WEBVTT Kind: captions; Language: en 1 00:00:05.250 --> 00:00:10.500 2 00:00:10.500 --> 00:00:15.090 Educational psychology lies between educational sciences 3 00:00:15.090 --> 00:00:19.500 and psychology 4 00:00:19.500 --> 00:00:24.010 5 00:00:24.010 --> 00:00:32.000 Educational psychology applies psychological theories, phenomena and concepts 6 00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:36.080 to education, learning and teaching 7 00:00:36.250 --> 00:00:41.350 And “upbringing” here means that 8 00:00:41.350 --> 00:00:46.250 we do not talk only about 9 00:00:46.250 --> 00:00:48.800 school or 10 00:00:49.000 --> 00:00:55.250 early childhood education: educational sciences also concern parenting 11 00:00:55.250 --> 00:01:00.710 and phenomena related to families. Educational psychology examines 12 00:01:00.710 --> 00:01:06.250 them as well. The first perspective is a developmental perspective 13 00:01:06.250 --> 00:01:10.810 in which we reflect on such basic questions as how 14 00:01:10.810 --> 00:01:15.610 people of different ages learn, and how we should take the developmental phase 15 00:01:15.610 --> 00:01:19.750 into account in learning guidance 16 00:01:19.750 --> 00:01:24.520 What should assignments, learning environments, 17 00:01:24.520 --> 00:01:27.750 support 18 00:01:27.750 --> 00:01:33.090 and assessment be like? And self-assessment? 19 00:01:33.090 --> 00:01:38.250 At what age is one capable of self-assessment, and what kind of self-assessment? 20 00:01:38.250 --> 00:01:44.310 And what kind of education or teaching suits different ages? What if we think that 21 00:01:44.310 --> 00:01:50.190 teaching could even enrich and support development 22 00:01:50.190 --> 00:01:55.750 and I 23 00:01:55.750 --> 00:02:00.880 encourage you to examine development in a multifaceted and holistic way 24 00:02:00.880 --> 00:02:06.010 Not only from the perspective of cognitive development but also considering social, emotional 25 00:02:06.010 --> 00:02:11.980 and physical development. Today 26 00:02:11.980 --> 00:02:16.300 researchers like to undertake brain research and 27 00:02:16.300 --> 00:02:21.400 examine brain development from the perspective of learning 28 00:02:21.400 --> 00:02:26.500 I will share a few points about that with you today 29 00:02:26.500 --> 00:02:30.070 And then we will be at the heart of the matter 30 00:02:30.250 --> 00:02:35.200 I added the following question based on very recent discussion because “self-direction” 31 00:02:35.200 --> 00:02:39.520 is a matter of much interest today. So, what kind of 32 00:02:39.520 --> 00:02:44.250 self-direction are people of different ages able to develop? 33 00:02:44.250 --> 00:02:49.650 I think it is also essential how we can support self-direction 34 00:02:49.650 --> 00:02:54.660 Even the classical theories of educational and developmental psychology 35 00:02:54.660 --> 00:02:59.250 Vygotsky and 36 00:02:59.250 --> 00:03:05.500 probably Bruner and friends in the 1970s, 37 00:03:05.500 --> 00:03:10.840 who started to explore the zone of proximal development concept 38 00:03:10.840 --> 00:03:15.340 they talked about scaffolding 39 00:03:15.340 --> 00:03:19.450 Their starting point was that when providing teaching and guidance for children 40 00:03:19.450 --> 00:03:24.100 young people and adults 41 00:03:24.100 --> 00:03:28.750 42 00:03:28.750 --> 00:03:33.460 we must build a scaffold for their learning 43 00:03:33.460 --> 00:03:37.960 Their point was that when learning begins 44 00:03:37.960 --> 00:03:42.750 more scaffolding and teacher guidance are needed 45 00:03:42.750 --> 00:03:48.540 Gradually, when a child starts to master the things to be learned, guidance can be reduced 46 00:03:48.540 --> 00:03:53.760 I think this self-direction discussion lacks the idea that no one is 47 00:03:53.760 --> 00:03:59.070 born self-directed, but we 48 00:03:59.070 --> 00:04:04.410 need scaffolding, which can be gradually loosened. Of course, the aim is that 49 00:04:04.410 --> 