Educational psychology studies students' learning process, including cognitive process, emotional process and will process. In the cognitive process, educational psychology studies the characteristics and development laws of students' cognitive activities such as memory, thinking and imagination, explores students' learning methods and strategies, and improves students' learning effect.
In the process of emotion, educational psychology studies students' emotions and their relationship with learning, and discusses how to promote students' learning and development by adjusting their emotions. Educational psychology studies the cultivation and development of students' learning goals, self-control and perseverance in the process of will, thus helping students to establish correct learning attitudes and values.
Educational psychology also studies teachers' psychological characteristics and teaching strategies, including teachers' teaching ideas, teaching methods and teaching skills. At the same time, educational psychology also discusses the process and method of evaluating and reflecting on education and teaching in order to improve teachers' teaching level and quality.
The research core of educational psychology is to pay attention to students' learning and development process, explore the psychological laws of teaching and learning in educational teaching situations, help teachers understand students' learning psychology, choose the most effective teaching methods and means, and promote students' learning and development.
Characteristics of educational psychology:
1, with strong theory: Educational psychology involves a large number of people and theories, which requires learners to read and think patiently and understand their profound theories.
2. Strong professionalism: Many theories of educational psychology are difficult to understand because they are too professional and contain many terms, which are relatively unfamiliar and abstruse.
3. Strong applicability: Educational psychology is both a theoretical discipline and an applied discipline. It aims to help teachers understand students' learning psychology, choose the most effective teaching methods and means, and promote students' learning and development.
4. Comprehensiveness: Educational psychology is a comprehensive discipline, which integrates the theories and research results of pedagogy, psychology, physiology, biology, philosophy and other disciplines to explore the psychological laws in the process of education and teaching.
5. Developmental: Educational psychology not only pays attention to students' learning and development, but also pays attention to teachers' professional development and the improvement of education and teaching level. It aims to promote the continuous improvement and development of education and teaching.