Educational Psychology—Limitations and Possibilities

school communities involving,
690; school relationships with,
693–94; schools connecting
with, 686; underachieving
students, 689–90
Parks, Rosa, 965
Participant-observer research,
498–99
Participation assignments, 765,
766–67
Participatory epistemology, 467
Partnerships, 689
Patriarchal society, 681
Patriarchical roots, 410
Patriarchy, 91
Pattern, 961
Patterned relevant activities,
718
Pavlov, Ivan, 42, 806, 872; dogs
used by, 185–87, 652–53;
Nobel prize for, 184
PCP. See Personal construct
psychology
PCR (Polymerase Chain
Reaction), 318
PDA. See Preventative dental
assistant
Pedagogue, 779
Pedagogy, 294; culturally
relevant, 143–45, 144; of
history, 928–30; of
homeschooling, 774;
instructional, 826; technology
uses in, 599–600
Pedagogy and the Politics of
Hope (Giroux), 519
The Pedagogy of the Heart
(Freire), 521
Pedagogy of the Oppressed
(Freire), 347
Peirce, Charles, 124, 127, 605
Perceptions, 16
Perceptual filters, 356
Perform femininity, 684
Perry, Ralph Barton, 128
Perry, William, 682, 938
Persephone, 628
Personal construction, 550
Personal construct psychology
(PCP), 265–66
Personal experiences, 764
Personal growth, 833
Personal identity, 468
Personal Knowledge: Towards a
Post-Critical Philosophy
(Polanyi), 540
Personal liberation, 345
Personal narratives, 764
Personal oppression, 344
Personal warmth, 397
Personal wellness, 342
Personhood, 434
Perspective, 753
Perspective consciousness,
791
Perspective transformation,
355–56
PET. See Positron Emission
Tomography
Peterson, Roger Tory, 315
Phantasy, 634
Phenomenol domains, 478
Phenomenological approach:
consciousness constructing,
517; student
neurodevelopmental profiles
from, 487
Phenomenology, 40, 853, 910
Philosophy: constructivist, 149;
counseling in, 627; in
education, 451; educational,
367–68; postmodern, 249–50;
practices in, 560; radical
constructivism in, 602–3;
research in, 5–6; revolution of,
585; science v., 617
Phonemics, 499
Phonetics, 499
Phonics, 810
Phylogeny, 109–10
Physical aggression, 577
Physical environment: purposive
behavior associated with,
713–174; social environment
and, 562–63
Physical movement, 561
Physiological needs, 168–69
Piagetian formalism, 755–56
Piaget, Jean, 10, 25, 27, 58–59,
98, 130, 149, 242, 265, 362,
429; background of, 191–92;
children’s trial-error learning
from, 190–91; cognitive
development theory of,
192–93; cognitive learning
theory of, 655
Index 991
Piirto, Jane, 18
Pinar, William, 951
Pipher, Mary, 92
Planetary consciousness, 359–60
Planetary transformation,
359–61
Plato, 630, 806, 866
Plotnitsky, Arkady, 616
Pluralistic societies, 656–57
Poe, Edgar Allen, 315
POET. See Point of Entry Text
Point of Entry Text (POET),
955–59
Poitier, Elise, 422
Polanyi, Michael, 540
Policy Futures in Education
(Smith), 877
Political activity, 941–42
Political assumptions, 250
Political decision making, 106–7
Political dimensions, 32–34,
940–42
Political educational psychology,
32–34
Political literacy, 346–47
Political projects, 645
Political psychology, 941
Politics: action research and,
494–95; cultural, 87; in
education, 451–52;
educational psychology and,
32–34, 940–42; of history,
638; knowledge and, 508–9; in
language, 799; movements in,
159; of power, 797; in
psychology, 941; of
representation, 638; in
schools, 900
Popkewitz, Thomas S., 227
Popular culture, 639
Positionalities, 40
Positivism, 10, 491–92, 514;
cognitive psychology
grounded in, 418; education
and, 929–30; epistemology
and, 103–4, 504–5, 514, 946;
foundations of, 439–42, 620;
history of, 925; knowledge
approach of, 848; knowledge
objectively observed/measured
in, 490; pedagogy of, 928–29;
scientific knowledge valid in,
441