Advance Educational Psychology

Edited and Compiled by Arun Kumar Tyagi

Published by Educational Pub, 2011

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Contents 1 Educational psychology Meaning Nature and scope 2 Experiential learning theory Previous research and new directions 3 Detecting differences in meaningful learning behaviours and their evolution 4 Evolutionary psychology 5 Understanding the psychology of persons with special education needs 6 Efficacy of rational-emotive behaviour therapy on the reduction of test anxiety among adolescents 7psychological maltreatment of students 8 behavioural objectives and systematic instruction 9 Educational psychology and teaching methods Development and trends 10 Psychological behaviour problems of primary and secondary school students 11 Trends and development in educational psychology 12 Motivational beliefs self-regulation strategies and mathematics achievement 13 Humanistic psychology for education 14 Introduction to cross-cultural psychology 15 Evolutionary educational psychology 16 Ethical issues in human enhancement Bibliography IndexLong before educational psychology became a formal discipline scholars were concerned about what people think and do as they teach and learn The Greek philosophers Plato and Aristotle discussed topics still studied by educational psychologists-the role of the teacher the relationship between teacher and student methods of teaching the nature and order of learning the role of affect in learning In the 1500s the Spanish humanist Juan Luis Vives emphasized the value of practice the need to tap student interests and adapt instruction to individual differences and the advantages of using self-comparisons rather than competitive social comparisons in evaluating students work In the 1600s the Czech theologian and educator Johann Amos Comenius introduced visual aids and proclaimed that understanding not memorizing was the goal of teaching Writings of European Philosophers and reformers such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau Johann Heinrich Pestalozz Johann Friedrich Herbart and Friedrich Wilhelm August Froebel stressed the value of activity prior experience and interest All these ideas are consistent with current work in educational psychology Jacket 280 pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Advance Educational Psychology
• Publisher: Educational Pub
• Publication Date: 2011
• Binding: Hardcover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included