The Psychology Of Teaching And Learning

The Psychology Of Teaching And Learning

T : his book was written as an introduction to the process of instruction. The reader can use it as an orientation to the study of this process, or as reference to the more general aspects of the
instructional enterprise.

T he study of instruction is complex, concerned as it is with contextual and substantive matters ranging as far and wide as political, economic, social and psychological processes;
administrators' and teachers' capabilities; program planning and evaluation, research design, assessment and statistical analysis of assessment data; behavioral processes; mental ability, learning principles and academic self-regulation; and academic achievement. Part 1, consisting of Chapter 1, serves as an overview of the study of the instructional process and discusses the role played by educational psychology in addressing the complex nature of the instructional enterprise.

Manuel Martinez-Pons