Assignment on Advanced Educational Psychology

Running head: ADVANCED EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
Advanced Educational Psychology
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1ADVANCED EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
One of the problems that has been identified in the course of the teaching practice is the
management of the children in the classroom. The disruption of the discipline in the classroom
has been one of the greatest challenges in the teaching practice and the problems are faced in
poor class management and control of the same.
Classroom management involves the management both on an instructional level and also
on a behavioral level. The challenge of managing classroom ambience is due to the indiscipline
on the behalf of the students. This can be understood through the lens of the Educational
Psychology and Development. According to Hagenauer, Hascher & Volet (2015), the applied
behavioral theory can be applied to this challenge faced by the teachers along with the study of
the psycho- educational approach. A classroom demands equal attention towards every student,
and a relationship of control of power from the end of the teachers. This brings to the discussion
of the cognitive behavior and psychology since it is not possible for a single teacher to take care
of a classroom discipline consisting of a huge number of students.
Moreover, according to Bear (2014), it is important to note that the classroom
management depends on an overall social and emotional development between the teachers and
the students. The teacher’s ability to build a friendly relationship with the students, have an
influential impact over the behavior of the students. Thus the psychology of the teacher is
extremely important in alignment with the psychological development of the student. As
Egeberg, McConney & Price (2016) discusses, a teacher is in stress or anxiety, showing
symptoms of psychological problems, she will not be able to mange the classroom and the
discipline therein.