explain the nature of educational psychology (4mark)
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Explanation:
Educational psychology is one of the branches of psychology to study the behaviour of the learner in relation to his education. As specialized branch of psychology concerns itself with suggesting ways and means of improving the process and products of education, enabling the teacher to teach effectively and the learners to learn effectively with the minimum effort.
It is thus designated as the service of education. It has simplified the tasks and improved the efficiency of the teacher or all those connected in the process and products of education by supplying them with the essential knowledge and skills in much need the same way as science and technology has helped in making possible maximum output through minimum input in terms of time and labour in our day-to-day activities.
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Education psychology is an applied science. It is an application of psychological principles in the field of education. By applying the principles and techniques of psychology, it tries to study the behaviour and experience of the pupils. As a branch of psychology it is parallel to any other applied psychology.