Educational Psychology
With the number of educational psychologists rising today, they are finding more and more ways to help out the students in our schools now. Many projects are being done, experiments being made, research being conducted, and tests being run so that educational psychologists can help fix problems that a lot of people are generally tending to have. They deal with many different aspects in their job from cognitive, to social, to behavioral problems or difficulties.
Educational Psychology It is proven that we are all unique individuals, all different from one another. Included in this is the way we think and learn. While some may be able to take directions easily, and learn quickly, others may not be able to do the same. Educational psychologists help deal with this issue, and have been since the times of Democritus. Philosophers noticed learning differences and in-capabilities in some more than others. This is the job of educational psychologists today. According to Wikipedia, the definition of educational psychology is, “the study of how humans learn in educational settings, the effectiveness of educational interventions, the psychology of teaching, and the social psychology of schools as organizations” ( Wikipedia, 2005). This field of learning deals with the general population, but mostly gifted children and those with certain disabilities and the way they learn in certain settings and under certain circumstances. Educational psychology has five branches of study, CSPP, which is counseling and student personnel psychology, QME, which is quantitive methods in education, special education, school psychology, and psychological foundations of education. Educational psychology is often mistaken as school psychology. Both are correct, but those of higher ranking in the field, such as a theorist would be addressed as an educational psychologist. Where as it would not matter as much whether a practitioner at school was referred to as an educational or school
Educational Psychology It is proven that we are all unique individuals, all different from one another. Included in this is the way we think and learn. While some may be able to take directions easily, and learn quickly, others may not be able to do the same. Educational psychologists help deal with this issue, and have been since the times of Democritus. Philosophers noticed learning differences and in-capabilities in some more than others. This is the job of educational psychologists today. According to Wikipedia, the definition of educational psychology is, “the study of how humans learn in educational settings, the effectiveness of educational interventions, the psychology of teaching, and the social psychology of schools as organizations” ( Wikipedia, 2005). This field of learning deals with the general population, but mostly gifted children and those with certain disabilities and the way they learn in certain settings and under certain circumstances. Educational psychology has five branches of study, CSPP, which is counseling and student personnel psychology, QME, which is quantitive methods in education, special education, school psychology, and psychological foundations of education. Educational psychology is often mistaken as school psychology. Both are correct, but those of higher ranking in the field, such as a theorist would be addressed as an educational psychologist. Where as it would not matter as much whether a practitioner at school was referred to as an educational or school
References: University of Minnesota. (30 August 2007) Educational Psychology. Retrieved September 6, 2007, from http://eehd.umn.edu/EdPsych/QME/research.html University of Florida. (2002-2003) Retrieved September 9, 2007, from http://www.registrar.ufl.edu/catalogarchive/02-03-catalog/courses/e/courses_Educational_Psychology.htm Wikipedia. (1995-2005) Educational Psychology. Retrieved September 4, 2007, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_psychology