In contrast, John Santrock’s text is a big WOW! His book is different. While people claim to be innovative, in the end they are not.

In general, ed psych texts are all too predictable. Another goal I have had for each edition of Educational Psychology has been to write a book that instructors say this about: “I wasn’t prepared to like this text. I am enriched by the book.” These comments come from Jennifer Holliman-McCarthy, Richard Harvell, and Greg Hill, who have used this text in their educational psychology course and are now public school teachers. The focus on diversity and technology have been extremely useful.

One of my goals for each edition of Educational Psychology has been to write a book that students say this about: “I love this book.” “I am using many of the ideas from my educational psychology text in my teaching, and they are working great!” “I teach in the inner city, and my educational psychology text is a great resource for me. Preparing the fifth edition has been both highly rewarding and challenging: rewarding because I continue to learn so much more about educating students and because the feedback from students and instructors has been consistently enthusiastic a challenge because of the need to continue meeting or exceeding instructors’ expectations and keeping the material fresh and up to date. It is gratifying that the first four editions of Educational Psychology have been so well received.

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