00:04:10.000 a person’s self-direction and mastery increase 50 00:04:10.000 --> 00:04:15.250 There are critical periods in development 51 00:04:15.250 --> 00:04:20.710 which should be taken into consideration. For example, new brain research also demonstrates 52 00:04:20.710 --> 00:04:25.930 that brain development has critical periods. As critical brain 53 00:04:25.930 --> 00:04:30.970 development periods, early childhood, early adolescence, adolescence 54 00:04:30.970 --> 00:04:36.500 and late adolescence are strong 55 00:04:36.500 --> 00:04:41.750 That has been forgotten earlier 56 00:04:41.750 --> 00:04:45.320 There is naturally plenty of individual variation in development 57 00:04:45.500 --> 00:04:49.070 which must be considered 58 00:04:49.250 --> 00:04:55.500 An interesting question is whether gender is significant 59 00:04:55.500 --> 00:05:00.360 for development and if it is, whether it should 60 00:05:00.360 --> 00:05:05.100 be considered in teaching and guidance – and how 61 00:05:05.100 --> 00:05:09.660 Researchers 62 00:05:09.660 --> 00:05:14.000 have very differing perspectives on 63 00:05:14.000 --> 00:05:19.750 this gender issue 64 00:05:19.750 --> 00:05:21.280 65 00:05:21.500 --> 00:05:26.870 And I do not really dare to start arguing for or against 66 00:05:26.870 --> 00:05:32.000 because I am not always so sure 67 00:05:32.000 --> 00:05:34.040 what would be best 68 00:05:34.250 --> 00:05:38.780 In any case, I think it would be important for teachers/educators 69 00:05:38.780 --> 00:05:44.300 to recognise that there are differences in the development of girls and boys 70 00:05:44.300 --> 00:05:47.750 It can progress at a slightly 71 00:05:47.750 --> 00:05:54.500 different rate, which at least should be considered 72 00:05:54.500 --> 00:05:59.300 73 00:05:59.300 --> 00:06:04.280 Some kind of diversification of development has occurred, and it may be visible 74 00:06:04.280 --> 00:06:09.380 as an increasing inequality 75 00:06:09.380 --> 00:06:13.790 but also as the diversification of life paths 76 00:06:13.790 --> 00:06:18.750 especially in adulthood and early adulthood 77 00:06:18.750 --> 00:06:24.390 While this knowledge concerning development 78 00:06:24.390 --> 00:06:29.730 changes, we still have classical development theories that 79 00:06:29.730 --> 00:06:35.250 should not be thrown away. They contain plenty of 80 00:06:35.250 --> 00:06:41.010 profound understanding. Of course, sometimes they are complemented and 81 00:06:41.010 --> 00:06:47.220 even refuted by new research data 82 00:06:47.220 --> 00:06:52.380 One interesting thing, especially for students of adult education, 83 00:06:52.380 --> 00:06:58.000 is that there is new research data on middle age 84 00:06:58.000 --> 00:06:59.530 85 00:06:59.750 --> 00:07:01.790 For example, here in Jyväskylä 86 00:07:02.000 --> 00:07:07.670 based on the longitudinal research led by Lea Pulkkinen, Katja Kokko has 87 00:07:07.670 --> 00:07:12.500 recently written a lot about middle age and about 88 00:07:12.500 --> 00:07:18.530 views that the mid-life crisis can be a myth 89 00:07:18.530 --> 00:07:24.200 That even based on research data, it does not seem to be a more 90 00:07:24.200 --> 00:07:30.000 crisis-prone phase than any other phase of adulthood 91 00:07:30.000 --> 00:07:35.370 What has happened in research on human development is that 92 00:07:35.370 --> 00:07:41.040 we now pay less attention to risk factors and more attention to protective factors 93 00:07:41.040 --> 00:07:46.440 and resilience. Resilience is 94 00:07:46.440 --> 00:07:51.240 an interesting international concept 95 00:07:51.240 --> 00:07:56.750 referring to our ability to withstand adversity 96 00:07:56.750 --> 00:08:03.000 This offers all fields interesting knowledge 97 00:08:03.000 --> 00:08:08.750 regarding the factors that promote this kind of resilience despite risk factors 98 00:08:08.750 --> 00:08:14.000 Risk factors can even strengthen an individual 99 00:08:14.000 --> 00:08:19.250 Every