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Educational psychology - Definition and Overview |
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Educational psychology or school psychology is the psychological science studying how children and adults learn, the effectiveness of various educational strategies and tactics, and how schools function as organizations. Educational psychologists work together with teachers and parents, to enhance children's learning and development, especially in cases of behavioural and learning difficulties. Educational psychologists focus on the needs of children in school as well as other areas of children's lives impacted by their school experiences. While educational psyschology deals with all types of learners, some educational psychologists focus assisting children with learning disabilities, such as ADHD, emotion or mood disorders, and many other.
Educational psychologists use Learning Theories as guides to help them effectively study how people learn. Over the years there have been many commonly accepted learning theories. These include:
Major theorists of educational psychology:
A person is generally considered an Educational Psychologist if they have completed a degree in psychology or instructional psychology. Psychologists that work in a k-12 school setting are usually trained at either the masters or doctoral (PhD or EdD) level. In addition to conducting assessments, educational psychologists provide services such as counseling, teacher consultation, and crisis intervention.
Educational psychology is closely allied to developmental psychology.
See also
[school-based interventions (http://moodle.ed.uiuc.edu/wiked/index.php/School-based_interventions)]
- WikEd (http://moodle.ed.uiuc.edu/wiked) is a MediaWiki operated by the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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