Developing English as a Foreign Language Trainee Teachers’ Educational Psychology-A Reflective Case

Received on: 24/12/2022 Accepted on:27/04/2023

Abstract

Educational psychologists have turned their attention from the study of teachers' behaviour to the study of teachers' thinking, cognition, and knowledge. Educators began to focus on the mental life of their trainees. The researcher believes trainers in Algeria should consider the knowledge and beliefs of their prospective teachers in applying educational psychology. Trainers need to know the content they would teach students to reinforce the know-how of pedagogical knowledge, the learning characteristics of the students they train, and the subject matter. A descriptive qualitative method is used and a psychological needs analysis questionnaire was administered to trainee teachers. The study reinforces the idea that trainers need to focus more on the basic information and conceptual knowledge of the psychology of learning, development, and instruction to apply this knowledge in their clinical teaching experiences, methods, courses, and in their classroom teaching for a long-life achievement.