Psychology and Education - NY Times article gets it right
Feb 12, 2009 in Uncategorized, Positive Psychology, Positive Policy
There’s a great article in the NY Times about how understanding psychology can lead to policies that have more impact on children, resulting in better educational achievement. The full article is here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/08/opinion/08nisbett.html?_r=1&em
This is a great example of why the study of human behavior, i.e. Psychology, can have a big impact on successful policy making. This is an area I’m taking more and more of an interest in, and I’m sure will be writing more about.