Educational psychology

Educational psychology is the study of human learning. The study of learning processes, both cognitive and affective, allows researchers to understand individual differences in behavior, personality, intellect, and self- concept. The field of educational psychology heavily relies on testing, measurement, assessment, evaluation, and training to enhance educational activities and learning processes.[1] This can involve studying instructional processes within the classroom setting. Educational psychology can in part be understood through its relationship with other disciplines. It is informed primarily by psychology, bearing a relationship to that discipline analogous to the relationship between medicine and biology. It is also informed by neuroscience. The field of educational psychology involves the study of memory, conceptual processes, and individual differences (via cognitive psychology) in conceptualizing new strategies for learning processes in humans. History[edit] Early years[edit]

Philosophy of education - Wikipedia Philosophy of education can refer either to the application of philosophy to the problem of education, examining definitions, goals and chains of meaning used in education by teachers, administrators and policymakers. It can involve the examination of particular visions or approaches by researchers and policy-makers in education that often address contemporary debates and assumptions about innovations and practices in teaching and learning by considering the profession within broader philosophical or sociocultural contexts.[1] Instead of being taught in philosophy departments, philosophy of education is usually housed in departments or colleges of education,[7][8][9] similar to how philosophy of law is generally taught in law schools.[2] The multiple ways of conceiving education coupled with the multiple fields and approaches of philosophy make philosophy of education not only a very diverse field but also one that is not easily defined. Philosophy of education[edit] Idealism[edit] A.

E-learning (theory) - Wikipedia Cognitive science principles of effective multimedia learning E-learning theory describes the cognitive science principles of effective multimedia learning using electronic educational technology. Multimedia instructional design principles[edit] Germane cognitive load: the mental effort required to process the task's information, make sense of it, and access and/or store it in long-term memory (for example, seeing a math problem, identifying the values and operations involved, and understanding that your task is to solve the math problem).Intrinsic cognitive load: the mental effort required to perform the task itself (for example, actually solving the math problem).Extraneous cognitive load: the mental effort imposed by the way that the task is delivered, which may or may not be efficient (for example, finding the math problem you are supposed to solve on a page that also contains advertisements for math books). Empirically established principles[edit] A. B. Learning theories[edit]

Learning theory (education) - Wikipedia Theory that describes how students receive, process, and retain knowledge during learning Educational philosophy [edit] Classical theorists Educational psychology Methodological behaviorism is based on the theory of only explaining public events, or observable behavior. In behavior analysis, learning is the acquisition of a new behavior through conditioning and social learning. Learning and conditioning The three main types of conditioning and learning: Classical conditioning, where the behavior becomes a reflex response to an antecedent stimulus.Operant conditioning, where antecedent stimuli results from the consequences that follow the behavior through a reward (reinforcement) or a punishment.Social learning theory, where an observation of behavior is followed by modeling. Transfer of learning Techniques and benefits of transfer of learning Other cognitive theories Transformative learning theory Educational neuroscience Formal and mental discipline Multiple intelligences Other learning theories 76.