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Long before educational psychology became a formal discipline, scholars were concerned about what people think and do as they teach and learn. The Greek philosophers Plato and Aristotle discussed topics still studied by educational psychologists-the role of the teacher, the relationship between teacher and student, methods of teaching, the nature and order of learning, the role of affect in learning. In the 1500s the Spanish humanist Juan Luis Vives emphasized ...
Psychology teaches are in a privileged position since teaching is in many ways just a branch of applied psychology and hence psychologists should be able to apply the principles and knowledge they posses to the advantage of their students. This does not mean, of course, that psychologists always do this. As Gale put it. The typical psychology degree on offer today falls very short of the ideal. A major problem, or cause of the problem, is that psychologists have ...
It has influenced education in many different ways and has give a new turn; a psychological turn to the human mind. For a skilful teacher in this day and age, a great deal of knowledge of educational psychology is highly indispensable. The subject psychology has two aspects pure and applied. Pure psychology formulates techniques for the study of human behaviour, which finds the practical shape in its applied aspects, i.e. branches of applied psychology like ...