Scope of Educational Psychology

Scope of Educational Psychology Basically, educational psychology studies all human behavior involved in the educational process. The humans involved in the educational process are teachers and students, so the objects discussed in educational psychology are student behavior related to the process. learning and teacher behavior related to the learning process. So the main object discussed in educational psychology is the problem of learning and learning. Education is essentially a service intended for students, therefore educational psychology also discusses psychological aspects or psychological symptoms found in students, especially when involved in the learning process. This book will discuss behavior that appears in the educational process, which is grouped into the following topics: 1. Introduction to understanding educational psychology 2. Mental Symptoms 3. Learning Problems 4. Learning Problems 5. Measurement and Assessment 6. Diagnostics of Learning Difficulties 7. Mental Health in Schools. Educational Psychology as a science makes contributions to education theoretically and practically, the contributions of educational psychology are as follows: 1. Each level of development has different characteristics. Each level of development has its own distinct characteristics. Each other. If a teacher understands that at each level of development the characteristics of children are different, then the teacher in completing educational and teaching tasks will adapt to the characteristics of his students. In this way, the lessons taught by teachers to students will be different at each child's level of development 2. Educational psychology makes a contribution in the form of natural understanding of learning activities in the classroom. Educational psychology provides teachers with information about the general learning process in the classroom and develops broader theory in the classroom. The success of a teacher in the classroom is due to the teacher understanding or truly understanding about the characteristics of their students. Protégé is an object that has thoughts, feelings and will. Therefore, in learning activities, students are seen as subjects, not as objects. Thus, knowledge about students' conditions in the classroom absolutely must be understood by a teacher. 3. Educational psychology provides an understanding of individual differences. In this world there are no two or more individuals who are the same. Likewise, teachers in their duties will face students in the classroom with various variations. Thus, teachers should provide different services to students according to their characteristics. 4. Educational psychology also provides an understanding of effective teaching methods. Educational psychology provides knowledge about appropriate teaching methods, and develops teaching patterns with new strategies. In this way, a teacher who understands educational psychology will understand which methods are most effective in carrying out their duties as an educator and teacher. 5. Educational psychology makes a contribution to teachers being able to understand students' problems and understand the causes of problems. Problem, depends on In the end, by understanding students' problems, teachers can help children overcome their problems. 6. With knowledge about mental health in educational psychology, teachers will be able to understand several factors that cause unhealthy or mental health maladjustment So that in the end teachers can help solve problems experienced by their students and are able to prepare their students so they have a healthy mentality. 7. Preparation The curriculum should use principles psychology. This principle states that each age level is at a different level not a thing but actually age level, socio-economic and cultural background. different in their handling its development. At each level of development, the material that must benprovided will be different as will the teaching techniques. 8. Measurement of learning outcomes. With knowledge of educational psychology, teachers are able to explore student learning outcomes, learning process methods and performancehis students. 9. Research. Educational psychology helps in developing tools to measure various variables that have a big influence on student behavior. Teachers can directly control and predict their students' behavior based on the research results. 10.Guidance for extraordinary children. Educational psychology contributes to how to provide services to extraordinary children, both above normal and below normal. Knowledge of educational psychology is very necessary to provide services to children who arengeniuses and children who are below normal. 11.Understanding of group dynamics. In educational psychology,nknowledge about group dynamics is also developed. A teacher must be able to understand the dynamics of student groups in the classroom and their activities in total because this has a big influence on the success of the learning and learning process. Apart from the contributions mentioned above, educational psychology makes contributions to educational practice, including: 1. Discipline Problems Traditional teachers in solving disciplinary problems corporal punishment. People already know that corporal punishment is inhumane and will cause strong reactions from students' parents. With knowledge of educational psychology, there are actually many ways to solve student discipline problems, not necessarily with corporal punishment. A humane approach gives problematic students the opportunity to dialogue with teachers. 2. Using audio visuals as a tool to achieve goals. In the past, teachers never used audio-visual tools in the learning process. Educational psychology develops tools in the form of audio visuals in the teaching and learning process to make the learning process easier. 3. Lesson schedule. To prepare a lesson schedule, knowledge of educational psychology is required. The level of subject difficulty varies for each subject. So that all lesson material can be well received by students, it is necessary to prepare a lesson schedule taking into account the level of difficulty, both sequence and time. For example, mathematics subjects are placed in the first hour so that they can be well received by students, while art subjects are placed in the last hour to increase the enthusiasm for learning of students who are already tired from the previous tough subject matter. 4. School and classroom administration Administrative officers and teachers must work together well so that administrative problems can be resolved with full openness through discussions between teachers and administrative officers at the school