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Educational
psychology aims at the harmonious growth and rightful conduct of the children
in too. It aims at the development of 'wholesome personality' and 'continuous
growth'. It aims at helping the teacher in providing facts and generalisation
in his task of assisting the child to develop the harmonious personality. A few
of the specific aims and objectives are discussed herewith.
(1) Educational psychology aims at developing right
attitudes in the teacher about the educational problems. An effective
management of learning is a key problem in educational psychology. From
educational psychology the teacher knows the proper method of imparting
instruction. He also knows the amount of learning which can be acquired by the
child.
(2) Educational psychology aims at assisting the teacher
to organize the material which to be taught to the child. The teacher studies
the whole child and his mental make-up and chooses and organises the
subject-matter properly.
(3) Educational psychology aims at studying heredity
growth and maturation, environmental influences, language, thinking, the
development of language and the process of socialisation in relation to their
effect on the child as a learner. It assists the teacher to set up appropriate
educational situations in order to bring about desirable change.
(4) It aims at assisting the teacher in treating their
pupils with sympathy and understanding. It also aims at creating positive
attitude towards learning.
(5) It aims at helping the teacher to understand his own
task. The teacher faces many problems in the classroom as teaching situation.
Educational psychology develops in the teacher a scientific attitude to solve
different problems of education faced by him.
(6) Educational psychology aims at teaching, teachers how
best to help their pupils to learn more effectively both in and out of class.
(7) It aims at providing the teacher with the proper method
of teaching. The various teaching procedure are put in practice in teaching the
child. Those which are psychologically sound are recommended for the teacher's
use.
(8) Conducting research is another important objective of
educational psychology. Knowledge in this field keeps on developing from this
practice of research methods.
(9) Educational psychology aims at the application of
research findings in the learning situation itself.
(10)It also aims at developing sound methods of measuring
and evaluating the achievements of the pupils objectively with pure
objectively.
(11)Another significant aim of educational psychology is
to guide the administrators in the organisation and administration of the
educational instruction and to provide a scientific basis for the supervision
of instruction.
(12) Educational psychology also aims at helping the
teacher to provide proper guidance programme in the school having thorough
knowledge of individual difference.
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