Jere Brophy
University Distinguished Professor

Research Interest

Teachers' expectations and related self-fulfilling prophecy effects; the dynamics of teacher-student relationships; relationships between classroom processes and student outcomes; managing classrooms and coping with problem students; motivating students to learn; teaching social studies for understanding, appreciation, and life application; scaffolding students' appreciation of the value of school subjects, especially history.

Positions

PhD

Mothers as teachers of their own preschool children: The influence of socioeconomic status and task structure on teaching specificity. (University of Chicago: Ph.D., 1967, Committee on Human Development [Clinical Psychology, Human Development])

Publications

Brophy, J. & Good, T. (1986). Teacher behavior and student achievement. In M. Wittrock (Ed.), Handbook of research on teaching (3rd Ed., pp. 328-375). New York: Macmillan

Brophy, J. (2004). Motivating students to learn (2nd Ed.). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Brophy, J. (2006). Observational research on generic aspects of classroom teaching. In P. Alexander & P. Winne (Eds.), Handbook of educational psychology (2nd Ed., pp. 755-780). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Contact Information

Michigan State University
213B Erickson Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824
(517) 353-6470
FAX (517) 353-6393
E-Mail: jereb@msu.edu