Developmental Psychology and its impacts on Pedagogy

Developmental Psychology investigates how humans learn and in turn, helps us to understand what the best ways of teaching. Through a scientific approach to understanding of how learning occurs, educators can develop and reflect on different strategies that aid or impede learning. For more information go to http://www.devpsy.org/developmentalpsychology.html

The three major fields of study in this area are;
-Behaviourism
-Cognitive Psychology
-Humanism

Each of these fields of study provide educators with an insight into how many differing factors contribute to learning and how knowledge and information is processed and constructed by learners.

This blog aims to be a resource page for each of these perspectives and how they can improve teaching performance. Educational Psychology http://www.edpsycinteractive.org/topics/intro/whyedpsy.html investigates how teaching and learning can be enhanced by strategies informed by these areas of study. By having a deeper understanding of the cognitive process that underpin learning, educators can implement strategies for learning and also think critically about their own teaching methods and how these might be improved to further motivate and engage students in today's classrooms.