PSYCHOLOGY OF EDUCATION AS A NEW APPROACH IN PEDAGOGICAL SCIENCES

Abstract

The article is devoted to modern tendencies of psychological and pedagogical sciences development in the conditions of cardinal changes which have taken place in cultural, humanitarian, social, scientific, technical, economic and political spheres. The need for lifelong learning has identified the prospects for new research that draws attention to the variety of changes that occur in a person’s life during his or her stay in the educational environment. It also outlines the tasks that have expanded from the psychology of education and training to the level of general humanitarian, humanistic and socio-cultural. It is noted that psychology in its entirety has become an integral part of the process of learning, education and human development. The question of coexistence of pedagogical psychology and psychology of education is raised, also the existence of a fundamental basis of psychological and pedagogical researches, the base of scientific psychology and philosophy which defines formation and development of the person in the educational sphere is noted. The main characteristics of education are described: education as a separate independent sphere of life; education as a universal way of transmitting cultural and historical experience; education, as a general cultural and historical form of formation and development of a man, during the historical period and in the cultural environment. It is noted that the psychology of education is a part of psychological and pedagogical anthropology, which explores the problems of consistent development of educational subjects, individual vectors of self-education, changes in their positions, as well as the content of their components at the main stages of socialization and maturation. The issue of inner and moral education in the context of pedagogical psychology is raised, as well as attention is paid to new educational strategies in education aimed at developing meta-skills and meta-competencies that allow better learning and more effective organization of individual learning environment. It is offered to solve modern problems of psychological and pedagogical direction by creating interdisciplinary groups, which should include practitioners; and by paying special attention to the individual in education, in all aspects related to the issue.