PSYC 3800 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Cultural-Historical Psychology, Psychology Today, Research
29 Mar 2017
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For as long as the field of educational psychology has existed about 100 years there have been debates about what it really is. Some people believe educational psychology is simply knowledge gained from psychology and applied to the activities of the classroom. Others believe it involves applying the methods of psychology to study classroom and school life (brophy, 2003; wittrock, 1992). A look at history shows the close connections between educational psychology and teaching. Educational psychology: the discipline concerned with teaching and learning processes; it applies the methods and theories of psychology and has its own as well. The view generally accepted is that educational psychology is a distinct discipline with its own theories, research methods, problems, and techniques. Both in the past and today, educational psychologists study learning and teaching and, at the same time, strive to improve educational practice (pintrich, 2000).
