subject: The Impact Of Education Psychology And The Difference It Makes. [print this page] Structuring the information about the student outcomes, different learning techniques, the effectiveness of education organization and analyzing quick learning methods is what education psychology is all about. It includes the study of learning process for a student throughout his or her school and college phase. In addition inferences are also taken from studies of social, emotional and behavioral processes that are involved in learning during the entire life span.
Education psychologist engages in the learning process, grouping students in to the categories of gifted learners and those with the learning disabilities. This study in turn results into the educational, structural and organizational reforms at the school and college level. Some of them include:-
Learning pattern and applicability: The formal education process works underlining these two assumptions - (1) the students in all circumstances retain the skills and knowledge that they acquire in classrooms. (2) The students are capable of applying this knowledge outside the classroom boundaries. A research however suggested that the level of the knowledge retention is much longer than the school or college time span and it depends on how thoroughly the student understood the subject when taught in the class. This study revealed the importance of varied teaching techniques according to the students ease of to learn and retain.
Behavioral view: The educational psychologists have revealed the importance of student appreciation in the class, to increase confidence and motivate him or her to learn more. Teachers can modify student behavior by rewarding them for following the class rules with a token, star etc. The feeling of being acknowledged for positive behavior and all the praises will lead him or her to achieve more.
Cognitive view: This theory emphasizes on the positive impact of visual and graphical aides to enhance students ability to grasp and retain the information. Another important research in the education psychology is about the problem solving capabilities of students. The students are expected to assign problem to the schema of related information in memory. This is where the retention capability of a student is tested and analyzed.
Development view: This forms the combined analysis and research on how education and organization effects and reforms each other. The developmental model studies about the techniques that enhance the grasping and retention power of the students and implements those techniques in the organizational process. On a more simplified level, it studies about how some effective techniques such as visual aids and animated pictures affected students insight and grasp on the subject. Thus providing methodologies to effectively implement them. It also studies and groups students in to different categories as per their ability to grasp the knowledge in a given time frame. Then it researches the techniques which can be implemented to increase the retention and learning abilities of students who need more time and patience.
Motivational factor: The educational psychology covers the effectiveness of the motivation on the students behavior and performance. It tries to understand the cause behind success or failure from the students perspective and brings them in a more optimistic view about themselves.
The importance of the educational psychology is understood and regarded now. The education psychologists at the school level are referred to as school psychologist. They study and understand the behavior of each student and suggest steps that can be taken to enhance his or her learning abilities. Various international schools such as Cognita Schools have been long implementing this technique. Owing to its huge success rate many public schools are making reforms for the same.
