What is Educational Psychology? — Transcript

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1. 0:00over the years educational psychology
2. 0:02has been an important course in teacher
3. 0:04preparation but what is educational
4. 0:07psychology about the word psychology is
5. 0:10derived from two greek words psyche
6. 0:13meaning the mind soul or spirit and
7. 0:16logos meaning discourse or to study in
8. 0:19combination psychology is the scientific
9. 0:22study of mind and behavior
10. 0:26o'donnell and levin define educational
11. 0:28psychology as the development and
12. 0:31application of psychological principles
13. 0:33to education as well as the adoption of
14. 0:36psychological perspectives on education
15. 0:39in simple words educational psychology
16. 0:42is the study of how people learn
17. 0:44the world's changing faster than ever
18. 0:47today's educational system is highly
19. 0:49complex there is no single learning
20. 0:51approach that works for everyone
21. 0:55there are many factors contributes to
22. 0:57students learning and development
23. 0:59[Music]
24. 1:01but do you know among these factors
25. 1:03which contributes the most to the
26. 1:05students learning and development the
27. 1:08answer is you
28. 1:09the teacher of the students
29. 1:13as a scientific discipline educational
30. 1:16psychology aims to provide teachers with
31. 1:18research knowledge that teachers can
32. 1:20effectively apply to teach in situations
33. 1:23and with research skills that will
34. 1:25enhance teachers understanding of the
35. 1:27factors that influence student learning
36. 1:30over the 100 years the focus of
37. 1:32textbooks in educational psychology had
38. 1:35undergone some significant changes today
39. 1:38educational psychology textbooks often
40. 1:41discuss about topics namely learning
41. 1:44development differences among learners
42. 1:47different teaching methods motivational
43. 1:49theories and how to assess students
44. 1:51learning
45. 1:52[Music]
46. 1:55the content of educational psychology
47. 1:57contributes to the professional
48. 1:59knowledge base needed to become an
49. 2:00effective teacher to teach for
50. 2:02understanding teachers are expected to
51. 2:05equip with a set of professional
52. 2:06knowledge we can't teach what we don't
53. 2:09understand good understanding towards
54. 2:11knowledge of content is essential second
55. 2:14teachers must posses pedagogical content
56. 2:17knowledge an understanding of how to
57. 2:19represent the topics in ways that make
58. 2:22the content understandable to students
59. 2:25knowledge of learners and learning is
60. 2:27the third type of professional knowledge
61. 2:30it is arguably the most important
62. 2:32knowledge a teacher can have teachers
63. 2:34need to know how children develop
64. 2:35cognitively socially and physically in
65. 2:38order to make decision on what are the
66. 2:40appropriate content to teach teachers
67. 2:43also have to aware how students learn
68. 2:46and how their individual differences can
69. 2:48have impact on their learning
70. 2:50lastly teachers are also expected to
71. 2:52have the general pedagogical knowledge
72. 2:55which involves an understanding of
73. 2:57instructional strategies and classroom
74. 2:59management that apply to all subject
75. 3:02matter areas and topics
76. 3:05educational psychology provides insights
77. 3:08into how we all learn and develop if you
78. 3:10know how to apply what you learn from
79. 3:12educational psychology in your classroom
80. 3:15it can make important contribution to
81. 3:18your teaching