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