Encyclopedia of Educational Psychology

Encyclopedia of Educational Psychology
ISBN-10
1452265836
ISBN-13
9781452265834
Category
Education
Pages
1208
Language
English
Published
2008-01-17
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Author
Neil J. Salkind

Description

The field of educational psychology draws from a variety of diverse disciplines including human development across the life span, measurement and statistics, learning and motivation, and teaching. And within these different disciplines, many other fields are featured including psychology, anthropology, education, sociology, public health, school psychology, counseling, history, and philosophy. In fact, when taught at the college or university level, educational psychology is an ambitious course that undertakes the presentation of many different topics all tied together by the theme of how the individual can best function in an "educational" setting, loosely defined as anything from pre-school through adult education. Educational psychology can be defined as the application of what we know about learning and motivation, development, and measurement and statistics to educational settings (both school- and community-based).

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