Role of Educational Psychology Program, a Case of Secondary

School Teacher (Area of Clifton School)

CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

The present chapter will describe the problem in term of background, purpose, significance
and scope of the study. Today’s educational system is highly complex. There is no single
learning approach that works for everyone. That’s why psychologists working in the field of
education are focused on identifying and studying learning methods to better understand how
people absorb and retain new information. Educational psychologists apply theories of human
development to understand individual learning and inform the instructional process. While
interaction with teachers and students in school settings is an important part of their work, it isn’t
the only facet of the job. Learning is a lifelong endeavor. People don’t only learn at school, they
learn at work, in social situations and even doing simple tasks like household chores or running
errands. Psychologists working in this subfield examine how people learn in a variety of settings
to identify approaches and strategies to make learning more effective.
According to the researcher working in education study the social, emotional and
cognitive processes involved in learning and applies their findings to improve the learning
process. Some specialize in the educational development of a specific group of people such as
children, adolescents or adults, while others focus on specific learning challenges such as
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or dyslexia. 
No matter the population they are studying, these professionals are interested in teaching
methods, the instructional process and different learning outcomes. These are all questions that
educational psychologists are asking and answering in settings as diverse as schools, community
organizations and learning centers.
1.2 Statement of the problem:
1.3 Rational of study:

1.4: Objective:
1.4.1 General objective:
 To analyze the overall teachers and students role of educational psychology and developed
the cognitive ability the learning activities a case of secondary school level.

1.4.2 Specific objective:

 To analyze the relationship between teachers performance and students role of educational
psychology at secondary school level.

 To find out the relationship between students’ performance in usage of role educational
psychology at secondary school level.

 To examine the relationship between students’ psychological performance and check

cognitive ability the learning actives at secondary school level.

 To find out the challenges being faced by the teaching process to without the usage of
educational psychological theories at secondary school level.

 To analyze the relationship between teaching process and students psychological

performance at secondary school level.

1.5 Hypotheses:
 H1: There is significance relationship between teachers performance and students role of
educational psychology at secondary school level.

 H2: There is significance relationship between students’ psychological performance and

check cognitive ability the learning actives at secondary school level.

 H3: There is significance relationship between teaching process and students’

psychological performance at secondary school level.
  H4: There is significance relationship between the challenges being faced by the teaching
process to without the usage of educational psychological theories at secondary school
level.

1.6 Scopes:

The scope of the study was limited to the role of educational psychology, a case of
secondary school teaches Karachi (Area of Clifton).

1.7 Significance of study:

This study is additional in its nature. As it will add more in the literature. But it is as
much significant as the research in all other fields of the world. This study can prominent those
areas which have never been addressed. In this technical era which is moving very fast. The
study will be helpful to the teacher and student of secondary level.

1.8 Definitions of keywords:

Keywords: Educational psychology, Teachers, Instruction. Students, Performance.

1.8.1 Educational psychology: 
‘‘Educational psychology involves the study of how people learn, including teaching
methods, instructional processes, and individual differences in learning. The goal is to
understand how people learn and retain new information” (Kendra Cherry).
1.8.2 Teacher:
‘‘A teacher is a person, who provides education for people; one who teaches or instructs. The
role of teacher is often formal and ongoing, carried out at a school or other place of formal
education” (IGI-Global.com/dictionary).

1.8.3 Instruction:

‘‘A statement that describes how to do something an order or command. The action or
process of teaching. The act of instructing someone” (Merriam-Webster).
1.8.4 Student:

‘‘A person formally engaged in learning, especially one enrolled in a school or college;
pupil” (Dicitionary.come).

1.8.5 Performance:

‘‘A performance involves entertaining an audience by doing something such as singing,

dancing, or acting” (Collins Cobuild dicitionary).

1.9 Delimitation of the study: