Professor and Chair, Psychology in Education Research Centre, University of York
Rob Klassen is Professor and Chair of the Psychology and Education Research Centre at the University of York, UK. Before coming to the UK in 2012 he was a Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Alberta in Canada. Current research projects are focused on developing better methods to recruit, select, and develop new teachers.
Experience
2012–present
Professor and Chair, Psychology in Education Research Centre, University of York
2004–2012
Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Alberta
Education
2003
Simon Fraser University, Canada, PhD/Educational Psychology
Publications
2014
Weekly self-efficacy and work stress during the final teaching practicum: A mixed methods study, Learning and Instruction
2014
Teachers’ self-efficacy, personality, and teaching effectiveness: A meta-analysis, Educational Research Review
2014
Applicant reactions to a situational judgment test used for selection into initial teacher training, International Journal of Educational Psychology
2013
Pre-service teachers’ work stress, self-efficacy, and occupational commitment in four countries, European Journal of Psychology of Education
2013
Measuring teacher engagement: The development of the Engaged Teacher Scale (ETS), Frontline Learning Research
2012
Teachers’ relatedness with students: An underemphasized aspect of teachers’ basic psychological needs, Journal of Educational Psychology
Honours
Fellow American Psychological Association; Chartered Psychologist British Psychological Society