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    Educational psychology involves the study of how people learn, including topics like student outcomes, the instructional process, individual differences in learning, gifted learners, and learning disabilities. Educational psychologists study children of all ages and how they learn in order to identify issues that impact learning. Educational psychology is important for teaching and learning as it helps solve educational issues and helps teachers understand themselves and their students. The role of educational psychologists is to assess difficulties children may have with learning and provide advice on how schools can help children learn and develop.

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    Educational psychology involves the study of how people learn, including topics like student outcomes, the instructional process, individual differences in learning, gifted learners, and learning disabilities. Educational psychologists study children of all ages and how they learn in order to identify issues that impact learning. Educational psychology is important for teaching and learning as it helps solve educational issues and helps teachers understand themselves and their students. The role of educational psychologists is to assess difficulties children may have with learning and provide advice on how schools can help children learn and develop.

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    Educational psychology involves the study of how people learn, including topics like student outcomes, the instructional process, individual differences in learning, gifted learners, and learning disabilities. Educational psychologists study children of all ages and how they learn in order to identify issues that impact learning. Educational psychology is important for teaching and learning as it helps solve educational issues and helps teachers understand themselves and their students. The role of educational psychologists is to assess difficulties children may have with learning and provide advice on how schools can help children learn and develop.

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    Dr.

    Inleusa Basengkham
    Freelance Educational Consultant
    Translator and Interpretor
    Transgender Advocate

    EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
    LEARNING OBJECTIVES

    What is educational psychology?

    What do educational psychologists do?

    Why is educational psychology important?

    What are the scopes of educational psychology?

    What is the role of educational psychologists?


    DEFINITION

    Educational psychology involves the study of


    how people learn, including topics such as
    student outcomes, the instructional process,
    individual differences in learning, gifted
    learners, and learning disabilities.
    Psychologists who work in this field are
    interested in how people learn and retain new
    information.
    WHAT DO EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGISTS DO?

    Educational psychologists study children of all Recently, educational psychology has expanded
    ages and how they learn. They use this analysis beyond preschool and elementary school
    to identify learning, social and behavioral issues classrooms to assist adults in educational
    that impede children's learning. settings.
    WHY IS EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY IMPORTANT?

    Educational psychology is very important in


    teaching and learning process. It helps to solve
    issues in education. In addition, it helps the teacher
    to understand himself/ herself and the learners.
    Theories in Education Psychology are important in
    that they give insight on issues in education.
    WHAT IS THE ROLE OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY?

    Educational psychologist use their training in


    psychology and knowledge of child development to
    assess difficulties children may be having with their
    learning. They provide advice and training on how
    schools might help children to learn and develop.
    EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY AND ITS SCOPE?

    Scope of the subject implies its field of study. ... So


    educational psychology is the study of behavior of
    the teacher, taught and persons connected to
    educational environment. Educational psychology
    is, therefore, that branch of educational content,
    which deals with human behavior and its
    modification.
    THE LEARNER

    The subject-matter of educational psychology is


    knitted around the learner. Therefore, the need of
    knowing the learners and the techniques of knowing
    the well. The topics include – the innate abilities and
    capacities of the individuals, individual differences
    and their measurements, the overt, covert, conscious
    as well as unconscious behavior of the learner, the
    characteristics of their growth and development and
    each stage beginning from childhood to adulthood.
    THE LEARNING EXPERIENCES

    Educational Psychology helps in deciding what


    learning experiences are desirable, at what stage of
    the growth and development of the learner, so that
    these experiences can be acquired with a greater
    satisfaction.
    LEARNING PROCESSES

    After knowing the learner and deciding what


    learning experiences are to be provided,
    Educational Psychology moves on to the laws,
    principles and theories of learning. Other items in
    the learning process are remembering and
    forgetting, perceiving, concept formation, thinking
    and reasoning, problem solving, transfer of
    learning, ways and means of effective learning etc.
    LEARNING SITUATION OR ENVIRONMENT

    Educational Psychology deals with the


    environmental factors and learning situations which
    come midway between the learner and the teacher.
    Topics like classroom climate and group dynamics,
    techniques and aids that facilitate learning and
    evaluation, techniques and practices, guidance and
    counseling etc. For the smooth functioning of the
    teaching-learning process.
    THE TEACHER

    The teacher is a potent force is any scheme of teaching


    and learning process. It discusses the role of the
    teacher. It emphasizes the need of ‘knowing the self’
    for a teacher to play his role properly in the process of
    education. His conflicts, motivation. Anxiety,
    adjustment, level of aspiration etc. It throws light on
    the essential personality traits, interests, aptitudes, the
    characteristics of effective teaching etc. So as to
    inspire him for becoming a successful teacher.
    FINAL THOUGHTS

    What is the importance of He is responsible to be aware about growth and development of the
    educational psychology? students. It is educational psychology which enables the teacher to use
    various techniques. The importance of educational psychology and
    teachers has the following points: Educational Psychology helps
    teacher to know that how learning takes place.
    FINAL THOUGHTS

    - What do we learn in educational psychology?

    Educational psychology involves the study of how


    people learn, including topics such as:
    • student outcomes
    • the instructional process,
    • individual differences in learning, and
    • gifted learners, and
    • learning disabilities.
    THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

    Questions and Discussion

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