GCSE Psychology
Do TV and video games affect people’s behaviour?
The job of an educational psychologist
Becoming and educational psychologist
Learning objectives
• To learn what an educational psychologist does.
• To learn who an educational psychologist might work for.
• To investigate the skills required and what it means to be ‘chartered’.
Educational Psychologists
• http://www.edpsychs.com/• http://ww2.prospects.ac.uk/p/types_of_job/
educational_psychologist_job_description.jsp• http://www.educational-psychologist.co.uk/
interventions.htm• http://www.bps.org.uk/careers/what-do-
psychologists-do/areas/educational.cfm• http://www.connexions-direct.com/jobs4u/
index.cfm?pid=63&catalogueContentID=654
Educational psychologists
• Read pages 116-119.
• Research the job of an educational psychologist.
• You should have produced a poster about what educational psychologists do.
• Peer asses each others poster’s-do they give enough information?
How to remember the 10 tasks…?
• Training• Research• Intervention• Consultation• Keep up to date• Statutory Duty
• Diagnosis• Individual
Assessments• Multi agency • System Level work
Becoming an educational psychologist
• Who do they work for?• What skills are required?• What qualifications are required?• What does ‘chartered’ mean and how do you
become chartered?
• You are a careers advisor. Write a short interview with a psychology graduate to explain how to become an Ed. Psych
Educational Psychology and Anger Management