Showing posts with label Educational Psychology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Educational Psychology. Show all posts

Saturday 11 February 2017

What are the Aims of Educational Psychology?

There are various aims of educational psychology. Some of them are given below:

Aims of Educational Psychology
Aims of Educational Psychology
  1. Educational psychology studies heredity, growth and maturation, environmental influences, language and thinking, development of intelligence and the process of socialization in relation to their effect on the child as a learner.
  2. Educational psychology studies learning and the educative process. Experts (educational psychologists) not only examine the several theories of learning but also the techniques of learning skills and problem solving.
  3. We know that effective management of learning involves both input (the teaching process) and output, measuring what the learner has learnt. Attempts to measure children’s learning lead to the development of tests and other evaluation techniques. Thus, the development of tests and other methods of evaluation forms another area of concern to educational psychologists.
  4. Teacher-pupil interaction has significant effects on pupil’s learning. For this purpose, much of the educational psychologists work is aimed at teaching teachers how best to help their pupils learn more effectively both in and out of class.
  5. The development of positive attitude towards learning is another objective of educational psychology. Teachers general adopt reinforcement and other techniques to encourage positive attitude among learners to learning.
  6. Conducting research is another major objective of educational psychologists. Educational psychology not only encourages research but also aims at applying research findings in the learning situation.
  7. Educational psychology gives a teacher a sense of direction in his/her own work. It helps the teacher to relate more effectively with the learner.

What is Educational Psychology?

Educational Psycyhology:

In order to understand Educational Psychology, we have to first understand what Psychology is and then we will be in better position to understand the term Educational Psychology.

Educational Psychology
Educational Psychology
Psychology: 
It is the study of human behavior and thinking. When we say behavior, it refers the activity of an individual which can be either overt (visible) or covert (invisible or internal).
The discipline of psychology studies how experience affects thought and action. Basically, psychology tries to explain why people think, act, and feel as they do. Experts of this discipline (popularly known as psychologists) try to understand the role of mental functions in individual and social behavior and biological processes that underlie cognitive functions and behaviors.

Educational Psychology: 

In the simplest form, Educational Psychology can be defined as the study of human behavior in educational settings. Educational psychology (which is an applied science or branch of pure psychology) is concerned with teaching and learning processes. According to John F. Travers (1982), educational psychology is a systematic study of pupils (learners), learning, and teaching. All these three—pupils, learning process and teaching are inter-related and interactive aspects of education. The subject matter of educational psychology is directly related to classroom learning and problems facing the classroom teacher. According to Wittrock (1992), educational psychology involves not only the application of existing psychological knowledge to educational theory and practice, but also the development of new knowledge and procedures. To sum up, educational psychology deals with learning processes, human development and motivation, social learning, and human personality (such as intelligence and creativity). It helps to provide a better background for understanding the total job of teaching in all its intricacies. 

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