Research object: Primary school educational psychology is a discipline that studies the basic psychological laws of student learning and teacher teaching in the context of primary school education. It is a branch of educational psychology;

Research contents: 1. The psychological development characteristics of primary school students; 2. The definition, process, types, functions and learning theories of learning, etc.

Relationship with pedagogy: Both are sciences that study educational phenomena. The research objects have many overlaps, and the research results also corroborate and complement each other; pedagogy explores the essence, functions, purposes, tasks, principles, methods, etc. of education. Organizational forms, educational systems and other issues focus on the macro aspects of education; primary school educational psychology explores the psychological laws of learning and teaching in educational situations, focusing on the micro aspects of education.

Relationship with general psychology: Both study psychological phenomena and have many similarities in terms of research objects, content, methods, etc. General psychology explores people's general psychological phenomena, that is, general cognitive processes, emotional and volitional activities, and the rules of personality formation, etc.; the research objects and content of primary school educational psychology are more focused, and explores students and teachers in the context of primary school education. psychological characteristics and laws of

Relationship with child psychology: the two disciplines intersect and complement each other. Child psychology is a discipline that studies the age-stage characteristics and development rules of children's psychological development from birth to adulthood. It conducts research from a longitudinal perspective on time development; primary education psychology studies from a transversal perspective the psychological laws in the process of primary school students mastering knowledge, skills and forming abilities and moral character, and how to teach effectively based on these laws.

Reveal the psychological laws of primary school students' learning: research and reveal the characteristics, characteristics, types and processes, conditions and laws of different types of learning in the primary education system; explore effective methods to improve the effectiveness of education and teaching: optimize education based on the basic laws of student learning System, improve educational efficiency and accelerate talent training.

Promote the development of psychology and related disciplines: Primary education psychology explores a series of basic learning psychological laws such as students' learning motivation, knowledge mastery, and skill formation in primary education settings. These results verify, expand or deepen psychology and related disciplines. The research builds a bridge between basic research and applied research; effectively solves relevant problems in the practice of primary school education and teaching: improves the theoretical level and grasps the correct direction of education reform; improves the effectiveness of education and teaching, promotes student development; promotes the professional growth of teachers;

Principle of objectivity: It is required to reveal the objective laws of students' learning based on the students' objective reality.

Systemic principle: The student's psychology is regarded as a whole composed of functionally interconnected elements. The nature and laws of various psychological phenomena should be understood from the psychological system and environment, the internal components of the psychological system and their mutual constraints.

Practicality principle: Starting from the needs of educational practice, research topics should come from practice, the research process should be closely integrated with practice, and research results should be tested by practice and serve practice.

Educational principle: When conducting research on primary school educational psychology, it must conform to the laws of students' physical and mental development, be conducive to students' normal development, and have educational significance.

Meaning: The observation method is a method of collecting research data by using the senses or with the help of scientific observation instruments to conduct planned and purposeful inspections of the words and deeds of the subjects being studied.

Features: 1. The current behavior and related information can be obtained. However, for some events that can be encountered but cannot be expected, it is not easy to use the observation method. 2. Relevant information on research subjects who cannot be reported directly or who are inconvenient to report can be obtained. 3. Access to real and natural information. It may be interfered by some irrelevant variables, and it is difficult for researchers to draw some causal inference from the observed data. 4. Usually the cooperation of the observed object is not required, but the requirements for the observer are higher.

Meaning: The interview method refers to a method of collecting relevant information through conversations between the researcher and the researched.

Features: 1. Flexible and easy to control. 2. It has a wide range of applications, but interviews require a lot of time and energy, resulting in a limited number of interviewees, high costs, and difficulty in large-scale implementation. 3. The effectiveness of the interview depends on the trust and cooperation of both parties

Meaning: The questionnaire method is a method of collecting information and data by sending a series of strictly designed questions to the research subjects in written form, requiring truthful answers;

Features: 1. Not limited by the number of people, sampling can be large or small. 2. The scope of application is relatively wide. 3. The data is easy to organize and statistically analyze. 4. There are high requirements for the preparation of questionnaires.

Meaning: The educational experience summary method is a method to analyze and summarize the actual educational process, discover the objective laws contained in the educational process, and provide reference for subsequent educational work. (Thematic experience summary/general experience summary)

Characteristics: 1. Educational experience often comes from specific educational practices. 2. The educational experience summary method is economical and flexible, has low technical requirements, simple operating procedures and strong practicability. This method is greatly affected by the user's own theoretical accomplishment level.

Meaning: Educational action research refers to teachers focusing on specific problems existing in actual educational activities, proposing improvement strategies and putting them into practice, so as to achieve the purpose of improving practice and enhancing educational activities.

Characteristics: Educational action research mainly has the characteristics of situational, participatory and self-evaluation.