The psychology of education

Education is certainly one of the most vital aspects that most people have undergone throughout life and it is the fundamental key to develop social human beigns that will contribute to the necessities of society (Durkheim, 1904). For this reason, is it important to take into consideration the role of psychology in education relating very deep subjects such as motivation in the classroom, frustration in the classroom and meaningful learning in the classroom, in order to enssure high-quality education plus healthier relationships between teachers and students within the classroom and the educational facilities.
Firstly, lets define the term motivation. To be motivated means to be moved to do something. A person who
Finally, after failure, the teacher should soon make a reflection and come to the understanding of what the problem is and how to deal with the reactions of the students inside the classroom in order to change and grow has an educator and help the students to change their attitude and perspective toward the class, which is the nature of psychological data and methods (Maslow,
Meaningful learning ‘’subsumes’’ new information into existing structures and memory systems, and the resulting assosiative links create stronger retention(Brown, 1980). Taking into consideration Douglas Brown’s definition of meaningful learning, it basically means that the person, in this case the student, will be easier to remember content through a meaninful event. So how teachers can do this? How is the psychology involved in all of this? The teacher must take the time to know their students’ likes, dislikes, interests and needs. For this, the teacher have to spend time listening and caring about the person in order to understand the student’s way of thinking, creating a bond between the teacher and the student nourishing trust, acceptance and mutual respect (Maturana, 1996). As a result of this, the creation of a bond with the students will facilitate the interest of the learners to the class and therefore, meaningful learning will be easier to implement instead of not having created this bond with the