Talk:Psychology of learning

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I think this article should really be merged into Educational psychology. Cormaggio ^@ 11:42, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I can't tell what the purpose of this article is... -RJFerret 05:40, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

The problem is just that this article is not yet sufficiently developed. There is a very substantial history of ideas relating to the psychology of learning, beginning with theories of epistemology in philosophy, and covering over a century of learning theories in psychology from Ebbinghaus to connectionism and beyond. It definitely needs a WP article distinct from educational psychology. Nesbit 03:40, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why educational psychology is distinct from the psychology of learning

(This is a copy of my posting on the Educational psychology talk page)

• Educational psychology is an applied discipline, which studies how psychology can be put to work for educational purposes. The psychological study of learning is a theoretical science which seeks understanding of learning for its own sake, and need not justify its efforts in relation to any practical application.
• Educational psychology is solely concerned with humans. Psychological theories of learning often seek to explain learning in other species.
• Educational psychology applies psychological dimensions other than learning, such as developmental psychology, personality theories, individual differences, and social psychology.
• Educational psychology programs are usually administered separately (most often within faculties of education) from programs focusing on the psychology of learning.
• Educational psychology is recognized as a distinct division within the American Psychological Association.
• As somewhat overlapping domains of theory and scholarship, educational psychology and the psychology learning both cover such vast tracts of knowledge, that there is more than enough published material to inform distinct articles for these two fields.

Nesbit 03:40, 16 July 2006 (UTC)