Paper 1 · Teaching Aptitude
A teacher's knowledge of students' needs and interests is covered by the subject
APhilosophy of education
BPsychology of education ✓ Correct
CSociology of education
DPolitics of education
Correct answer: (B) Psychology of education — Knowledge of students' needs and interests is covered by the psychology of education, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★Knowledge of students' needs and interests is covered by the psychology of education, so that is the answer.
★Educational psychology studies how learners feel, think, need and grow.
★So a teacher's understanding of students' needs and interests falls within it.
★Philosophy of education deals with the aims and values of education, not the learner's psychology.
★Sociology of education studies education in relation to society and groups.
★There is no established politics of education for this, so students' needs and interests belong to the psychology of education.
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