Everything about educational psychology

1. Course introduction
By Abdul Amin Amiri

2. week 01
introduction to adv. Edu. Psy
Scope of advance educ. Psychology
week 02
Methods and techniques of edu. Psychology
Recent developments in edu. Psychology
week 03
Personal & social development

3. Word psychology first time used in
1590 by Rudolf Geokle.
Psycho means soul and logos
means a word or talk about

4. Literal meaning of Edu. psychology
It is an applied branch of Psychology
It applies psychological principals and
techniques to human behavior in
educational situations, to the
development of educational strategies
and programs and further to the solutions
of educational problems

5. Chapter one
Definition
It is a special field in its own right
based on research and investigation
into the phenonmenon of
interpersonal relationship, influences
of home school and peer group on a
child development, intellectual and
non intellectual learning

6.  It has also developed detailed methodology
of teaching various school subjects as well
as special groups of students such as the
gifted, back ward, the creative and the
socially disadvantaged.
 Even the borrowed principles and laws are
applied only after testing their efficiency in
real educational situations.

7. Educational psychology revolves
It revolves around three areas
1) the leaner
2) The learning process
3) the learning situation

8. 1) The learner
 In this area edu.psychology studies the abilities
needs and motivational forces like self concept,
life goals, values, anxiety of the individual learner
as well as the differences that exist among various
individuals.
 This also includes personality
 Also study emotional health, social behavior,
social norms, values in his peer group and mental
hygiene point of view

9. 2) The learning process
 Educational psychology deals with the
nature of learning and how it takes place.
 It considers the various theoretical view
points as well as experimental evidences to
explain the role of nature of reinforcement,
forgetting, problem solving , transfer of
training and learning of skills concepts and
attitudes.

10. 3) The learning situation
In this area edu. Psychology
studies such factors as class room
management discipline, techniques
and aids which facilitate learning,
methods of teaching exceptional
students evaluation techniques and
practices, guidance and counseling

11. Educational psychologist tries to
answer the following questions
When to teach? ( developmental process)
What to teach?
How to teach?

12. Significance of Edu. Psychology
 The nature of psychology in education is to:
 Give knowledge of the nature of the child
 Give an understanding of the nature, aims, and purposes of
education
 Provide an understanding of the scientific methods and
procedures which have been used in arriving at the facts
and principles of educational psychology
 Present the principles and techniques of learning and
teaching
 Give training in methods of measuring abilities and
achievement in school

13.  Give knowledge of the growth and development of
children
 Assist in the better adjustment of children and help
them to prevent maladjustment
 Study the educational significance and control of
emotions
 Give an understanding of the principles and
techniques of correct training

14. Scope of Psychology in Education
 1. Human Behavior
 Psychology in education involves the study of human
behavior in educational situations. We all understand
that psychology is the study of behavior. Education, on
the other hand, deals with the modification of
behavior. Hence, we can say that educational
psychology penetrates the whole education sector.

15. 2. Growth and Development
How does a child pass through various
stages of growth? This is studied by
educational psychologists. The
characteristics of each stage of growth
are closely watched and studied. This
helps in making reports and an easy
diagnosis of a few illnesses/ diseases

16. 3. Heredity and Environment
 Educational psychologists
determine to what extent heredity
and environment contribute
toward the growth of the individual
and how this knowledge can be
used for bringing about the
optimum development of the child.

17. 4. Learning process
Learning is a major phenomenon in
education. Educational psychologists
study the law of learning. They study
how learning as a process can take
place effectively and economically.
Psychologists in education understand
how a student reacts to learning in
different situations

18. 5. Personality
The scope of psychology in education
extends to the personality of the
student. It deals with the nature and
development of an individual in an
educational setup. Education has been
described as an all-around
development of the personality of a
person.

19. 6. Intelligence
A teacher or a tutor needs to
understand the nature of the study.
The scope of Psychology in
education includes the study of the
nature of intelligence as well as its
measurement.

20. 7. Individual Difference
Each individual is different from the
other. This is a fundamental fact of
human life. An education psychologist
studies the nature of intelligence as
well as its measurement. This is a very
important scope of psychology in
education.

21. 8. Guidance and Counseling
 . American Psychology Association has given five areas of
guidance and counseling. They are:
 Human growth and development, including the effect of
heredity and environment on various aspects of individual
 The nature of the learning process, factors influencing the
learning process
 It includes many sub-topics, such as the mental health of
the students and teachers’ character
 Measurement and evaluation, statistics
 Techniques and methods of Educational Psychology

22. conclusion
 We can conclude by saying that educational
psychology is a narrower branch of psychology.
Education is one of the primary needs of modern man.
Psychology has made its way into every aspect of
modern education to make it more systematic,
scientific, useful, authentic, objective, and numerical.
Strong methods have been applied at present for the
understanding of the human mind and behavior. It
helped in working out the educational plan and
program for an effective solution to the problems.