This free online educational psychology course explains how to apply developmental psychology to help children learn.

Who supports children and young people with various issues and learning difficulties? This course elaborates on the role and capabilities of educational psychologists who identify needs and offer appropriate interventions to overcome learning issues. As a discipline, educational psychology can potentially improve the quality of education imparted to children in their early years to enhance their development and help them learn.

This educational psychology course examines developmental theories that explain how children change and grow throughout childhood. The theories covered in this course include Sigmund Freud’s psychosexual developmental theory, Erik Erikson’s psychosocial developmental theory and Jean Piaget’s cognitive developmental theory. We ask and answer the question: why is developmental psychology critical in early childhood education? The course teaches how to apply developmental psychology to education by considering a child's mental, physical and social development.

We offer a vivid description of educational psychologists to capture the exact nature of their work and its challenges. We identify the signs that imply the need for an intervention by an educational psychologist. The course then explains the psychology of learning and provides an overview of child psychology. We show you how to apply educational psychology to a real-life scenario to help you understand the theories discussed in the course. The field of educational psychology has the potential to help both students and teachers, enabling educators to create meaningful educational experiences, measure learning and improve student motivation. This course suits parents and anyone who works with young children, particularly teachers, so sign up to learn how to apply developmental psychology to help young children learn as they grow.