{"title":"Psychology missing from elementary education! A psychologically striking epiphany!","authors":"Saurabh Shelgaonkar, Ravindra Bhonsule","doi":"10.1109/MITE.2013.6756328","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"I have a set of very simple questions which are pondered by most of us, almost daily: I do not feel like studying. What should I do? I am not good at memorizing theory. How do I enhance my memorizing skills? I am short-tempered. How do I manage anger? I constantly feel like smoking. How do I deal with this craving? I am feeling low today. What should I do? The science of psychology can answer all these questions. But surprisingly, we are never taught psychology as a mandatory science. The World Health Organization has defined health as \"a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity\". Today's curriculum gives more stress on physical well-being and, contrastingly, very less stress on mental well-being. The question arises “should psychology not be taught in elementary school curriculum?” Of course it should be!","PeriodicalId":284844,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE International Conference in MOOC, Innovation and Technology in Education (MITE)","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2013-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2013 IEEE International Conference in MOOC, Innovation and Technology in Education (MITE)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MITE.2013.6756328","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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I have a set of very simple questions which are pondered by most of us, almost daily: I do not feel like studying. What should I do? I am not good at memorizing theory. How do I enhance my memorizing skills? I am short-tempered. How do I manage anger? I constantly feel like smoking. How do I deal with this craving? I am feeling low today. What should I do? The science of psychology can answer all these questions. But surprisingly, we are never taught psychology as a mandatory science. The World Health Organization has defined health as "a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity". Today's curriculum gives more stress on physical well-being and, contrastingly, very less stress on mental well-being. The question arises “should psychology not be taught in elementary school curriculum?” Of course it should be!