Psychology Of The Learning And Teaching

The Psychology of Teaching and Learning provides a thorough introduction to the psychology of instruction in schools and colleges. Provides a state-of-the-art overview of psychology learning and teaching in a global perspective. Provides comprehensive coverage of effective teaching approaches for use in psychology curricula or as part of curricula in other disciplines. Constitutes the world’s most complete major reference work on psychology learning and teaching. Psychologists working in the field of education study how people learn and retain knowledge. They apply psychological science to improve the learning process and promote educational success for all students.Today’s educational system is highly complex. There is no single learning approach that works for everyone. That’s why psychologists working in the field of education are focused on identifying and studying learning methods to better understand how people absorb and retain new information. Educational psychologists apply theories of human development to understand individual learning and inform the instructional process. While interaction with teachers and students in school settings is an important part of their work it isn’t the only facet of the job. Learning is a lifelong endeavor. People don’t only learn at school they learn at work in social situations and even doing simple tasks like household chores or running errands.