Intro of Psychology & Education at Cambridge By Yimin Cai,

M.Phi

承办：COPSY心理http://www.COPSY.org

Outline

Faculty of Education

My Experience

University of Cambridge

Application

Cambridge

Cambridge

Michaelmas

October -- December

Lent

January -- March

Easter

May -- June

Second ThirdFirst

Cambridge Life

Formal DinnerPunting Debating

Interesting Events

Punting

Formal Dinner

Debating

Colleges

Trinity CollegeSt Jone’s College

King’s College

Colleges

• Role in University Life

• Role in Student Life

•Benefits for Students

The supervision system: where students receive tuition in small groups.Financial support: Many Colleges offer awards for their own members

A College is the place where students live, eat and socialise.Each College has its own library and sports facilities.

Each College is an independent institution with its own property and income.Within each College, staff and students of all disciplines are brought together.

Faculty of Education

Psychology & Education

Adolescent Counseling

Individual Strand

Psychology and Education

Five Core Courses

- Developmental Psychology

- Individual Difference

- Social Psychology

- Neuroscience

- Cognitive Psychology

Current and Applied Research in Psychology

- Introduce research being undertaken in the faculty

Quantitative Data Analysis

- SPSS

- Statistics

Research & Practical Work in Psychology Seminars

- Introduce practical task within

core courses

- Carry out practical tasks (BPS)

Research Workshops- Help design your project- Post sessions

Research Project- Based on your interest- Design and carry out a small

scale empirical project

Core Courses

CARP

Core ResearchTraining

Practical WorkSeminars

ResearchWorkshops

Quantitative Data Analysis

ResearchProject

Assessment

Course Assessment

Thesis

Essay 1 Essay 2

Empirical Research

• Deadline: End of the third term• Word limit: 20000

Literature Review

• Deadline: End of the first term • Word limit: 6000 - 6500

Critical Evaluation of Methodology

• Deadline: End of the second term• Word limit: 6000-6500

Research Areas

- Metacognition/self-regulation, executive functioning in children

- The development of memory- Play and learning

-Teaching strategies for children identifiedwith learning difficulties

- Psychological aspects of inclusion Ruth Kershner

- Learning in the primary classroom environment

Ros McLelland- Achievement motivation - Creativity - Gender & achievement - Self-concept - Attitudes

Linda Hargreaves- Children and humour- Theory of mind beyond early childhood - Children's understanding of emotions - Children's friendships and learning

Neil Mercer- Language and communication - Teaching and learning processes - Social interaction in the classroom - Collaborative learning - The development of reasoning

Julia Flutter- Play and early development - Linguistic development - Children's perspectives on teaching and learning- Influence of the learning environment

Research Areas

David Whitebread

Application

Interest

Materials

• Extremely Crucial

• Academic AbilityApplication

• Advance Preparation

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Studying abroad is not only about the knowledge and skills you learn in lectures, but more significantly, the experience of which drives you to more profound thinking of life.

My Experience

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