Importance of psychology in pedagogy Educational psychology contributes a large for increasing the teaching efficiency of teachers in different areas

1. Importance of Psychology in Pedagogy
Educational psychology contributes a large for increasing the teaching efficiency
of teachers in different areas mentioned below:
Individual Differences:
The teacher has to deal carefully in classroom. There are many students in the
classroom having different abilities individually. So it is essential for the teacher to
understand the different habits, ideas, interests, attitudes and needs at different
levels of growth and development.
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2. Importance of Psychology in Pedagogy
• Awareness of Effective Methods of Teaching:
The learning of students is based upon the methods of teaching. For example;
history taught effectively by the story telling method. So learning in classroom
depends upon the teacher’s knowledge about the interest of student and
teaching methods.
• Curriculum Development:
The course of a particular degree or programme is set by the teachers knowledge
of psychology proves helpful to select the content for different levels. The needs
and scope of particular subject is also kept in account while formulation of
curriculum.
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3. Importance of Psychology in Pedagogy
• Classroom Teaching Learning Process:
Well informed teachers about teacher learning process convey content to the
learners more effectively. Well-developed theory of teaching learning process
includes classroom climate effective communication skills are necessary.
• Study Mental Health of Students:
Mental health of the teacher and the learner plays important role in process of
teaching and learning activities in classroom. Mental health has direct impact on
learning process of student. There are different causes of mental illness. The
teacher must know these causes to regulate the learning process of the students.
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4. Importance of Psychology in Pedagogy
• Guidance to the Students:
A teacher has to play different roles in school such as guide philosopher and
leader. Guidance is type of assistance which enables the students to solve their
problems themselves. The knowledge of psychology enables the teacher to
provide perfect guidance to the students of different levels.
• Measuring Learning Outcome:
Teaching and testing are two important activities which have to be performed by
the teacher in the classroom. The activity testing help to measure learning
outcomes of the student. To know that how much they learned? And how mush
effective the teaching method is?
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