What is Psychology?

Psychology is the scientific study of behaviour and mental process. (the study of mind and behaviour)

Derived from the Greek words 'psyche' and 'logos'; meaning 'study of soul'

There are different branches of psychology. Basically there are two major categories as 'Pure' and 'Applied'. I)What are the branches of psychology?

 EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

a) "psychology concerned with human maturation, school learning, teaching methods, guidance, and evaluation of aptitude and progress by standardized tests" - Merriam Webster Dictionary

b) "It seems too simple to say that educational psychology is the psychology of learning and teaching, and yet a majority of educational psychologists spend their time studying ways to describe and improve learning and teaching. After reviewing the historical literature in educational psychology, Glover and Ronning (1987, p. 14) suggested that educational psychology includes topics that span human development, individual differences, measurement, learning, and motivation and is both a data-driven and a theory-driven discipline. Thus, our definition of educational psychology is the application of psychology and psychological methods to the study of development, learning, motivation, instruction, assessment, and related issues that influence the interaction of teaching and learning. This definition is broad because the potential applications of educational psychology to the learning process are immense!" - 

Educational Psychology: Effective Teaching, Effective Learning 3^rd Edition , Elliott, et. al.

It is a branch of psychology which involves in studying the learner along with the learning process of early childhood and adolescence, but includes the social, emotional and cognitive processes that are involved in learning throughout the entire lifespan. The field of educational psychology incorporates a number of other disciplines, including developmental psychology, behavioral psychology and cognitive psychology.


II) Do you think Educational Psychology is important for a teacher? Why?

When reading you should...

Hello to all, 

From today onwards you can use this blog to get help to update your knowledge on Educational Psychology. You can read and at the same time you need to contribute as well. There shall be questions added to each post. It is better if you try to answer the questions given. This will help everyone to involve in learning actively and make you feel how much you can learn from each other. 

Enjoy learning!

Esala 

Hi All :)

The most valuable time is the present. All challenges are for our own good. Challenge the challenge so that we can be successful. 

Be happy that you are lucky just because you had to study another new subject. Though you feel that this would be another challenge for you, "It is not!". Always try to be practical when considering the subject matter as this subject is a very practical one. So everyone enjoy learning via blog reading, watching videos etc. apart from my lecture sessions. 

Good luck!

Esala