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Educational Psychology & Special Education (Certificate) (Udemy.com)

Informational content for educators and parents to learn about teaching and understanding exceptional children.

Created by: Dr. Bev Knox

Last updated May 2026

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What you will learn

  • This course focuses on teaching educational psychology principles to primarily enhance learning
  • Compare and contrast the major perspectives of psychology (e.g., behavioral/learning, physiological, cognitive, evolutionary, humanistic, and psychodynamic.
  • Recognize what expert teachers do and know, and how to become an expect teacher
  • Identify the individual differences regarding intelligence, learning styles, and creativity

How it compares

Against the other 503 rated Udemy courses in Teaching & Academics on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 42% of them
  • Reviews1,783#95 of 504 by number of reviews
  • Length8.6 hourslonger than 81% of them
  • Last updatedMay 2026more recently than 86% of them

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Course Description

(Certificate of Completion)

Educational Psychology involves the study of cognitive, emotional, and social leaning processes that contribute to education and human development across the lifespan.

Course Objectives: The primary goal of this course is to establish a foundation of knowledge for the understanding and acceptance of educational psychology in its many forms.

This is a full college level type course with lectures and exams. It is a great way to explore the world of Educational Psychology, Special Education, Learning Types, IQ Scores, Teaching Techniques, and more. Both parents and professional educators are encouraged to take this course as part of their continuing education journey.

The key processes of development are biological, cognitive, and socioemotional. Biological processes (such as genes inherited from parents) involve changes in an individual’s body. Cognitive processes (such as thinking) consist of changes in an individual’s thought, intelligence, and language. Socioemotional process (such as the advent of smiling) include changes in an individual’s relationships with others, in emotions, and in personality.

Parenting is an important influence on children’s development. Education can also contribute to children’s health and well-being. There is wide-spread concern that the education of children needs to be more effective, and there are many views in contemporary education about ways to improve schools.

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Instructor Details

Dr. Bev Knox

Dr. Bev Knox is a professor of psychology and author…

For over 25 years, Professor Knox has conducted research on human behavior and motivation, especially in the areas of positive psychology and personal development as demonstrated in her vast body of professional endeavors. Her awards include: Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition by Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro; Official Citation given by the Office of the State Comptroller in CT; University Presidential Recognition for Teaching Excellence; Professor of the Year 2017; and Small Business Award Recognition.

Professor Knox has also been a featured guest on numerous television and radio shows. She has hosted events, benefits, and other special programming. Her upbeat attitude comes from her empowered sense of self by serving and encouraging others.

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Reviews

4.5

1,783 ratings on Udemy

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By Jennifer Richardson on 1/12/2026

I was looking for some specific information, it was in the course but there was also much more. A lot of what was in here was described better than in other classes I’ve taken so it was much easier to understand. I highly recommend this course and I will be revisiting it myself when I have more quiet time to make sure I remember it :)

By Alaina Lutman on 11/25/2025

This was a great intro to a lot of topics informing PK12 educational approaches. I would love some material (either as part of this training or as a separate one) about best practices--for example, effective approaches to working with special education students.

By Rosemarie Dahms on 9/21/2024

It's just too slow, Phycology itself is boring, but I want to learn it because I will be working with children, and I need to know how to handle any situation. I have learned some things and feel like I have learned in the past, but this has reinforced what I know.

By SAN SOY RUKHA on 7/8/2024

For my personal experience I can say I have gained more knowledge from the course of Educational Psychology which help me to be more confident in my professional life as well as my personal life. I can apply what I have learnt to improve my parenting and also to update my content teaching. I really appreciate and thank to Dr. Bew Knox for creating the course.

By Preeti Sharan on 7/1/2024

I think it was an intensive and informational course. I loved the way it was presented. The voice over was most pleasant and easy to understand. There were many learning which as teacher I can take from here and apply it in my classes. Thank you Dr Knox.

By Indhumathi P. Rajaseelan on 6/15/2024

Hello, This course helped me to learn about child psychology .There are many useful pointers in each session which will help me in my job .Thank you.

By Madhuri Gupta on 5/30/2024

'Thank you so much Dr Bev Knox! Educative and informative course. Need of the hour for every parent, educator. Please could you share the entire course and my certificate of completion to my email. Thank you again God bless for all the hard work you put in to educate others.

By Sheena Mallikarjun on 2/13/2024

Fantastic and an Eye opener course. Thank you so much Dr Bev Knox. Please could you share the entire course and my certificate of completion to my email. Thank you again Godbless for all the hardwork you put in to educate others. Please could you write my full name in Capital Letters instead of student signature and email me the certificate as I need it urgently . Thanks much dr Bev !

By Sheba Kukreja on 2/6/2024

I felt very close to understanding and reading while going through the lecture on Educational Psychology as I related to it somehow with my own lifetime experiences and how one can well understand the psyche of a child or for that matter anyone when we are dealing with them on a personal or professional level. I enjoyed going through this course and I'm quite sure it's going to help me a lot in my life.

By K. Lakshmi Shirisha on 8/14/2023

Learning unknown things is a great pleasure where I have learnt many things from this course(Educational Psychology and Special Education) gave me lots of knowledge where I can implement it in my personal and professional areas. I appreciate DR. Bev Knox for her detailed explaination.

By Brittany Barber on 12/13/2020

Definitely what I needed and the lectures are broken down to allow me to understand the concepts.

By Jennifer Chumbley on 11/23/2020

I am loving this course

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Overall Score : 90 / 100