Thursday, 25 June 2015

Educational Psychology

Educational Psychology

A branch of psychology that studies children in an educational setting and is concerned with teaching and learning methods, cognitive development, and aptitude assessment.

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.
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.
Education
The process of receiving or giving systematic instruction, especially at a school or university.
The process of teaching or learning, especially in a school or college, or the knowledge that you get from this:
Theory
A set of principles on which the practice of an activity is based.
An idea used to account for a situation or justify a course of action.
Theory explains how some aspect of human behavior or performance is organized. It thus enables us to make predictions about that behavior.
Learning
Knowledge acquired through experience, study, or being taught
Measurable and relatively permanent change in behavior through experience, instruction, or study.
Method
Orderliness of thought or behavior; systematic planning or action.
A method is a programmed procedure that is defined as part of a class and included in any object of that class.
Curriculum
The subjects comprising a course of study in a school or college
The term curriculum refers to the lessons and academic content taught in a school or in a specific course or program.
Approach
An act of speaking to someone for the first time about something, typically a proposal or request.



Psychology
The scientific study of the human mind and its functions, especially those affecting behavior in a given context.
Psychology is the science of the mind and behavior. The word "psychology" comes from the Greek word psyche meaning "breathe, spirit, soul", and the Greek word logia meaning the study of something.
Behavior
A response of an individual or group to an action, environment, person, or stimulus.

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Teaching
The range of professional duties performed by teachers is wide and extensive. At the heart of a teacher's role is the promotion of learning for all pupils.
Attitude
A position of the body proper to or implying an action or mental state.
A predisposition or a tendency to respond positively or negatively towards a certain idea, object, person, or situation. Attitude influences an individual's choice of action, and responses to challenges, incentives, and rewards (together called stimuli).
Profession
A profession is something a little more than a job, it is a career for someone that wants to be part of society, who becomes competent in their chosen sector through training; maintains their skills through continuing professional development (CPD); and commits to behaving ethically, to protect the interests of the public.
Process
Perform a series of mechanical or chemical operations on (something) in order to change or preserve it.
A process is a collection of interrelated work tasks initiated in response to an event that achieves a specific result for the customer of the process.
Learner
To gain knowledge of or skill in through study, instruction, or experience:
Motivation

Internal and external factors that stimulate desire and energy in people to be continually interested and committed to a job, role or subject, or to make an effort to attain a goal.

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