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Appropriate for undergraduate- or graduate-level courses in educational psychology offered in departments of educational psychology or psychology. This text takes a learning-centered, constructivist approach to the teaching/learning process, encouraging students to reflect on their own experiences and the experiences of others, and to build their own metaphors and theories of teaching.It places the theories, research, and practice of educational psychology within a Canadian context. The connections between ed psych theory and practice are made throughout the text via case studies, the voices of real teachers, and examples derived directly from the practice of real classroom teachers.