Educational Psychology Course Contract

The three specific goals I have for this course are: 

• To complete the course knowing more about how children think and how I can teach them better.
•  To learn more about myself and what kind of teacher I want to be. 
• To continue changing my mindset knowing that everything I do can make me grow and improve to become the kind of teacher I want to be.

My weekly preparation plan for this class is to start on the assignments right when they are given, so I won't be stressed waiting until the last minute to complete them. Also I'll read the assigned chapter before class, so I know what is going to be covered that day. At the same time while reading the chapter I'll make flash cards of the vocabulary terms to study until the test comes up. If I have questions or concerns I'll first ask my study group on Thursdays and if I can't find my answer there I'll contact the professor.

The study strategies I'll be using will be the 4 R's to help me really comprehend the text and get something out of it. Another strategy I'm going to use is a study group throughout the week to go over what we have learned in the chapter and to talk about the information and assignments given. Flash cards are my other study strategy to review the terms of psychology in relation to education.

The process I'll take if I don't understand a topic, will be, to try and solve it myself first and if not, ask the other girls in the cohort if they understand the topic I'm struggling with.

I will reach my goals in this course by pushing and stretching myself to get everything done, making the information internally meaningful, and participating fully to learn from what's taught.