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Career Details :: Educational Psychologists

Description

Investigate processes of learning and teaching and develop psychological principles and techniques applicable to educational problems.

Experience

A minimum of two to four years of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

Education

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

Training

Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.

Tasks

• Conducts experiments to study educational problems, such as motivation, adjustment, teacher training, and individual differences in mental abilities.
• Conducts research to aid introduction of programs in schools to meet current psychological, educational, and sociological needs of children.
• Interprets and explains test results, in terms of norms, reliability, and validity, to teachers, counselors, students, and other entitled parties.
• Plans remedial classes and testing programs designed to meet needs of special students.
• Formulates achievement, diagnostic, and predictive tests to aid teachers in planning methods and content of instruction.
• Investigates traits, attitudes, and feelings of teachers to predict conditions that affect teacher's mental health and success with students.
• Advises teachers and other school personnel on methods to enhance school and classroom atmosphere to maximize student learning and motivation.
• Evaluates needs, limitations, and potentials of child, through observation, review of school records, and consultation with parents and school personnel.
• Analyzes characteristics and adjustment needs of students having various mental abilities and recommends educational program to promote maximum adjustment.
• Refers individuals to community agencies to obtain medical, vocational, or social services for child or family.
• Advises school board, superintendent, administrative committees, and parent-teacher groups regarding provision of psychological services within educational system or school.
• Counsels pupils individually and in groups to assist pupils to achieve personal, social, and emotional adjustment.
• Recommends placement of students in classes and treatment programs based on individual needs.
• Collaborates with education specialists in developing curriculum content and methods of organizing and conducting classroom work.
• Administers standardized tests to evaluate intelligence, achievement, and personality and to diagnose disabilities and difficulties among students.

Related Careers

• Directors, Religious Activities and Education
  
• Educational, Vocational, and School Counselors
  
• Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
  
• Instructional Coordinators
  
• Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education
  
• Occupational Therapists
  

Important Abilities

• Oral Expression
• Written Comprehension
• Written Expression
• Inductive Reasoning
• Problem Sensitivity

General Work Activities

• Getting Information Needed to Do the Job
• Judging Qualities of Things, Service, People
• Analyzing Data or Information
• Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
• Making Decisions and Solving Problems

Important Skills

• Reading Comprehension
  
• Writing
  
• Information Gathering
  
• Social Perceptiveness
  
• Active Listening
  

Frequent Work Context

• Job-Required Social Interaction
• Consequence of Error
• Importance of Being Sure All Is Done
• Objective or Subjective Information
• Frustrating Circumstances

Related Majors

Major	Add to XapPack
Applied Behavioral Sciences	[ add ]
Applied Psychology	[ add ]
Applied/Clinical Psychology	[ add ]
Artificial Intelligence/Cognitive Science	[ add ]
Behavioral Science	[ add ]
Behavioral Sciences	[ add ]
Behavioral/Emotional Disturbances	[ add ]
Behavioral/Social Sciences	[ add ]
Biology/Psychology	[ add ]
Brain/Cognitive Science	[ add ]
Brain/Cognitive Sciences	[ add ]
Business Administration/Behavioral Science	[ add ]
Business Psychology	[ add ]
Career Development/Community Counseling	[ add ]
Clinical Developmental Psychology	[ add ]
Clinical Psychology	[ add ]
Clinical/Community Psychology	[ add ]
Clinical/School Psychology	[ add ]
Cognitive Psychology	[ add ]
Cognitive Psychology/Psycholinguistics	[ add ]
Cognitive Science	[ add ]
Cognitive Science Studies	[ add ]
Cognitive Sciences	[ add ]
Cognitive Studies	[ add ]
Cognitive/Developmental Psychology	[ add ]
Community Psychology	[ add ]
Computer Science/Psychology	[ add ]
Conflict Transformation	[ add ]
Counseling Adolescents/Adults	[ add ]
Counseling Children/Adolescents	[ add ]
Counseling Psychology	[ add ]
Counseling Psychology/Human Services	[ add ]
Counseling/Clinical Psychology	[ add ]
Counseling/Educational Psychology	[ add ]
Counseling/Psychological Services	[ add ]
Dispute Resolution	[ add ]
Education Psychology	[ add ]
Education Psychology/School Psychology	[ add ]
Education/Psychology	[ add ]
Educational Counseling	[ add ]
Educational Psychology	[ add ]
Educational Psychology/Human Learning	[ add ]
Elementary Education/Psychology	[ add ]
General/Experimental Psychology	[ add ]
Health Psychology	[ add ]
Health Science Education/Evaluation	[ add ]
Higher Education Counseling	[ add ]
Human Development Counseling	[ add ]
Human Learning/Development	[ add ]
Human Relations	[ add ]
Human Relations/Business	[ add ]
Industrial Organizational Psychology	[ add ]
Industrial Psychology	[ add ]
Industrial Relations	[ add ]
Industrial/Labor Relations	[ add ]
Industrial/Organizational Psychology	[ add ]
Labor/Industrial Relations	[ add ]
Learning Processes	[ add ]
Linguistics/Cognitive Science	[ add ]
Management/Psychology/Management Science	[ add ]
Marital/Family Therapy	[ add ]
Marriage/Family/Child Counseling	[ add ]
Organization Change	[ add ]
Philosophy/Psychology	[ add ]
Pre-school Education	[ add ]
Psychological Counseling	[ add ]
Psychology	[ add ]
Psychology for Business	[ add ]
Psychology in Education	[ add ]
Psychology/Biology	[ add ]
Psychology/Clinical Practice	[ add ]
Psychology/Education	[ add ]
Psychology/Human Services	[ add ]
Psychology/Personnel/Human Resources Management	[ add ]
Psychology/Physical Therapy	[ add ]
Psychology/Religion	[ add ]
Psychology/Research	[ add ]
Psychology/Sociology	[ add ]
Psychology/Sociology/Anthropology	[ add ]
Psychology/Special Education	[ add ]
School Psychologist	[ add ]
School Psychology	[ add ]
School/Community Psychology	[ add ]
Social Psychology	[ add ]
Social Relations	[ add ]
Social/Organizational Psychology	[ add ]
Sociology/Human Relations	[ add ]
Sociology/Psychology	[ add ]
Sociology/Social Psychology	[ add ]
Spanish/Psychology	[ add ]
Student Affairs in Higher Education	[ add ]
Student Development	[ add ]
Theology/Psychology	[ add ]

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