About the Author
Roxana Moreno is the author of Educational Psychology, published by Wiley.
What is the main focus of Educational Psychology?
- It is the study of the psychological aspects of educational situations. The objective of educational psychology is to help teachers develop an understanding of educational process especially class room learning. Educational psychology is concerned with three focal areas 9 – the learner, the learning process and the learning situation.
What is the study of psychology?
- It was defined as a study of soul; then as a study of mind (mental philosophy) and later as a study of consciousness and now as a study of behaviour. 2
What are the three focal areas of the psychological foundations of Education?
- The three focal areas of the psychological foundations of education are the learner, the learning process and the learning situation. The first focus is naturally on the learner. This implies that understanding the learner-his psychological field is the first phase of effective teaching.
What led to the emergence of positive psychology?
- These reactions to Humanistic Psychology led to the emergence of Positive psychology. What Neo - Freudeans did to Psycho analysis was done by Positive Psychologists to Humanistic Psychology. Positive Psychology complemented and supplemented the Humanistic approach to Psychology.
Johann Herbart (1776–1841) is considered the father of educational psychology. He believed that learning was influenced by interest in the subject and the teacher. He thought that teachers should consider the students' existing mental sets—what they already know—when presenting new information or material.