Educational Psychology of Secondary Education

Author: Organized by Hunan Provincial Department of Education
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: Educational psychology is a product of the integration of psychology and education. It is a discipline that studies the psychological characteristics and laws of students' learning, teachers' teaching, and the interaction between learning and teaching in the educational process. It reveals how students acquire knowledge and skills, develop intelligence and abilities, and form moral qualities. It also explores the dependence of students' learning activities and psychological development on educational conditions and contexts. This book provides fundamental theoretical knowledge and more recent theoretical findings to help aspiring educators establish a solid foundation in educational theory. It emphasizes the integration of theory and practice, employing case analysis methods and utilizing exemplary educational and teaching examples. This enables learners to analyze and understand specific situations and basic requirements in middle school classroom teaching, educational administration, headteacher work, psychological counseling and guidance for middle school students, and ideological education of students, based on the needs of their future careers. This book can serve as a textbook for pre-service training for primary and secondary school teachers.