A version of this article ran on PsychologyToday.com in my blog “Positively Media.”
A recent survey by the Career College Association reported that 9 out of 10 Americans think college is important for career opportunities and 67% believe that education is the key to competitiveness in the global economy. Turns out education can also be [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Education'
Want to Keep Your Job? Get More Education
November 9th, 2009 · No Comments · Education
Tags: Bureau of Labor Statistics·Distance education·Education·Unemployment
Pursuing a Career in Psychology, Education, and Interactive Media
October 25th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Education, Psychology
I always enjoy getting questions from people interested in integrating media applications into their field of study or in pursuing a career in media psychology. The questions come from around the world and are always full of enthusiasm for learning, the potential of media technologies, and making a positive contribution to society. It [...]
The Native Tongue of Teens: Social Media
June 5th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Education, Social Media
(This was posted June 5, 2009 on my blog “Positively Media” at PsychologyToday.com)
Ralph Waldo Emerson said:
“No man should travel until he has learned the language of the country he visits. Otherwise he voluntarily makes himself a great baby – so helpless and so ridiculous.”
Think of the tech-saavy younger generation as another country with a different [...]
Tags: Azusa Pacific University·Education·Mathematics education·Social Media·Teens
What Does a Media Psychologist Do?
April 5th, 2009 · 10 Comments · Education, Psychology
I get a lot of questions about career paths in media psychology, particularly among those thinking of pursuing a degree in the field. I certainly empathize with that confusion–and the desire to make sure someone will give you a job if you do all that work. Media psychology, as a new field, doesn’t [...]
Tags: Education·Media psychologist·media psychology careers·psychology
Innovation in Education: Students May be Required to Think
February 24th, 2009 · No Comments · Education, Technology
An Associated Press article in the Herald Dispatch article today says “Governor says Ohio schools need new focus.”
The news brief says:
Concepts such as problem solving, critical thinking, cultural awareness and media literacy would overtake memorization and pencil-and-paper tests in an educational overhaul trumpeted by Gov. Ted Strickland.
Strickland’s education aims in his two-year budget proposal would [...]
Tags: Critical thinking·Education
