1. Educational psychology aims to understand how students learn and apply psychological theories to improve learning outcomes. 2. It examines individual differences in learning, academic processes, and student outcomes to better assist teachers and learners. 3. Major theories in educational psychology include behaviorism, cognitivism, and constructivism, which look at how conditioning, cognitive processes, and prior experience influence learning respectively.

1. Teaching in the twenty-first century offers
No. of satisfactions witnessing & assisting
Growth of young people
Lifelong learning
The challenge and excitement of designing
effective instruction

2. Four trends have affected the way that these
satisfactions are experienced by classroom teachers?
• Increased diversity of students
• The spread of instructional technology in colleges and classrooms
• Increased expectations for accountability in education
• The development of increased professionalism among teachers

3. Educational Psychology & theories of
learning
Dr. Jayaramachandran S
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PGDHPE – 2019 Batch

4. Specific learning objectives
At the end of the session, you shall be able to
• Define educational psychology
• List atleast 5 aims of education psychology
• Describe the history of educational psychology
• Apply the psychological theories to the life of a Student
• Enumerate the types of learners

5. Define educational psychology
How individuals
learn
Academic
process
Student
outcomes
Individual
differences
in learning
Gifted learners
& Various
learning
disabilities

6. Define educational psychology
Those in this field will study how humans learn and store knowledge,
specifically in educational settings like classrooms
This process includes emotional, social, and cognitive learning processes
Focus in this branch of psychology include teaching and testing methods,
classroom environment, and learning, social, and behavioural problems
that may impede learning

7. Aims of Educational psychology
• Educational psychology applies the tools, research, and
methodologies from psychology to education and the process of
learning.
• Educational psychologists observe how students learn and work with
teachers and administrators to improve instructional methods.
• These psychologists regularly confer with teachers, administrators,
parents, students, and other professionals to ensure students receive
a quality education.

8. Aims of Educational psychology
• Educational psychology can help teachers to make constructive use of
the new trends as well as deal with the dilemmas that accompany
them.
• It offers information, advice, and useful perspectives specifically in
three areas of teaching
• Students as learners
• Instruction and assessment
• The psychological and social awareness of teachers

9. Aims of Educational psychologists
• Educational psychologists tackle the macro level issues children and
administrators face.
• By taking a look at overarching systems, educational psychologists
make recommendations to improve learning outcomes for all
students.
• They often conduct their own research and review recent data from
the field.

10. Significant Figures in Educational Psychology
History
• John Locke: An English philosopher who suggested the concept
of tabula rasa, or the idea that the mind is essentially a blank slate at
birth that knowledge is then developed through experience and
learning.
• William James: An American psychologist who was also known for his
series of lectures titled "Talks to Teachers on Psychology," which
focused on how teachers could help students learn.
• Alfred Binet: A French psychologist who developed the first
intelligence tests.

11. Significant Figures in Educational Psychology
History
• John Dewey: An influential American psychologist and educational
reformer who wrote extensively about progressive education and the
importance of learning through doing.
• Jean Piaget: A Swiss psychologist who is best-known for his highly
influential theory of cognitive development.
• B.F. Skinner: An American behaviourist who introduced the concept
of operational conditioning. His research on reinforcement and
punishment continue to play an important role in education today.

12. Major Perspectives in Educational Psychology
The behavioral perspective
The developmental perspective
The cognitive perspective
The constructivist approach

13. Behaviourism
• Behaviourism is based on both classical conditioning (in which a
stimulus is conditioned to create a response) and operant
conditioning (in which behaviour is reinforced through a particular
reward or punishment).
• For example, if you study for your psychology test and receive a grade
of A, you are rewarded; in theory, this makes it more likely that you
will study in the future for your next test.

14. Cognitivism
• Cognitivism is the idea that people develop knowledge and meaning
through the sequential development of several cognitive processes,
including recognition, reflection, application, and evaluation.
• For example, you read your psychology textbook (recognition), you
ponder what the ideas mean (reflection), you use the ideas in your
everyday life (application) and then you are tested on your knowledge
(evaluation). All of these processes work together to help you develop
prior knowledge and integrate new concepts.

15. Perspectives about learning
Perspectives
about learning
Behaviorism
(learning as changes
in overt behavior)
Constructivism
(learning as changes
in thinking)
Psychological
constructivism
(changes in thinking
resulting from
individual experiences)
Social constructivism
(changes in thinking
due to assistance from
others)

16. Constructivism
• Constructivism is the concept of constructing new ideas based on
previous knowledge.
• For example, our prior experiences with a situation help us to
understand new experiences and information. Piaget is most famous
for his work in constructivism.

17. Types of leaners
Visual
• Use objects
such as
flashcards or
take and
reread
lecture note
Auditory
• understand
concepts best
by listening
• They read
aloud
Kinesthetic
• Do best when
they act out
or repeat
something
several times