educational psychology

American  

noun

1. a branch of psychology concerned with developing effective educational techniques and dealing with psychological problems in schools.

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educational psychology British  

noun

1. the study of methods of training and teaching and their effectiveness, and of the problems experienced in learning formal material; in particular, the study of how to help people, esp school children, with learning problems to overcome their difficulties

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• educational psychologist
  noun

Etymology

Origin of educational psychology

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

Cariaga, whose father was a lawyer, was doing clerical work for an insurance company while preparing to study educational psychology.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

“When you think of traditional mental health, people are going in and getting fixed,” said Francesca Pernice, a Wayne State University College of Education professor of educational psychology who has studied clubhouses.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2024

Patrick Hurley, MP for Southport, hopes the town's "School’s First approach" will help the children, with support from educational psychology teams and mental health professionals being offered.

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2024

"We found that programs could benefit from using ideas from other fields, such as educational psychology, in which there would be a little more rigorous evaluation."

From Science Daily • May 6, 2024

Educational psychology The next section should include what some authors term educational psychology, and others call the psychological aspects of education.

From College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College by Klapper, Paul