This concise textbook book of educational psychology attempts to offer guidance for Christian educators and students in teaching and learning. Psychology is one of the most important disciplines in academic field both in general education and theological education. The study of mind and intelligence functioning in relation to learning is becoming more complex than ever before because of the exponential growth of Artificial Intelligence. The book offers various theories of educational psychology in relation to learning. The book is designed based on the master’s degree level course “Educational Psychology of Christian Education” and it will also help the course “Teaching Pedagogy” of M.Th. offered in the syllabus as college paper under the Senate of Serampore College (University). This book will help immensely the Christian educators and theological students of all disciplines both at the basic and master’s degree level.

Contents

Foreword
Introduction

Chapter 1: Meaning, Definition, Origin and Branches of Psychology

Chapter 2: Educational Psychology

Chapter 3: Growth and Development in Relation to Learning

Chapter 4: Types, Laws, Factors and Theories of Learning

Chapter 5: Remembering and Forgetting

Chapter 6: Thinking and Problem Solving

Chapter 7: Learning Process of Different Age Groups

Chapter 8: Intelligence in Relation to Learning

Chapter 9: Theories of Personality, Personality 1Development and Learning

Chapter 10: Psychology, Theology and Christian Education

Conclusion

Prof. Shyam K. Basumatary, Ph.D., an ordained minister of Boro Baptist Convention, currently teaches Christian Education at Eastern Theological College, Jorhat, Assam. He served in the “North Bank Baptist Christian Association (NBBCA)” for a decade (1983-1992) as a secretary of Christian Education and Youth department. Then he served eight years (1992-2000) in “The Association For Theological Education by Extension (TAFTEE) as Regional Coordinator for North East India region. He joined United Theological College, Bengaluru and served as a lecturer in 2003-2005. He also served as an honorary pastor of Shakomato Centre Baptist Church and Udalguri Nalbari Baptist Church for five years. In 2015 he earned the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Theology from Toronto School of Theology, Canada, affiliated with the Association of Theological Schools in North America and Canada.

He has published three books, Keeping Faith: An Integrative Model of Christian Religious Education in Postcolonial Perspective (2017), An Integrative Model of Christian Education in Postcolonial Perspective: A Subaltern Approach (2023) and Mission and Ministry: Perspectives for 21-Century Bodo Churches (2023). He also has published a number of articles in reputed journals.