UNIT # 1 INTRODUCTION TO EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
TOPIC: DEFINITION, IMPORTANCE & SCOPE OF
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
COURSE TITLE: DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION III
COURSE CODE: EDU-2041
COURSE INCHARGE: MS. SADIA SALEEM
LEARNING OUTCOMES
At the end of the topic student will be able to,
• Explain the concept of Educational Psychology.
• Explain the definition of Educational Psychology.
• Explain the importance of Educational Psychology.
OVERVIEW OF THE TOPIC
• In previous topic students has been learnt about the meaning and concept,
scope of psychology. In this lesson student will study About the Education
psychology, it’s importance and scope.
This topic will be cover into 2
sessions
INTRODUCTION
Educational psychology is one of the branches of psychology to study the
behaviour of the learner in relation to his education. As specialized branch of
psychology concerns itself with suggesting ways and means of improving the
process and products of education, enabling the teacher to teach effectively and
the learners to learn effectively with the minimum effort. The effectiveness of
learning not only depends on the learner but also on the teacher. Educational
psychology gives us information about how the learning process can be made
interesting by motivating the learner with the help of reinforcement.
Educational Psychology studies mental and behavior related issues
scientifically, of those who are directly or indirectly concerned with education.
DEFINATIONS OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
Skinner:
• “Educational psychology is the branch of psychology which deals with
teaching and learning”.
Crow and Crow:
• “Educational psychology describes and explains learning experience
of an individual from birth to old age”.
Walter B. Kolesink:
• It is the study of those facts and principles of psychology which helps
to explains and improves the process of education.”
Peel:
• “Educational psychology is the science of education”.
NEED & IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
• To know Individual differences of learner and teacher
• To know Attitude of learner and teacher.
• To know Aptitude/ Potential of learner and teacher.
• To know Interest of learner and teacher.
• To know Teaching-learning process.
• To know the problems of learner.
SCOPE OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
HERIDITY AND ENVIRONMENT:
To what extent Heredity and Environment contribute towards the growth of the
individual, and how this knowledge can be made use of for bringing about the
optimum development of the child; form a salient feature of the scope of
educational psychology.
SCOPE OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT AND ADJUSTMENT OF PERSONALITY:
Educational psychology deals with the Nature and Development of the Personality of
an individual. In fact, education has been defined as the all-round development of
the personality of an individual; personality development also implies a well-
adjusted
SCOPE OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
HUMAN BEHAVIOR:
It studies Human Behaviour in educational situations. Psychology is the study of
behaviour, and education deals with the modification of behaviour; hence,
educational psychology pervades the whole field of education.
SCOPE OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT:
It studies the Growth and Development of the child. How a child passes through
the various stages of growth and what are the characteristics of each stage are
included in the study of educational psychology.
SCOPE OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
It studies Individual Difference: Every individual differs from every other
individual. It is one of the fundamental facts of human nature which have been
brought to light by educational psychology. This one fact has revolutionalised
the concept and process
SCOPE OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
INTELLIGENCE AND
MEASUREMENT
It studies the nature Intelligence and
its Measurement. This is of outmost
importance for a teacher.
A teacher or a tutor needs to
understand the nature of the study.
The scope of Psychology in
education includes the study of the
nature of intelligence as well as its
measurement.
SCOPE OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING
Educational Psychology Provides Guidance and
Counseling: Education is nothing but providing guidance to
the growing child
American Psychologist Association has given five areas of
guidance and counseling.
Human growth and development, including the effect of
heredity and environment on various aspects of individual
The nature of the learning process, factors influencing
the learning process
It includes many sub-topics, such as the mental health of
the students and teachers’ character
Measurement and evaluation, statistics
Techniques and methods of Educational Psychology
REFERENCES
• John Parankimalil
Meaning, Nature and Scope of Educational Psychology March 9, 2012
• https://www.psychologydiscussion.net/notes/psychology-notes/educational-psy
chology-psychology-notes/notes-on-educational-psychology-nature-scope-and
-methods/2020
• https://www.slideshare.net/atulunik/educational-psychology-59806565
• https://www.slideshare.net/amjadfrance/need-scope-of-educational-psycholog
y
Bibiography
• Introduction to Education for B.Ed,M.Ed, M.A education by Prof Dr Pervaz
Aslam Shami
• An Introduction to Education Edited by Hasan Arslan published by Cambridge
Scholars Publishing,2018
