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.