Educational psychology is a social psychology that studies human learning, the effect of educational intervention, teaching psychology and school organization under the educational situation. The focus of educational psychology is to apply psychological theory or research results to education.
Educational psychology can be used to design courses, improve teaching methods, promote learning motivation and help students face various difficulties and challenges in their growth.
Educational psychology is a discipline with distinct cross-characteristics, which is mainly manifested in the following aspects: (1) the cross between psychological science and educational science; The intersection of basic science and applied science; The intersection of natural science and humanities.
The role of educational psychology:
Educational psychology has the function of describing, explaining, predicting and controlling educational practice. In practical application, these functions are often intertwined, including the following four aspects: helping teachers understand the problem accurately; Provide scientific theoretical guidance for practical teaching; Help teachers predict and interfere with students; Help teachers conduct research in combination with teaching practice.
Exploring human psychology is one of the important topics in 2 1 century. Educational psychology will study psychological laws from the perspective of education and supplement and expand psychological theories. With the awakening of the importance of education, people gradually notice that there are still many laws in pedagogy that need to be improved. The study of educational psychology will help to improve these laws.