Importance of educational psychology in agricultural extension

• Educational psychology helps the extension agent to know the learner, his interest, attitudes, aptitude, level of aspiration, intelligence, interests, individual behaviour in a group, etc. which plays a major role in one’s learning.
• It helps in formulating training programmes for improving the knowledge and skill of extension agents and farmers.
• It helps in selection of teaching methods and aids for organising effective learning situations and suggests technique of learning as well as teaching.
• It helps in imparting better education by organising the subject matter of learning experience, preparation of different text books, development of assessment patterns, etc for heterogeneous learners.
• It helps in acquainting learners with the mechanism of heredity and environment.
• It deals with the problem-solving which is very important for extension agent to develop problem-solving skills amongst farmers.
• It helps extension agent to find causes of prejudices, the habit of sticking to old practices of farming and ways of doing things, the doubts and lack of confidence and factors affecting motivation.
• It also helps them to know the emotions and feelings of farmers, how farmers learn new practices and what type of approaches are adopted and teaching aids are used.
• It deals with the changing teaching profession and the teacher, the learning process, student development, student diversity, student with special educational need, student motivation, classroom management and the learning environment, the nature of classroom communication, facilitating critical thinking, creative thinking, planning instructions, and likewise.