Concept information
Preferred term
educational psychology
Definition
- A broad term that encompasses both the study of how people learn in educational settings as well as the provision of psychological services by practitioners in a school setting. Educational psychology, as a modern scientific discipline, traces its roots to the late 19th century with the application of the scientific method to educational problems. [Source: The SAGE Glossary of the Social and Behavioral Sciences; Educational Psychology]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- achievement
- aptitude
- aspirations (psychology)
- child guidance
- dropout
- educational guidance
- exceptional children
- instructional design
- learning (psychology)
- peers and peer influences
- remedial teaching
- social development
- testing, measurement, and evaluation
- theories of educational psychology
- underachievement
- vocational guidance
Belongs to group
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/educational_psychology
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