The Study of Educational Psychology

Theme: Teaching as an Art

Outline of Concepts:

• Educational Psychology: The art of classroom practice
• Teaching as decision making

Learning Objectives:

• Understand educational psychology as a resource for educators
• Identify pioneers in educational psychology and their contributions to the field
• Differentiate the main psychological approaches applied to educational psychology
• Identify the three stages of teacher development and the role of Concern Theory
• Describe different ontologies and philosophies of education
• Define and create a philosophy of education