Preface
As we know, Psychology is not an exact science as is Physics and Chemistry, but this is different one the phenomena included within psychology is more complex and harder to study than are the phenomena of physical sciences. Psychology phenomena is about the functions of living individuals. Learning everything what contained within someone life and orientation.
Beside, the psychology is things that always correlated with all life aspects and its very important to learn, one of them as the important case must be existed in the world within educational aspects, that's why there are an educational psychology that must be learn and mastered before implemented the procedures inside by a teacher and what's contained within.
As the statement above mentione that psychology is one of the important applications of psychology to education, the matters what consisted within educational psycholosy is to study applied the problems of learning and teaching, so then the rest programs will run effecttively.
Educational psychology already implemented and developed for over over a number of years. By looking to the track record, its already integrated within various schools, psychology systems and various theories contributed towards its progressed. The knowledge stories of its record as well as the various schools and systems will enable us to understand its nature and scope better and more brightly. So, then the educational main target will gain its progressed. the scope within educational psychology must be learn and understood as well as it integrated in the educational place, such as school, home, and etc.
Skinner says, “Educational Psychology takes its meaning from education, a social process and from Psychology, a behavioural Science”. The mean by this expert statement is to ensure that educational psychology is the part of life educational system that connected to the education aspects, things that correlated with a social life orientation and human mindset. When its both combined, its already became a mean case to learn by understanding each of meaning before, so then the following consisted within the EP will easily to run effectively.
Scope of Educational Psychology
Indeed, there must be a scope to certain things in order to make it more focused and concentrated by the time its started. So, the scope is also behalf on EP as it will be the matter in the progressed later. the following scope mentioned will give us an insight to know more better what is must be underlined within scope of EP.
Skinner Says, “Educational Psychology is the foundation stone in the preparation of teachers”. Which is mean the teacher who already mastered well their educational psychology side by the time they started their activity in teaching/school/etc. This is absolutely will help him/her in case of mastered the situation, condition, everything that contained within his project/target. As also it included following schope that must be pointed out to remind.
The following scope within Educational Psychology framework that must be mastered to a teacher, educators are
1. Learner
Learner as students, and its also included us as their teacher who always needed to understood about ‘Self-analysis’ and ‘Introspection’, so then it will enhanced our self progressed in learning. This mean to understand the matter of learner characteristics, such as their behaviour, by understanding learner matter it will help us as teacher to gain more successfulnes in our mission.
2. Learning Process
Learning process talked about everything consisted within the progress, such as the preparing materials, method, strategies, technique, knowing what learner needs and etc. This will help teacher enhanced their profeciency in the school activities, such as teaching and etc.
3. Learning Experiences
Talked about experiences, its absolutely the matter of fact that who is the doer that run the progressed, the best experiences teacher is the one who always learn by their past and mistakes, so then it will growth him/her being as the successful teacher. Understanding learner experiences is also important case to make it as our insight to know what learner need and otherwise.
4. Learning Situation
Beside the school as the place which is mean by situation, there are another things that described more specific about situation within our learner/students faced, such as their mood, behaviour. to deal with this kind of cases, you just already learn phases 1 by understanding the learner matter. The rest, what you need to do is maintain and integrated your experiences in this phase, as it will help you to maintain the situation.
5. Evaluation of Learning Experiences
Everyone need to be evaluated as it will come as the result based all what you already contributed. Preparing certain method of evaluated is important and try to re-design within your profiency which already enhanced and developed by the time you run all the fourth phases mentioned above.
Conclusion
James Drever stated, “Psychology is an important factor. We cannot solve the problems of education without taking help of psychology”. This is absolutely what we need to implemented and integrated into our teaching learning activity, cause to solve the educational problems is really necessary needed psychology as the educational was part of important case in life and its also correlated with our social oriented.
The following scope of educational psychology mentioned come as the applications/importance case within educational world, cause its directly connected to the main source of education itself, such as students, environment, social and attitudes learn cases to understood in the educational proggressing timeline. This is necessary needed in order to make sure our progressed line or mapping project planned, so then it will help us to run the whole educational activity in ease.
So, by understanding the scope of educational psycology, teacher will easily maintain and run effectively their activity and target within their educational programs. Learning psychology which is correlated into educational part is necessary in order to understand the meaning of our professional activity as teachers/educators, so this will help us maintain and mastered the whole educational progressing target.
