Introduction To Educational Psychology

Introduction to Educational Psychology.
Cognition & Development Zahinah Zahoor
Definition
Skinner :
The science most basic to
education is Psychology.
That branch of Psychology which deals

with the teaching and learning.
Trow : Educational Psychology is the study
of psychological aspects of educational
situations.
F.A. Peel : Educational Psychology is the
science of education.
Definition
Anderson : Educational Psychology is a subject to be
studied, an area or field of knowledge, a set of application of
laws and principles from a wide field of knowledge to a
social process a set of tools and techniques, and a field of
research. While General psychology is a pure science,
Educational psychology is its application in the field of
education with the aim of socializing man and modifying his
behavior.
Judd : Educational Psychology is the science which explains

the changes that take place in the individuals as they pass
through the various stages of development.
Educational Psychology
concerned as
understanding the process of
teaching learning that take place
within formal environments and
developing ways of improving
those methods.
Definition
Educational Psychology is the science of
Education which mainly deals with problems
of teaching and learning and helps the teacher
in his/her task of modifying the learners
behavior and about an all-round
development of his personality.
Educational psychology is a systematic
study of the behavior of students and teachers
in teaching learning process
Characteristics and Nature of

Educational Psychology
Its an applied science.
Its both theoretical and practical.
Psychology deals with the behavior of all individuals,
while Educational Psychology deals with the behavior
of learners in educational environment.
Psychological approach to problems related to
education.
Concern with effective ways of teaching and learning.
Scope of Educational Psychology

Who?
Educational
Psychology
When &Where?
How?
By whom?
What?
Scope of Educational Psychology
who?
What?
How?
By whom?
When and where?
The learner.
The learning experiences.
The learning process.
The teacher.
The learning environment.
Who is being educated?

Learner:
1. The process and pattern of growth and
development during different stages of an
individuals life.
2. His instincts and other innate abilities.
3. The learned and acquired abilities.
4. Individual differences-abilities, capabilities,
interests, aptitudes, intelligence, creativity,
etc.
By whom is the Learner to be

taught?
Teacher:
1. Personality traits and characteristics of good
teachers.
2. Duties and responsibilities of a teacher.
3. Members for knowing and doing away with
his own conflicts, anxieties and tension.
4. Teachers motivation, level of inspiration,
adjustment and mental health.
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What is to be taught?
Educational psychology plays its role in deciding
the type of learning experiences suitable for the
children at each developmental stage by keeping
in view the differences in their potentials.
Thus helps to plan, select and arrange learning
experiences in framing the syllabi or curriculum.
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How are the learning experiences to

be provided?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Nature, laws and theories of learning.

Remembering and forgetting (memory).
Means of effective learning and memorization.
Transfer of learning or training.
Sensation and perception.
Concept formation.
Interests and attitude formation: thinking,
reasoning and problem solving behaviour etc.
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When and where are the learning

experiences to be provided?
The effectiveness of a teaching learning program
depends largely on the suitability of the teachinglearning situations in terms of time, place and other
environmental factors:
1. Classroom environment
2. Instructional/Organizational climate
3. Individual, self, supervised and group study
4. Factors affecting attention
5. Role of reward and punishment
6. Group behaviour and group dynamics
7. Guidance and counseling
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Summary
Knowing the learner.
Enabling the teacher to know his self, strength
and limitations and to acquire teacher-like
traits.
Selection and organization of proper learning
experiences suited to the individuality and
developmental stages of the learner.
Suggesting suitable methods.
Arranging proper learning situations.
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Introduction to Educational Psychology.

Cognition & Development Zahinah Zahoor

That branch of Psychology which deals

Judd : Educational Psychology is the science which explains

Cognition & Development Zahinah Zahoor

Characteristics and Nature of

Cognition & Development Zahinah Zahoor

Scope of Educational Psychology

Cognition & Development Zahinah Zahoor

Scope of Educational Psychology

Cognition & Development Zahinah Zahoor

Who is being educated?

By whom is the Learner to be

How are the learning experiences to

Nature, laws and theories of learning.

When and where are the learning

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