Find out how we mature at a cognitive and emotional level, as well as the important factors for learning, both as a child and an adult. You’ll also find the best research and theories to address any behavioural or emotional issue with your little ones.
Going to school can be very challenging for students as well as for their parents or their guardians. They might experience bullying, failing grades, absences, difficult situations at home, learning difficulties, etc. Sometimes, students need a third party in order…
Feelings of emptiness and loneliness are quite common. We’re sure you’ve experienced them at some point. But can you recognize them in your children? They also feel hopeless, alone, and uneasy, even if there’s no apparent reason for it. This…
French anthropologist David Le Breton has spent a long time studying teenagers and risky behavior. He’s done it through a humanist lens, taking into account factors such as emptiness and social pressure in the modern world. Risky behaviors are essentially when…
Before explaining the development of empathy in childhood, let’s talk about the term per se. The origin of the concept “empathy” derives from what the Scottish Enlightenment called “sympathy”. David Hume, in his treatise on human nature, and Adam Smith…
When people talk about the way babies process information, they always dedicate a good part of it to infant vision. This is because the mechanisms for processing visual information develop and adjust during the first months of a person’s life.…
Our world has sped up a lot in the past few decades. That can make it hard to stop and think about what you do and say to your kids. How many times have you said or heard someone say…
School counselors are vital for student success. That’s why they work in nearly every school. However, most of the time people have no idea what school counselors actually do. Maybe when you were in school, you never saw your school’s…
Curriculum modification consists of the adjustments educators make to curriculums to make them accessible for students with special needs. Educators classify curriculum modification as a type of educational strategy. In a nutshell, they’re a set of resources designed to allow…
Assertive children are happy children because they learned to communicate exactly how they feel and what they want. Because they rise up knowing their limits and boundaries, thus improving their social performance. Note that regardless of the fact that some…
Over 2,000 years ago, Pythagoras said: “Educate the children and it won’t be necessary to punish the men”. The relatively unknown Golem effect proposes that the opposite of this holds true as well. Let’s talk about this effect and its…
There are many studies on the most common fears in children. But are there differences between genders? The truth is that, both in childhood and adolescence, being afraid is associated to a greater extent with females. Nonetheless, this stereotype may…
The psychology of eSports has become more relevant nowadays. eSports are gaining popularity every year and it’s common to hear about them in the media. International eSport tournaments have millions of followers. They’re also excellent publicity for video game producers…
There’s a debate about whether or not education in closed environments such as prisons is effective. Is it a kind of utopia? Will the students see results? While there are plenty of opinions about prison education, a branch of social…
Although most people have a pretty clear idea of what intelligence is, it has been defined in many different ways over the course of history. Also, many experts such as Binet, Weschler, Spearman, Catell, and Sternberg have developed theories about…
Erik Erikson worked as a teacher until he met Anna Freud. The daughter of the famous psychoanalyst inspired him to start studying at the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society, specializing in child psychoanalysis. Some of his most important work was his theory of…
What does someone studying math need to know in order to solve a math problem? This is surely one of the most common questions in the math field. Math is usually a difficult subject for students. So, how do you…
Could computer science and psychology help us understand how we learn? Would it be possible to create a machine capable of planning ideal lessons for every individual student and ease their learning process? It seems that the answer to that…
Bored children, children with dyslexia, children with dyscalculia, children with attention deficit disorder… Nowadays, children have a huge range of educational needs. Unfortunately, most schools follow similar and very limited approaches. Educational neuroscience can help in this regard. Neuromarketing, the…
Aristotle once said that “The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet“. Many things have changed since that time. However, we could say that his phrase was accurate and is still meaningful today. Educational psychology developed throughout…
An educational psychologist studies human behavior and cognitive processes in an educational context. Although there’s a lot of information about them, we’re going to focus on the importance of educational psychologists at schools in this article. Schools or institutes are the places…