Educational psychology is the study of how people learn in educational environment, the effectiveness of education, the psychology of teaching, and the social psychology. Educational psychology is interested how students learn and develop. Educational psychology can be understood through its relations with other disciplines. It is informed by psychology, being closely related to that discipline. Educational psychology informs a range of specialities, including instructional design, educational technology, curriculum development, organizational learning, special education and classroom management. Educational psychology draws from cognitive science and the learning sciences. In universities, departments of educational psychology are usually with faculties of education, accounting for the lack of representation in introductory psychology textbooks. The psychology of education covers contemporary psychological knowledge applied to education. This branch of science covers: *the nature of learning,*techniques of assessment,*recent findings on the differences in individual students’ and teachers’ *ways of involving and motivating,*the importance of social disadvantage, and cultural differences of ethnicity and gender, in determining attainment, *, literacy development and the relationship between them, *behavioural problems and how to deal with them.Teachers should evaluate alternative approaches in educational policies and develop their own teaching methods.
Educational psychology has always been a part of teacher preparation, moving from a centerpiece in many programs to current conceps about its role in the reforming of education and teaching. Today, psychology knowledge is used to reform teaching and schooling, particularly the teaching for understanding. Current standards for teachers and suggestions for reforms in teacher education assume that teachers have a deep understanding of learning, development, motivation, and individual differences. Thre are several several aspects in teacher standards: the need to place learning at the center of teaching, the call for integrated studies, and the value of collaboration with the public schools. These themes have both positive and negative implications for the role of educational psychology in teacher education.
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