EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGYTasciana Daley

Educational PsychologyField that studies and applies theories and concepts

from all of psychology in an educational setting

An educational setting may be schools ranging from

Elementary Middle school High School University

Or anywhere people may learn

Any examples anyone?

The goal of Educational Psychology

To make any student teacher relationship as positive as it can be. So that students may learn to the best of their potential

Theoretical Perspectives of Educational Psychology are:

• Cognitive perspective

• Behavioral perspective

Cognitive perspectiveStudies how people acquire, perceive, remember and communicate

information

Behavioral perspectiveStudies the tendency to modify our behavior due to consequences

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Rewards Punishments

Just like how

To motivate students in good and bad ways

Developmental TheoryStudies how people change during the

course of their lives from infancy to older adulthood

Applying Psychology in the classroom

Just like School Psychologists:

• Concerned with helping students learn

But they…

• Generally focusses on course planning

• Instructional methods for an entire school system

(They don’t focus on the individual child, but wider system.)

Factors that affect learning…

Psychological Factors:

Motivation Emotions

Creativity Intelligence

Cultural Factors:

Religious Beliefs

Language

Economic Factors

Level of income earned by a

person’s family

Some educational psychologists help prepare standardized tests such as:

• Scholastic Aptitude test (SATs)

• ACTs

• EOCs

That’s the end of my presentation, and thank you for your participation