Psychology: Basic Theories and Their Educational Applications (Revised Edition)

Author: Lu Jia-mei
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Publish Date: 2004-01-09
Features: Psychology is a public required course in higher normal universities in China, more precisely, a foundational course for teacher education majors. It is an important course for cultivating the basic teacher education qualities of future secondary school teachers. With the continuous deepening of basic education reform, the comprehensive promotion of quality education, and the establishment of a teacher talent market formed by diversified teacher recruitment channels, there has been a growing trend of socialization in teacher job competition, and the requirements for future secondary school teachers to educate and teach have become increasingly high. This book is a textbook for foundational courses in teacher education at higher normal universities. Based on the training objectives of normal university students, their characteristics, as well as the current state of teaching and disciplinary development in this course, the book arranges the fundamental content of psychology with the future educational practice activities of secondary school teachers as the main thread. It adopts a "three-stage" argumentation model and emphasizes "practicality." In terms of writing style, it also strives to achieve a balance of text and visuals, incorporating some color illustrations and special columns to enliven the layout and add interest.