PSYCHOLOGY AND TEACHING

INTRODUCTION In the modern academic world, teaching and learning is not always what it seems (Woolfolk, 2001). Today teaching has moved from mother's hand to more formalized environments designed to promote learning where the teacher or the educator speculate the academic results and critically analyze psychological thought explicitly or implicitly (Bigge 1982, p.5). In all aspects, there are acceptable theories of learning which implies a set of teaching practice inside and outside the classroom. The theories include …

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