1. EDUC103 – Educational Psychology
Dr. Ali Khamis Ali

2. EDUC103 – Educational Psychology
Dr. Ali Khamis Ali
11E-3
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3. definitions
- Education - Schooling - Psychology - Educational Psychology - Learning - Teaching -

4. Definitions Education
the process by which society transmits to new members the values, beliefs, knowledge, and symbolic expressions to make communication possible within society. In this sense, education is serving a social and cultural function.

5. Definitions Schooling
Teaching and learning that takes place in formal environments

6. Definitions Psychology
The scientific study of the mind and behaviour (or behaviour and mental processes) especially as it relates to human beings.

7. Definitions Educational Psychology
- A study of combination of education and psychology
- A distinct scientific discipline within psychology that includes both methods of study and a knowledge base

8. Definitions Educational Psychology
- Concerned primarily with understanding the processes of teaching and learning that take place within formal environments and developing ways of improving those methods
- Important topics include learning theories; teaching methods; motivation; cognitive, emotional, and moral development; and parent-child relationships

9. Definition Educational Psychology
- is the scientific discipline that addresses the questions
- “Why do some students learn more than others?”
and
- “What can be done to improve that learning?”

10. Definitions
Learning
- relatively permanent change in an individual's behavior or behavior potential (or capability) as a result of experience or practice.
- an internal change inferred from behavior

11. Definitions
Learning
- can be compared with the other primary process producing relatively permanent change--maturation--that results from biological growth and development

12. Definitions
Teaching
- the purposeful direction and management of the learning process

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