BSc Educational Psychology at The University of Manchester is led by Dr Michael Wigelsworth at the School of Environment, Education and Development. The bachelor’s course covers a variety of topics from the Foundations of psychology and Social psychology to Cognition & Learning, Counselling and Intervention as well as Prevention Science and Special Educational Needs.
Throughout this degree, students are assessed by a combination of essays, team projects, coursework and presentations. Some of these pieces of work have proved to be excellent resources for educators and those in educational institutes.
Aim of this resource
This portal has been built with aims that are twofold. Namely to share some of these resources that may be useful to teachers and schools, and secondly to showcase the hard work and expertise of our students.
Contents of this resource
Teacher’s Guide to the Brain: Resources for Understanding the Biology of Education
A series of resources exploring biological and neurobiological conditions with the aim of giving teachers an insight into some of the finer points of Educational Psychology.
Using Social Psychology in the Classroom: Resources for Teachers
Aimed at school and academic audiences, these posters, created by BSc Educational Psychology students, cover a range of topics applying a key theory of social psychology to the context of the school and/or class environment. A range of titles such as The rise and fall of the active facilitation of self-esteem in education; Teachers’ expectations of students and the self-fulfilling prophecy; Attribution theory of motivation and how it might affect attainment; Prejudice and inter-group conflict in the playground; What does psychology tell us (and not tell us) about bullying?
Vodcasts: Professional Psychology in the Classroom
Video guides produced by students to a brief on a particular topic related to psychology in the classroom.