now and then, all kinds of new 100 00:08:19.250 --> 00:08:25.130 studies are published and 101 00:08:25.130 --> 00:08:30.920 new concepts emerge. Recently, about 10 years 102 00:08:30.920 --> 00:08:36.750 ago, people talked about “dandelion children” and “orchid children” 103 00:08:36.750 --> 00:08:40.320 to express 104 00:08:40.500 --> 00:08:46.250 children’s biological differences in their sensibility to stress factors 105 00:08:46.250 --> 00:08:51.740 Dandelion children are not affected much by these risk factors 106 00:08:51.740 --> 00:08:56.840 They hang on and manage all right, while the orchid children 107 00:08:56.840 --> 00:09:02.250 are biologically prone to the impact of various stress factors 108 00:09:02.250 --> 00:09:04.800 This division into 109 00:09:05.000 --> 00:09:12.500 dandelions and orchids might seem like a bit of generalising “pop psychology”, 110 00:09:12.500 --> 00:09:16.580 but it is quite interesting 111 00:09:16.750 --> 00:09:21.730 I have conducted research on resilience, protective factors, and 112 00:09:21.730 --> 00:09:26.860 positive and negative turning points. It has demonstrated that 113 00:09:26.860 --> 00:09:31.750 even when one has plenty of difficulties in life 114 00:09:31.750 --> 00:09:36.340 one can pull through 115 00:09:36.500 --> 00:09:41.210 with the help of the protective factors. Such turning points can spontaneously occur in life 116 00:09:41.210 --> 00:09:45.350 or they can be produced 117 00:09:45.350 --> 00:09:50.000 through services 118 00:09:50.000 --> 00:09:54.230 Before we progress to family issues 119 00:09:54.230 --> 00:09:58.500 a little more about development in adolescence and 120 00:09:58.500 --> 00:10:06.000 early adulthood. At upper secondary school, did you learn about 121 00:10:06.000 --> 00:10:07.530 the concept of emerging adulthood? 122 00:10:07.750 --> 00:10:09.280 Eli emerging adulthood. 123 00:10:09.500 --> 00:10:12.050 Does it sound familiar? 124 00:10:12.250 --> 00:10:17.710 I think it may have been introduced briefly. It is not a very recent concept but was 125 00:10:17.710 --> 00:10:22.120 created in the 2000s by Jeffrey Arnett 126 00:10:22.120 --> 00:10:27.850 It has been found very useful. It reflects your phase of life 127 00:10:27.850 --> 00:10:32.200 that from the age of 18 to about 25 or 27 128 00:10:32.200 --> 00:10:37.150 Jeffrey Arnett thus 129 00:10:37.150 --> 00:10:42.130 noted that classical development theories cannot properly explain 130 00:10:42.130 --> 00:10:46.810 and understand this phase of life in today’s western countries. It’s a phase when 131 00:10:46.810 --> 00:10:51.750 you need to make various choices, encounter many changes and 132 00:10:51.750 --> 00:10:56.340 transitions, and do a lot of self-searching 133 00:10:56.500 --> 00:11:00.940 which was not so common earlier. Arnett created 134 00:11:00.940 --> 00:11:05.590 this concept, and if you at some point handle this phase of life 135 00:11:05.590 --> 00:11:10.000 this literature is definitely worth reading 136 00:11:10.000 --> 00:11:12.040 137 00:11:12.250 --> 00:11:18.310 Ideas about adolescence vary and change a lot 138 00:11:18.310 --> 00:11:24.250 Earlier there was a “storm and stress” 139 00:11:24.250 --> 00:11:28.330 perspective, meaning that adolescence is just one big storm. 140 00:11:28.500 --> 00:11:33.270 In the 2000s,a “positive youth development” theory was created, 141 00:11:33.270 --> 00:11:37.050 according to which youth is not 142 00:11:37.050 --> 00:11:41.500 necessarily a crisis 143 00:11:41.500 --> 00:11:46.510 Factors that promote positive development were examined, and perhaps 144 00:11:46.510 --> 00:11:51.400 young people were seen as competent 145 00:11:51.400 --> 00:11:56.000 individuals. However 146 00:11:56.000 --> 00:12:00.200 recent brain research has again 147 00:12:00.200 --> 00:12:04.500 reversed this perspective a little 148 00:12:04.500 --> 00:12:10.950 Steinberg (2005) has written a good summary of the topic 149 00:12:10.950 --> 00:12:17.000 