Educational Psychology

Educational Psychology

The process of education begins with the definition of its objectives. In fact, the main goal of education is the formation and development of the child as an individual, which has useful properties it needs to function in society. The purpose and objectives of education cannot be established once and for all in any society as the change of social structure and social relations leads to changes and goals of education. They are set each time as the requirements of the new trends for the individual company. This article written by Stahl (1999) explains the issue of quality of education became a recurring challenge in the higher education scenario given the demands of promoting discourse and practices put in place the foundations of a critical and reflective thinking for understanding and acting in society today.

This implies a commitment to higher education institutions to take a new vision and a new paradigm for the training of students. No doubt, the teacher aims to facilitate the learning of students that is composed of a series of activities including interaction of students with certain content. Stahl (1999) believes that the teaching strategy enables teachers provide students motivation, information and guidance for their learning. In fact, it is conceivable that the development of these skills would keep a high level of relationship with quality teaching practices. However, it is also clear that the concept of "quality" is rooted in two crossroads: on one hand, it faces the various denominations leading to coexisting interpretations, and secondly, faces obstacles in measuring outcomes Hutchings et al, 2011). In this sense, it is thought that the problem of the quality of teaching involves theoretical and operational concepts. This paper aims to reflects the article of Stahl (1999) and also include necessary concepts related to the educational psychology.

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