Springer

Social Psychology Of Education

(ISSN 1573-1928)

The field of social psychology spans the boundary between the disciplines of psychology and sociology and has traditionally been associated with empirical research. Many studies of human behaviour in education are conducted by persons who identify with social psychology or whose work falls into the social psychological ambit. Several textbooks have been published and a variety of courses are being offered on the `social psychology of education', but no journal has hitherto appeared to cover the field.

Social Psychology of Education fills this gap, covering a wide variety of content concerns, theoretical interests and research methods, among which are:

Content concerns:

classroom instruction

decision making in education

educational innovation

concerns for gender, race, ethnicity and social class

knowledge creation, transmission and effects

leadership in schools and school systems

long-term effects of instructional processes

micropolitics of schools

student cultures and interactions

teacher recruitment and careers

teacher- student relations

Theoretical interests:

achievement motivation

attitude theory

attribution theory

conflict management and the learning of pro-social behaviour

cultural and social capital

discourse analysis

group dynamics

role theory

social exchange theory

social transition

social learning theory

status attainment

symbolic interaction

the study of organisations

Research methods:

comparative research

experiments

formal observations

historical studies

literature reviews

panel studies

qualitative methods

sample surveys

For social psychologists with a special interest in educational matters, educational researchers with a social psychological approach.