Podcast 386, Professor Mark Morgan on Psychology and Education (22-1-20)

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney

On this week's programme I speak to Professor Mark Morgan from Dublin City University about psychology, education, his career and his thoughts on education. Among the topics we discuss are the following:

• How he became interested in psychology as a student teacher in St. Patrick’s College
• Being taught by John McNamara (who was known for his study of bilingualism)
• Completing postgraduate studies in London
• Being appointed as lecturer in St. Patrick’s College
• Having Albert Bandura as a tutor when offered a fellowship at Stanford University
• The idea of self efficacy
• His interest in TV and violence, resilience and substance misuse prevention
• The use of quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods data in psychology
• His doctoral research on intrinsic and extrinsic motivation
• His research on adversity and resilience
• What teachers can do to be more resilient
• How he planned his classes as a teacher educator
• How early home and school experiences influenced his subsequent interests and ideas
• Why psychology is useful for student teachers
• How the field of educational psychology has evolved over the last 50 years
• His involvement in the Growing Up in Ireland study
• Learning in later years
• He recommended Albert Bandura's book Social foundations of thought and action: A social cognitive theory.