The first book on educational psychology published in China was 1908 Fang Dongyue's Practical Educational Psychology translated from Ogara, Japan.
From 65438 to 0924, Liao Shicheng compiled the first textbook of educational psychology in China.
Research methods of educational psychology
(1) experimental method; ? (2) observation method;
(3) investigation methods; ? (4) case law;
(5) test method; ? (6) educational experience summary method;
(7) product analysis methods, etc.
experimental method
Experimental method refers to a research method that reveals the causes and development laws of educational psychological phenomena by creating certain situations and manipulating or controlling certain variables. The basic purpose of this study is to reveal the causal relationship between variables.
Experimental method is the most widely used and successful method in psychological research.
The experimental methods mainly include laboratory experiments and field experiments.
Observation method
Observation method refers to a method that researchers systematically investigate and describe the performance or behavior changes of individual psychological activities through the senses or with the help of certain scientific instruments in the process of education, so as to collect relevant research data.
Observation is the most basic and commonly used method in educational psychology research.
10 survey is a research method to indirectly understand the psychological activities of subjects through various channels.
In the research of educational psychology, the commonly used survey methods are questionnaire survey and interview.
Research principles of educational psychology
(1) principle of objectivity;
(2) Educational principles (moral principles);
(3) the principle of development;
(4) the principle of integrating theory with practice;
(5) Systematic principle.
Among them, the educational principle means that the research methods and means adopted in the research process of educational psychology should promote the healthy development of the subjects' psychology, which is a basic ethical principle that all psychological research on people should follow.