and many others have later investigated 150 00:12:17.000 --> 00:12:22.580 brain research in adolescence. They have found that especially self-control skills 151 00:12:22.580 --> 00:12:26.870 and the lobes of the brain that 152 00:12:26.870 --> 00:12:31.250 regulate them, develop most slowly. Their development continues 153 00:12:31.250 --> 00:12:36.000 long after the age of 20 154 00:12:36.000 --> 00:12:39.570 They strongly affect decision-making skills 155 00:12:39.750 --> 00:12:41.280 156 00:12:41.500 --> 00:12:46.720 I remember being about 157 00:12:46.720 --> 00:12:51.310 24 or 25 years old when I got into a specific 158 00:12:51.310 --> 00:12:55.810 phase: by that time I had not worried much about anything, but 159 00:12:55.810 --> 00:13:00.500 then came such that what on earth 160 00:13:00.500 --> 00:13:06.200 am I doing. But in fact, Robinson speaks about 161 00:13:06.200 --> 00:13:12.000 “quarter-life crisis”. It is also part of more recent 162 00:13:12.000 --> 00:13:14.550 research. These are 163 00:13:14.750 --> 00:13:20.210 examples of how research data renews with time, and that it is good to follow the development 164 00:13:20.210 --> 00:13:25.820 In the same way, I could share good examples about early childhood 165 00:13:25.820 --> 00:13:31.250 infancy, and brain development at that stage 166 00:13:31.250 --> 00:13:34.310 Do you have questions? 167 00:13:34.500 --> 00:13:42.000 That’s where we are coming now 168 00:13:42.000 --> 00:13:46.470 let’s hope the YouTube video works 169 00:13:46.470 --> 00:13:50.520 One large research area in educational psychology 170 00:13:50.520 --> 00:13:55.000 concerns family and its significance 171 00:13:55.000 --> 00:13:57.040 for the development and activities 172 00:13:57.250 --> 00:14:01.690 of children, adolescents and adults. This is an area 173 00:14:01.690 --> 00:14:06.160 that has undergone several changes. Families have become much more 174 00:14:06.160 --> 00:14:10.250 diverse 175 00:14:15.500 --> 00:14:20.630 Recent family research 176 00:14:20.630 --> 00:14:25.460 shows that we should pay attention to the quality of family 177 00:14:25.460 --> 00:14:30.590 relationships. Their permanence and warmth 178 00:14:30.590 --> 00:14:35.150 are important, and no family structure as such is 179 00:14:35.150 --> 00:14:40.250 better than others 180 00:14:40.250 --> 00:14:45.560 The research data that Golombok presents in the book shows 181 00:14:45.560 --> 00:14:50.930 that the major risk factors include parents’ mental health problems and 182 00:14:50.930 --> 00:14:56.250 substance abuse, family violence and neglect. They are the 183 00:14:56.250 --> 00:15:00.360 worst risk factors, which have 184 00:15:00.360 --> 00:15:04.750 serious consequences for the wellbeing of a child and adolescent 185 00:15:04.750 --> 00:15:12.250 However, the external conditions of families are highly important 186 00:15:12.250 --> 00:15:16.900 which may sometimes have been belittled in psychology; they consist of livelihood, housing and social 187 00:15:16.900 --> 00:15:22.000 networks. These factors to some extent explain the weaker learning outcomes of 188 00:15:22.000 --> 00:15:26.250 children in single-parent families 189 00:15:26.250 --> 00:15:31.500 which may however be highlighted in extensive surveys 190 00:15:31.500 --> 00:15:35.640 Naturally 191 00:15:35.640 --> 00:15:40.250 the presence of a father figure is essential here 192 00:15:40.250 --> 00:15:46.820 whether a child has one. But it is even advantageous, compared with traditional 193 00:15:46.820 --> 00:15:51.980 nuclear families, that people in these new family forms may 194 00:15:51.980 --> 00:15:57.750 offer better living conditions and 195 00:15:57.750 --> 00:16:04.020 parenting. But the situation of single-parent families is slightly different in that it may involve 196 00:16:04.020 --> 00:16:10.250 financial shortage and poverty 197 00:16:10.250 --> 00:16:15.500 What I want you to remember from this is 198 00:16:15.500 --> 00:16:20.090 