CLARIFYING AND IMPLEMENTING CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES

Three ideas from ''Educational Psychology for Teachers: Reforming Our Courses, Rethinking Our Roles'' (Anderson et al., 1995) are further el aborated in this article. (a) the relation of ''contemporary psycholog ical perspectives'' to the social construction of knowledge and to lea rner-centered psychological principles, (b) the relation of diversity to the content of educational psychology courses, and (c) the nature o f authentic tasks. In addition, suggestions are made as to how these i deas might be implemented in teaching educational psychology for prese rvice teachers.