The Importance Of Educational Psychology

To provide the necessary motivation and direction, effective guidance and control and to evaluate success in teaching, the teacher must know educational psychology. "The field of educational psychology embraces two disciplines, psychology and education", (Kelly, 1965). Educational psychology is that aspect of applied psychology in which facts, theories, and the hypothesis of the science of psychology are presented with reference particularly to their application and implementation in the school situation. As stipulated by the definition, an educational psychologist should know psychology and should be able to apply its principles in the teaching-learning process in and out of the classroom. Aquino, Gaudencio and Razon, Perpetua(1993) "The usual traditional teaching aids are blackboards, textbooks, charts, pictures, posters, maps, atlases, globes, flash cards, flip cards, worksheets, science lab apparatus and materials, models, crossword puzzles, quizzes, storytelling, dramatization, one act plays, dictionaries, encyclopedias, reference books, learning toys and abacus. These teaching tools are very common…

adult students when rating their motivation and performance. Achievement levels remained higher for the teen students due to greater ease and comfort with the technology in comparison to the adult subjects who were not as familiar with the use of electronics. Despite any challenges where researchers have criticized gamification, scholars expressed the need for further research as they recognized the positive effects gamification has on educational curricula (Bahji et al., 2013; L. de-Marcos et…

Data is not a pretentious word. It does not appear to be ostentatious, but how can a four letter word take up so much space and have the capacity to strike fear in the hearts of the young and the old (Zavadsky & Dolejs, (2007)? The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines data as information gathered or collected “by a sensing device that includes both useful and irrelevant or redundant information and must be processed to be meaningful (Merriam-Webster, 2016).” One may elaborate to state, data…

Critically evaluate the contribution that learning styles and learning strategies could make to a students educational development on the SED Learning strategies are used by everyone to help in learning a particular thing or piece of information. They form a huge part of a students life during university. It can be questionable as to whether they can be beneficial to a students educational development. Many people feel they are helpful but some students cannot find a perfect learning strategy…

Psychologist Viezel, K. D., & Davis, A. S. (2015). Child maltreatment and the school psychologist. Psychology in the Schools, 52(1), 1-8. doi:10.1002/pits.21807 When the historical manner in which children have been perceived and consequently treated is taken into consideration it is nothing short of divine intervention that the human race did not kill itself off centuries ago. We live in a broken world filled with pain and suffering, despair and hopelessness, and crime and poverty without the…

Reflecting on my educational experiences, I appreciate the immeasurable impact that teachers make on the lives of young people. I also realise that the skills and knowledge acquired in the classroom, will be used by young people throughout life. Therefore, as a teacher, I hope to be a role model that cultivates in young people, open minds, the knowledge and ability to look at the world critically, and the belief in ones capacity to make positive contributions to society. With this goal in mind,…

also believes that it is important to modify students’ lessons to assist them to academically progress to their fullest. Chloe feels that it is important to incorporate technology such as the iPad to support students learning. She stated, “The iPad is a great instructional tool to stimulate students’ educational needs to enhance academic progress. Chloe stated, “It is my desire to see all of my students succeed and to leave my class with confidence and the desire to be the best they can be and…

their patients, suggest prevention methods and divert and alter negative thoughts. Issues their clients may face include readjustment problems such dealing with divorce, bullying, martial disputes, emotional stress or trauma and mental disorders such as anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, dementia etc. School or child psychologists work with children or adolescents mainly in a school setting. They are trained to cater to their needs and may take up employment in research, counselling or making…

Estimating the risk of future reading difficulties in kindergarten children: a research-based model and its clinical implementation. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools. 2001;32:38–50. Graham S, Berninger VW, Abbott RD, Abbott SP, Whitaker D. Role of mechanics in composing of elementary school students: A new methodological approach. Journal of Educational Psychology. 1997;89:170–182. Kim Y-S, Petscher Y, Foorman BR, Zhou C. The contributions of phonological awareness and…

organization is Youth Empowerment Studio (YES!) which is a community of psychology student that provides free mental health training for senior high school students. In its second year, my research division already developed three years modules for mental health capacity building that can be replicated in other school. My second organization is Pijar Psikologi (Pijarpsikologi.org) which is an online platform of psycho-education and psychological consultation. I got 14 psychologists that back me…