Perspectives in Psychology oF Teaching, Learning and Development

Syllabus

Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi

Course BED 102

Perspective in Psychology of Teaching, Learning and Development

Unit-1

1)      Educational Psychology: Meaning, scope and Its relevance. individual difference: Meaning, types, causes and educational implications.

2)      Psychology of development: Meaning of development, difference between development & growth, characteristics related to cognitive, social and emotional development during childhood & adolescence and their educational implications.

Unit-2

1)      Psychology of Learning: Meaning, factors affecting, learning, Transfer of learning: Meaning, types and its educational implications, Motivation: Meaning, various techniques for motivating the students.

2)      Theories of learning: Classical, Operant, Gestalt and Cognitive theory of Piaget, main features and their educational implications.

Unit-3

1)      Psychology of intelligence: Meaning, concept, Theories of intelligence: Cognitive, associative and unitive. IQ, EQ and SQ: their implications for organizing teaching-learning processes. Use of intelligence tests and its limitations. Indian concept of intelligence.

2)      Psychology of adjustment: Meaning, process of adjustment, characteristics of a well-adjusted person. Stress: concept, coping mechanism and its educational implications for teacher & learner. Ensuring wellness life style: determinants of wellness and scales to measure wellness life style.

Unit-4

1)      Psychology of personality: Meaning, its Indian and Western conceptualizations, development of personality, measurement of personality.

2)      Psychology of exceptional children: Creative, gifted, slow learner and mentally relarded children-their characteristics and implications for providing education.