Could you please translate psicopedagogía to English?

Question

Please translate the word psicopedagogía to English. This is from a class at a university called Psicopedagogía General.

Answer 1

Hello. The word psicopedagogia comes from the Greek language. It is a compound word:

psico --> psicologia

pedagogia --> educación

So, in Spanish it means psicología de la educación general and in English it is translated as general educational psychology.

Hope it helps.

Where did the "General" go? - 0074b507, Sep 7, 2010

Oops, forgotten! I have added it, thanks! - maria_k, Sep 7, 2010

Answer 2

This is what I meant:

psico = psycho

pedagogía = pedagogy

pedagogy: the study of the methods and activities of teaching (Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)

There is even a Wikipedia entry for Psychopedagogy, a word surprisingly similar to psicopedagogía, as I said before.

Answer 3

I'll give you a clue: the word in English looks almost identical to the Spanish one.

it looks nothing like it! If i had to guess that word without a dictionary i'd think it meant "Psycho teaching" - rabbitwho, Sep 6, 2010

Answer 4

Here is what one of their websites says:

www.psicopedagogia.com es un portal que proporciona información y recursos utiles, tanto para Profesionales del sector educativo (profesores, orientadores, psicólogos, psicopedagogos ...) como para Padres que desean conocer más acerca de la educación de sus hijos.