Eric Welsh

 Summary:  Chapters 4, 5, and 6 cover the learning styles, intelligence, language development and culture of students. All of these topics are discussed in detail to basically show how they are all relevant to how a student is perceived, learns, and performs in school. These chapters to me identify the many variables that surround each student including the obvious things that are seen with your eyes like race, gender, and physical attributes. It then goes deeper to discuss abilities and disabilities which may not be seen but witnessed and also things that may be more identified after listening to another student. The way they speak for example. If they have a speech impairment, or an accent due to language. Also, they way they express their opinions. All of these variables are discussed as ultimately impacting a students ability or perceived ability to achieve in school.  Reflection:  To be honest I was extremely frustrated with the intelligence test. I didn't like ...

Eric Welsh   Module 1: Chapters 1,2,&3 Summary: In Chapters 1,2, and 3 of Anita Woolfolk book titled, Educational Psychology, the author reviews foundational education perspective. Specifically, the author discusses different perspectives on teaching and learning. There is much discussion surrounding what is good teaching and how teachers connect with kids to make and impact. Additionally, there is a lot of discussion surrounding specific theorists and self, social, and moral development.  Reflection:  Most of what I read I compared to my current profession of being a baseball instructor. Although I haven't formally completed my teaching degree, I have been running a successful business for the past twenty years utilizing teaching practices. I guess if I wasn't good at teaching, I would not have paying clients requesting me to work with their kids. Some of the correlational data collection is interesting to me and I sometimes wonder how I can collect data that could b...