that today every family is different 199 00:16:20.250 --> 00:16:25.260 This diversity is not a risk factor, but 200 00:16:25.260 --> 00:16:29.940 labelling as different is 201 00:16:29.940 --> 00:16:35.400 That is why it is extremely important for us 202 00:16:35.400 --> 00:16:39.960 to be aware of how these themes and families are talked about 203 00:16:39.960 --> 00:16:44.500 So that we do not cause that risk 204 00:16:44.500 --> 00:16:49.750 Now we’ll talk about temperament and children’s individuality 205 00:16:49.750 --> 00:16:55.210 The concept of temperament was probably introduced to you at upper secondary school 206 00:16:55.210 --> 00:17:00.490 do you remember something about it? Temperament refers 207 00:17:00.490 --> 00:17:05.750 to biological 208 00:17:05.750 --> 00:17:11.660 largely innate differences in our individual 209 00:17:11.660 --> 00:17:17.060 being and style. Personality then refers to 210 00:17:17.060 --> 00:17:22.460 something that is strongly shaped by our environment 211 00:17:22.460 --> 00:17:28.000 over the course of life and that continuously develops 212 00:17:28.000 --> 00:17:32.590 But we talk about temperament more in connection with young children 213 00:17:32.750 --> 00:17:39.200 What’s essential here is to reflect on how 214 00:17:39.200 --> 00:17:44.030 temperament affects learning and wellbeing, and how we as educators should 215 00:17:44.030 --> 00:17:49.750 acknowledge different individuals in learning guidance 216 00:17:49.750 --> 00:17:54.130 It is a comforting perspective especially for parents 217 00:17:54.130 --> 00:17:58.250 that a child’s temperament also shapes 218 00:17:58.250 --> 00:18:03.500 parenthood. For example, if a child’s temperament is very 219 00:18:03.500 --> 00:18:08.630 demanding, it increases parents’ stress and 220 00:18:08.630 --> 00:18:13.610 exhaustion. And if the temperaments of a parent and child 221 00:18:13.610 --> 00:18:18.560 are very different, such asymmetry 222 00:18:18.560 --> 00:18:23.570 causes stress 223 00:18:23.570 --> 00:18:28.730 n bringing up the child. It is important to recognise and use 224 00:18:28.730 --> 00:18:33.860 the right terms: what do we mean with temperament, and how is it manifested? 225 00:18:33.860 --> 00:18:39.020 At upper secondary school, you probably studied different temperaments and possibly also different temperament theories 226 00:18:39.020 --> 00:18:43.820 and classifications. In any case, it is a biologically determined phenomenon 227 00:18:43.820 --> 00:18:48.440 visible in early childhood 228 00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:53.420 The main categories in which people differ already 229 00:18:53.420 --> 00:18:58.400 as babies are sociability, expression of emotions 230 00:18:58.400 --> 00:19:03.620 and activeness. Sociability here refers to 231 00:19:03.620 --> 00:19:08.750 the need for company, not to social skills 232 00:19:08.750 --> 00:19:13.500 Social skills are learned, no one has them innately 233 00:19:13.500 --> 00:19:18.690 But children are different in whether they enjoy being alone or in group 234 00:19:18.690 --> 00:19:22.710 Then the expression of emotions – how fiercely 235 00:19:22.710 --> 00:19:27.870 we express them, and how active we are 236 00:19:27.870 --> 00:19:32.000 I recognise in myself 237 00:19:32.000 --> 00:19:38.480 that my score in tests measuring this type of activeness would be extremely high 238 00:19:38.480 --> 00:19:44.000 Even my slipper soles wear out 239 00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:48.590 every year because I walk so energetically. Certainly, there are plenty of 240 00:19:48.750 --> 00:19:53.370 individual differences. Further 241 00:19:53.370 --> 00:19:57.930 distinguishing factors include how 242 00:19:57.930 --> 00:20:02.910 easily one is disturbed by external stimuli and how easily one gets excited 243 00:20:02.910 --> 00:20:07.170 by something new. There are also others 244 00:20:07.170 --> 00:20:11.730 but based on