The first textbook of its kind, critical educational psychology is a forward-thinking approach to educational psychology that uses critical perspectives to challenge current ways of thinking and improve practice. Examines issues such as the role of education, the relationship between teaching and learning, the impact of gender, faith and ethics in educational settings, the construction of rich learning environments, and notions of normalcy, difference, and disability incorporates a wide range of theoretical resources such as phenomenology, poststructuralism, psychoanalysis, discursive psychology, social constructionism, narrative psychology, and disability studies theory includes helpful pedagogical features, such as discussion points, mini exercises, essay questions, key terminology, theoretical starting points, and further readings serves as a foundational text for trainees in educational and school psychology as well as those practicing and researching in those fields and related ones across psychology and education