Psychological Perspective in Education 🧠

🎯 Objectives

• Understand the learner and his abilities. 🧠
• Understand the process of human development with special reference to adolescence. 🌱
• Analyze the characteristics and problems of Indian adolescents. 👧🧒
• Familiarize with administration and interpretation of Psychological tests. 📝
• Apply the understanding of the different types of learners in various classroom situations. 👩‍🏫👨‍🏫

📘 Syllabus

SECTION-A

1. Educational psychology- concept, nature, scope and importance. 📚
2. Growth and development: meaning, difference, principles, influence of heredity and environment on growth and development of a child. 🌱
3. Indian Adolescents: Characteristics of emotional, social, cognitive and moral development, Problems of Indian adolescents. Role of family, school, community and mass-media in development of adolescents. Role of different cultures in development of adolescents. 👧🧒

SECTION-B

4. Individual differences: inter and intra individual differences, concept, causes and implications. 🔄
5. Intelligence: concept, theories-Spearman, Thurstone and Gardner. Uses and limitations of Intelligence tests. 🧠
6. Learning: Meaning, process and factors affecting learning of an individual, Trial and error theory and classical conditioning theory. 📖
7. Motivation: Concept, types and techniques, educational implications. 💡
8. Learner with special needs: Meaning, types: gifted, delinquents, creative, slow learner and their educational programmes. 👩‍🎓👨‍🎓

Activities (Any one of the following)

• Administration and interpretation of any one psychological test (Intelligence/motivation/creativity). 📝
• Visit to a school and write a report on problems being faced by the students. 🏫

📚 Books Recommended

1. Dandapani, S. (2004) Advanced Educational Psychology. New Delhi: Anmol Publications Pvt. Ltd. 📖
2. Bigge, M.C. & Row. (1971): Learning Theories for Teachers (2nd Ed.). N.Y.: Harper Collins. 📘
3. Bower, G.H. and Hilgard, E.R. (1981) theories of Learning. Prentic Hall, Inc. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. 🧠
4. Woolfolk, A. (2006) Educational Psychology. New Delhi: Pearson Publications. 📚
5. Hall, C.S., Gardener, L. and John, B.C. (2010) Theories of Personality. Delhi: Aggarwal Printing Press. 👤
6. Anastasi, A. and Susana U. (2010) Psychological Testing. New Delhi: PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd. 💡

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