student interaction, to the impact of society (e.g., racial and cultural influences on school performance). The editor and distinguished contributors have two major purposes. The first is to illustrate the scope and sophistication of the emerging field known as the social psychology of education. The second is to provide solid, informed suggestions to educators for the amelioration of current educational problems. To that end, each author explicitly discusses implications for educational practice.Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: the present and promise of the social psychology of education Robert S. Feldman; Part I. The Individual in a Social and Educational Context: 1. An attributional analysis of students' reactions to success and failure Donelson R. Forsyth; 2. An attributional perspective on achievement motivation and black children Sandra Graham; 3. Students' attitudes and class segment effects on patterns of classroom behaviour Howard A. Smith; Part II. Teacher-Student Interaction: 4. Four factors in the mediation of teacher expectancy effects Monica J. Harris and Robert Rosenthal; 5. Nonverbal communication in interracial teacher-student intel��