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An Investigation Of The Relevance Of Educational Psychology Into Teaching – Learning Process
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1.3 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The
high rate of learning problems and distractions in our schools cannot
be over emphasized. The issue of how to enhance adequate learning has
been the concern of every right thinking teacher. There is no doubt; the
problems of teaching learning process have to be taken care of.
This
study is geared towards x-raying certain problems that hinder adequate
learning and how to tackle them in order to enhance greater productivity
as regards teaching-learning situations.
The researcher therefore
hopes that this project will enable teachers and students alike
appreciate the role of educational psychology in bridging the gap
created by distractions and problems of teaching learning process.
Furthermore,
this will help teachers in this age to rectify the mistakes made before
like tagging a pupil a dullard or “good for nothing even when a pupil’s
intelligent quotient is above average ordinarily but he has learning
problems.
Root causes of the pupil’s performance should be looked into and handled better.
The
study of educational psychology provided information, ideas and
practices, which facilitate learning in the classroom. It will be to the
relevance of educational psychology with regards to teaching – learning
theories of teaching, an aspect of human growth and development,
motivation, remembering and forgetting and others.
The study of educational psychology has its significances thus:
1) Educational psychology with its study attempts to develop the theories of teaching
2) Educational psychology also with its study helps to improve teaching methods and materials.
3) The study of educational psychology attempts to solve learning problems, and to measure learning abilities.
4)
The study of educational psychology helps to improve teaching practice
in all components of the basic teaching model.
5)
The study of educational psychology attempts to measures educational
progress and how individuals learn at different ages.
1.4 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEMS
There
are some problems, which eventually comes up from stumbling block to
learning. But can it be said that a teacher has taught when the pupils
have not learnt? No. Therefore the primary concern of the classroom
teacher is to make learning possible. How does he do that?
He will ask himself whether the pupils understand his teaching.
- To what degree dot hey understand?
- What happens to retention of what have been naught?
Then the teacher will find out the possible causes of he learning and retention problems.
1.5 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
In this study, the researcher formulated and answered the following questions:
1) What is the relevance of educational psychology to teaching-learning process?
2) How will the educational psychology help students adapt to teaching – learning situations.
3) Is there any way of identifying hindrances to learning and bridging the gap?
4) What should be done in the case of exceptional students?
5) How does educational psychology take care of the in adolescent stage?
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This project was on the relevance of educational psychology into teaching learning processes in secondary schools in Enugu North Local Government Area of Enugu State. The study was specifically aimed at investigating the importance and help educational psychology has rendered to teaching – learning processes in order to achieve these objectives, the following questions were formulated and used:What is the relevance of educational psychology into teaching – learning situations? Ho ... Continue reading---
