Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Educational Psychology is a compound word consists of two words – Education and Psychology. Educational Psychology is one of the many branches of Psychology dealing mainly with the problems, processes and products of education. It is an attempt to
Image by Rajesh Sharma from Pixabay Introduction According to its wider concept, Education is called a dynamic process. This process starts from the birth of a child and continues till his death. In other words, it can be said that process of education goes on
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Introduction Development is a continuous process ensuing multiple changes. Development means growth, adaptation and change over lifetime. Over the years a child acquires mastery of different types of skills more or less in a continuous manner and improved in
Sigmund Freud Introduction At the time of birth, human infant is just a biological organism with only animal needs, desires and impulses. He knows nothing about what we call society or social behaviour. As it grows, under the careful guidance of mother it learns to
George Herbert Mead Introduction At the time of birth, human infant is just a biological organism with only animal needs, desires and impulses. He knows nothing about what we call society or social behaviour. As it grows, under the careful guidance of mother it learns
Image by Esi Grünhagen from Pixabay Introduction The goal of educational process is the total development of the learners irrespective of the level of education. Total development refers to the development in the three major domains – COGNITIVE, PSYCHOMOTOR and AFFECTIVE. These are the three
Structure and Parts of Human Brain Introduction The word “EDUCATION” has a very wide connotation. It is hard to define. It is difficult to reconcile all the views of Education. The Concept of education is like a diamond which appears to be a different color
Introduction Idealism is born out of ancient Greek Philosopher Plato’s “Theory of Idea”. According to this doctrine, the ultimate supremacy is of “Idea”. In this way, the real word is “Idealism” but adding letter ‘l’ for euphony, it is known as “Idealism”. As a philosophical
Cognitive Development : Brief Definition Cognitive Development pertains to the development of intellectual knowledge, skills and abilities in children. It involves levels of learning based on increasing levels of complexity. These are knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation. Vygotsky’s Socio-Cultural Prespective Vygotsky provided a
Introduction Naturalism is also termed a materialism. According to this philosophy, the basis of the world is matter. Mind is also a form of matter or an element of matter or a synthesis of both. Naturalistic philosophy defines life in terms of material and chemical
