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This is a free, online textbook intended as an introduction to educational psychology for teacher education students. It is also published online by the Global Textbook Project. The current edition was posted in September, 2009. This book can take the place of a commercially published textbook about educational psychology. Note, however, that it has fewer pictures and graphics than most commercial textbooks.

This open textbook covers the curriculum for an introductory course on educational psychology. Contents: 1) The Changing Teaching Profession and You. 2) The Learning Process. 3) Student Development. 4) Student Diversity. 5) Students with Special Educational Needs. 6) Student Motivation. 7) Classroom Management and the Learning Environment. 8) Instructional Strategies. 9) Planning Instruction. 10) Teacher-Made Assessment Strategies. 11) Standardized and Other Formal Assessments. 12) The Nature of Classroom Communication. 13) The Reflective Practitioner. The author, Kelvin Seifert, maintains a wiki related to teaching this text at: http://teachingedpsych.wikispaces.com/"

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