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Perspectives on Educational Psychology in India

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Educational psychology, an applied branch of psychology, provides the essential base toward understanding the entire dynamics of teaching and learning including curriculum development, curriculum transaction, and educational management. The discipline has the potential to make learning a living and engaging process. It is a socially significant field linked with the issues of educating minds and building character in the society. It assumes greater significance in the present-day context where providing quality learning to each child is the target of the government. Against this backdrop, the chapter traces the developments in the field of educational psychology in modern India and presents a critical appraisal of the accomplishments and challenges faced in the areas of teaching–learning, curricula offered, methods, and issues for future research. It has been argued that, with a view to make learning a meaningful exercise for all children, there is need for context-specific research problems and use of innovative research methods. One may expect a change in the nature of the engagement of professionals working in the field of educational psychology in the India in years to come.

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    Ashok K. Srivastava

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  1. Department of Psychology, University of Delhi, Delhi, Delhi, India

    Girishwar Misra

  2. Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    Nilanjana Sanyal

  3. Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    Sonali De

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Srivastava, A.K. (2021). Perspectives on Educational Psychology in India. In: Misra, G., Sanyal, N., De, S. (eds) Psychology in Modern India. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4705-5_21

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