Meaning of Psychology, Sociology,

Education, Educational Psychology,

and Sociology of Education
Education
Education has been derive from the Latin
word EDUCARE which means to rear, to
nourish, to bring up, to train
Education
Education consists of building up in the
individual an organization of knowledge and
skills, habit and attitudes of values and ideals
which will aid in fulfilling lifes purposes.
It must develop
Is an active process


Education
The fundamental aim of education is to help
each individual to make of himself all that it
is possible for him to become.
PSYCHOLOGY
Come from the Greek word psukhe and
behaviour soul and logos study of.
Study of mental function and behaviour.
Study of the human personality


Psychologist
A social, behavioural or cognitive scientist.

Attempt to understand the role of mental
functions in individual and social behaviour.
Educational psychology
The application of the scientific knowledge
concerning human personality to the process
of teaching, that is, to the motivation,
direction, control, and evaluation of learning.
SOCIOLOGY
Sociology came from the Latin word SOCIUS
companion, OLOGY the study of, LOGOS
word, knowledge.
The study of the nature, origin and
development of human society.
It was first coin in 1780 by the French
essayist EMMANUEL JOSEPH SEIYES
(1748-1836)

Educational Sociology
Is the study of how public institutions and
individual experiences affect education and
its outcomes
Nature and Fundamental
equipment of the learner.

Sensation
Sensation is defined as the conscious
processes which are the immediate results of
the stimulation of the sense organs, by which
means of which man becomes aware of
existence and properties of particular objects
which stimulate senses to actions.


Sensation is the first source of all knowledge,
without sensation there would be nothing to
converted into knowledge.

Necessary conditions of sensation are:
Physical
Physiological
Psychological


Three attributes of sensation are:

Intensity
Quality
Duration

Perception
May be defined as the mental process of
interpreting and giving meaning to sensation of
particular object. It is a mental process but,
nevertheless, is associated closely with bodily
activities; that is, with the ability of sense organs
and of the nervous systems. In perceptions
sensations acquire a meaning.

The basis of every perception consists in present
or past experiences.



Imagination

The mental power of forming representations
of material objects which are not actually
present to the senses.


The training, direction, and guidance of the
childs imagination is one of the teachers most
important task.
Two function of Imagination
Reproductive
Constructive


Hyperphantasy- over extravagant activity of the
Imagination
Memory
Process which information is
Acquired
Stored in the brain
Later retrieved
Eventually forgotten
Two divisions of memory
Sensory memory
Intellectual memory
Basic Factors to the Learner Growth
and Development
Maturation
Environment