Educational psychology

Educational psychology is the study of how children and adults learn, the effectiveness of various educational strategies and tactics, and how schools function as organizations. Although the titles "educational psychology" and "school psychology" are often used interchangeably, researchers and theorists are likely to be identified as educational psychologists, while practitioners in schools or school-related settings are identified as school psychologists. While educational psychology deals with all types of learning, some psychologists and researchers focus on specific areas such as learning disability, Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and mood disorder.

Related Topics:
School - Organization - Learning disability - Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - Mood disorder

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Psychology is as much a science as it is an art, therefore educational psychology is even more an art than a science ? thus goes the argument. And although not very many psychologists dispute it, there is hardly any reflection of this ?belief? in the main stream of ?normal? science that is overwhelmingly occupied by quantitatively empirical research. If, on the other hand, one doesn?t want to believe in both, the presence of an art and a science in psychology in general, one could at least subscribe to William James notion that psychology is a science, but teaching is an art, thus educational psychology could not be anything less than a synthesis of art and science.

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