research data these words printed in bold 245 00:20:11.730 --> 00:20:16.500 that are innate and biologically determined 246 00:20:16.500 --> 00:20:20.880 The core is related precisely to the way those emotional reactions 247 00:20:20.880 --> 00:20:25.000 are stimulated and then regulated 248 00:20:25.000 --> 00:20:30.100 This sets special requirements for the way children should be 249 00:20:30.100 --> 00:20:35.350 guided and what kind of support they need. In particular 250 00:20:35.350 --> 00:20:39.670 children who are very active or shy, or who react very sensitively 251 00:20:39.670 --> 00:20:44.620 benefit from very 252 00:20:44.620 --> 00:20:49.250 different guidance methods and tasks 253 00:20:49.250 --> 00:20:56.750 Appropriate stimuli and structuring of the learning environment are among the basic requirements 254 00:20:56.750 --> 00:21:01.100 That is why, for example, Keltikangas has highlighted that 255 00:21:01.100 --> 00:21:05.390 such recent renewals as 256 00:21:05.390 --> 00:21:09.750 co-teaching 257 00:21:09.750 --> 00:21:15.000 and shared, unstructured facilities 258 00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:18.300 259 00:21:18.300 --> 00:21:22.750 can be very disturbing for some children 260 00:21:22.750 --> 00:21:28.120 This means having several teachers or 261 00:21:28.120 --> 00:21:33.750 no clear structures and routines for activities 262 00:21:33.750 --> 00:21:39.000 Also whether they enjoy being in a group or alone and 263 00:21:39.000 --> 00:21:43.750 whether they need the presence of an adult are some 264 00:21:43.750 --> 00:21:48.040 central factors. It is also part of your professional skills to 265 00:21:48.040 --> 00:21:52.250 develop competence for this in the years to come 266 00:21:52.250 --> 00:21:57.410 Diverse learning methods play a key role here 267 00:21:57.410 --> 00:22:01.550 because, of course, you can’t always take each individual separately 268 00:22:01.550 --> 00:22:06.250 into account; but at least we need to think about this a bit. 269 00:22:06.250 --> 00:22:11.140 Before ending this lecture, I will 270 00:22:11.140 --> 00:22:15.760 summarise some things that we’ve handled today 271 00:22:15.760 --> 00:22:20.440 You can also reflect on the concept of eacher’s knowledge of the learner 272 00:22:20.440 --> 00:22:24.750 273 00:22:24.750 --> 00:22:29.340 This table I have created 274 00:22:29.500 --> 00:22:34.780 has been useful for me when reflecting on 275 00:22:34.780 --> 00:22:39.850 what we educators 276 00:22:39.850 --> 00:22:44.500 should understand about children and adolescents 277 00:22:44.500 --> 00:22:49.750 The left column provides a developmental 278 00:22:49.750 --> 00:22:52.300 perspective. In other words 279 00:22:52.500 --> 00:22:57.120 when a teacher is in front of a group of children 280 00:22:57.120 --> 00:23:01.680 or adults 281 00:23:01.680 --> 00:23:06.420 and when starting to plan teaching for a group, it 282 00:23:06.420 --> 00:23:10.980 is important to consider the age of the children or learners in general 283 00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:15.750 What important aspects does their development include? 284 00:23:15.750 --> 00:23:20.460 What can make them flourish? What kind of 285 00:23:20.460 --> 00:23:24.750 self-direction can I demand from them? 286 00:23:24.750 --> 00:23:28.830 Second, it is useful to reflect on 287 00:23:29.000 --> 00:23:35.090 this individual side: what are the learners’ interests 288 00:23:35.090 --> 00:23:40.500 what makes them satisfied or enthusiastic? 289 00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:45.720 How is each learner’s temperament? Do they enjoy being all alone or in groups 290 00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:50.790 and in what situations are they in their element? Where do they need encouragement? 291 00:23:50.790 --> 00:23:56.000 Through these questions, we can start to know the group 292 00:23:56.000 --> 00:24:01.250 and reflect on teaching and guidance