Trends and Developments in Educational Psychology

Abstract

A critical review, from an international perspective, of trends and developments in educational psychology, which attempts to identify specific elements likely to have a significant influence on teaching methods in the future. Written from an interactive perspective, this report focuses on participants (teachers and pupils, mediation, the nature of the learning tasks, and the educational contexts of schools and classrooms). The author believes that teachers need to be more aware of the philosophical bases for their actions. He also maintains that pupils' ability to learn is affected by their selfconcept and their own attributions of success or failure. The report concludes by stressing the crucial role of school psychologists in the academic, social and emotional environment of schools and classrooms.