REFLECTION

According to Wikipedia, educational psychology is the study of human learning. The study of

learning processes, both cognitive and affective, allows researchers to understand individual

differences in behavior, personality, intellect, and self- concept. The field of educational

psychology heavily relies on testing, measurement, assessment, evaluation, and training to

enhance educational activities and learning processes. This can involve studying instructional

processes within the classroom setting.

Educational psychology can in part be understood through its relationship with other

disciplines. It is informed primarily by psychology, bearing a relationship to that discipline

analogous to the relationship between medicine and biology. It is also informed by neuroscience.

Educational psychology in turn informs a wide range of specialties within educational studies,

including instructional design, educational technology, curriculum development, organizational

learning, special education and classroom management. Educational psychology both draws

from and contributes to cognitive science and the learning sciences

Educational psychology is the scientific study of psychology in education. Its goals are to

understand learners and promote learning.

Teachers help students learn, develop, and realize their potential. To become successful in their

craft, teachers need to learn how to establish high-quality relationships with their students, and

they need to learn how to implement instructional strategies that promote students' learning,

development, and potential. To enhance my knowledge about teaching, the study of educational

psychology can help me to better understand my students and better understand the process of

teaching. Such is the twofold purpose of Educational Psychology - to help in-service teachers

understand their students better and to help them understand all aspects of the teaching-learning

situation. The pursuit of these two purposes leads to the ultimate goal of this subject - namely, to

help in-service teachers become increasingly able to promote student learning, development, and

potentials. Teachers help students learn, develop, and realize their potential.

I was bit disappointed when I learned that our professor can’t meet us throughout the

school proper. I also raised my brows when he told us the we have to do many integration papers

without even discussing any topic about it. There were times that I want to drop the subjects

because of the overload of different task that was given to us. But then again, I realized that I am

no longer an undergraduate student anymore.

I learned a lot by surfing the net, reading articles pertaining to Educational Psychology. I

loved the videotape type of reporting because it relieves my slight fright in talking in front of

many people.

With this subject, it provides me the following:

1. A clear description of the theoretical principles in psychology that have relevance for

education.

2. Practical guidance about how to link theory and practice in the context of classrooms,

as well as the limits of application of theoretical principles to classroom practice.

3. Learning tools to help teachers develop skills that can be build on throughout my

teaching career.

4. Students need to stray away from lecturing and get the students to actively participate.

Teachers should understand and incorporate different learning styles.

5. Each student has a different type of intelligence. They should use their dominant

intelligence, while also working to improve their non dominant intelligences.

6. Using Gagne’s Nine Events of Instruction teachers improved their students internal

process of learning.

7. Each student has a different type of intelligence. They should use their dominant

intelligence, while also working to improve their non dominant intelligences.

8. With the knowledge of Garner’s different intelligences teachers are able to incorporate

a variety of activities that uses a variation of learning styles.

9. Bloom’s Taxonomy allows teachers to actively challenge students with a variety of

questions ranging from recall to analysis.

10. Integrating technology into the lessons would be fairly easy with the different skill

levels assisted.

As I finished this subject, I know I will have the necessary knowledge to handle well my

students while I’m teaching. I know I should put it all into practice, and make the theory alive

inside my classroom.