An Overview on Education of Psychology in India

Vol-4 | Issue-5 | May 2019 | Published Online: 25 May 2019    PDF ( 283 KB )
Author(s)
Amaleena Bose Banerjee 1; Dr. Pooja Mishra 2

1Research Scholar, Department of Psychology, Sri Satya Sai University of Technology and Medical Sciences, Sehore, M.P., India

2Research Guide, Department of Psychology, Sri Satya Sai University of Technology and Medical Sciences, Sehore, M.P., India

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the development of psychology in India. It describes the various colleges that offer psychology programs as well as the various organizations that promote the advancement of psychology. It also raises a range of implications for the future of Indian psychology. To make educational psychology more open to evolving social needs, recommendations are made for changing the focus and concentration in the discipline's teaching, as well as shifting research goals within the historical and sociocultural frameworks of the region. The status of educational psychology in general psychology and education curricula at different academic levels in India was investigated in this paper.

Keywords
Psychology, Education, India.
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