Feedback Carlene
I appreciate your writing and the part that stood out to me was that Thorndike’s goal was that learning should lay a foundation for evidence-based educational practice. The thing I appreciate about educational psychology is that researchers study a subject, find an answer and then recognize that time changes things so they study it again a little differently or with a new component added to it.
In your paper, you stated, “Psychologists can apply this knowledge to optimize teaching methods, identify and address learning difficulties, and create supportive environments for students”. I am wondering how this will be possible in the big cities, such as NYC with all of the diversity of immigrants who are settling there. Deliso (2024) reported on ABC News that the mayor of NYC defended his action of closing the high schools and moving the immigrants into the schools. What do you think will be the future difficulties that these students will face?
Deliso, (2024) NYC Mayor Eric Adams defends housing migrants at high school amid backlash, ABC News. https://abcnews.go.com/US/nyc-mayor-defends-housing-migrants-high- school/story?id=106302548