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8/9/2019 Define Educational Psychology
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Course Content: What is Educational Psychology?
What is a good teacher? What is a good learner?
What is Motivation?
What are the other factors that take part inthe teaching-learning process?
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Educational Psychology
Define and differentiate importantterms in educational psychology.
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Define & differentiate the following terms:
Education:
1) developing the capacities and potential
of the individual so as to prepare that
individual to be successful in a specificsociety or culture.
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Define & differentiate the following terms:
Education:
2) the process by which society transmits
to new members the values, beliefs,
knowledge, and symbolic expressions tomake communication possible within
society.
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Schooling:
Teaching and learning that takes
place in formal environments
Define & differentiate the following terms:
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Psychology:
the scientific studyof mind and behavior(or behavior and mental processes),especially as it relates to individual
human beings
Define & differentiate the following terms:
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Educational Psychology:
Combination of psychology and
education
A distinct scientific discipline within
psychology that includes both
methods of study and a knowledge
base
Define & differentiate the following terms:
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Educational Psychology:
Concerned primarily with understanding theprocesses of teaching and learning that take
place within formal environments and
developing ways of improving those methods
Important topics include learning theories;
teaching methods; motivation; cognitive,
emotional, and moral development; and
parent-child relationships
Define & differentiate the following terms:
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Learning:
relatively permanent change in anindividual's behavior or behavior potential
(or capability) as a result of experience or
practice
an internal change inferred from
behavior
Define & differentiate the following terms:
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Learning:
can be compared with the other
primary process producing
relatively permanent change--
maturation--that results frombiological growth and development
Define & differentiate the following terms:
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Teaching:
the purposeful direction andmanagement of the learning
process
Define & differentiate the following terms:
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Educational Psychology
is the scientific discipline that
addresses the questions
Why do some students learn more
than others?
and
What can be done to improve that
learning?
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Ed Psych encourages Reflective practice
Professional development
Instructional strategies
Self-efficacy YOU can do it!
Research