Why Schooling Is Important

Explore how the study of psychology has contributed to an understanding of the discipline of education studies?

Introduction:
The quest to explain behaviour through the study of the human mind
In this essay I will be discussing how the study of psychology has contributed to an understanding of the discipline of education studies.

Psychology is the study of the human mind to have a better understanding on how and why individuals act in a specific way they do. The main definition of psychology is the quest to explain behaviour through the study of the human mind. Psychology is a scientific study which looks at how the human mind functions as well as its behaviours. It’s a multifaceted discipline which consists of many fields of study such as the human development, health, sports, social behaviour and many more. Psychologist’s attempt to understand the role of mental functions in individuals and social behaviour, they do this by establishing general principles which ultimately aims to benefit the society.

Education studies is any act or experience that has a formative effect on the human mind, character or physical ability

Education in the largest sense is any act or experience that has a formative effect on the mind, character or physical ability the act or process of imparting or acquiring knowledge, skill, or judgment. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.

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. Educational psychology is concerned with how students learn and develop, often focusing on subgroups such as gifted children and those subject to specific disabilities. Researchers and theorists are likely to be identified in the US and Canada as educational psychologists, whereas practitioners in schools or school-related settings are identified as school psychologists. This distinction is, however, not made in the UK, where the generic term for practitioners is "educational psychologist."
Educational psychology can in part be understood through its relationship with other discipline
Education and phy go hand in hand as phy is all about the mind and brain as education
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Behaviourist Theory-
(Introduction to education studies, Steve Bartlett and Diana Burton p.197) The behaviourist school of Psychology was developed further by two US psychologists, Watson (1913) and Skinner (1957) who revealed laws of stimulus-response conditioning and reinforcement. Watson famously claimed that he could teach a child anything. These psychologists realised that classical conditioning where new signals are acquired for existing responses could be contrived to create associations or ‘learning’ This was believed.... EXAMPLE: reader reflection: classical conditioning Teacher instructs pupils to work quietly... pupils work quietly on tasks Teacher instructs pupils to work quietly while putting her fingers on her lips.. pupils work quietly on tasks Teach puts her fingers to her lips... pupils work quietly on tasks Different theories http://psychology.about.com/od/psychology101/u/psychology-theories.htm Social learning theory http://psychology.about.com/od/developmentalpsychology/a/sociallearning.htm Learning theory Learning theories focus on how people learning and acquire new knowledge. This is an interdisciplinary topic of interest that often draws upon information from psychology, education, instructional design, and other areas. Books: (children’s personal and social development Sharon Ding and Karen Littleton) Attachment Theory: The guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/may/01/universityguide.psychology Nature & Nurture: http://www.questia.com/library/science-and-technology/health-and-medicine/genetics/nature-and-nurture intro: what i will write in my essay

what education is

what education studies is

what psychology is psychologist theories psychology contributes in education educational pyschology studies

cognitive side of psychology cognitive theories

nature vs nurture theory

social enviroment case of genie (briefly)

conclusion

Thorndike, pluato, burt, piaget, labov, aristotle, pavlov, skinner, locke, chomsky
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