CORE
COURSE II
PSYCHOLOGY
OF LEARNING AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
OBJECTIVES:
At
the end of this course, the student - teacher trainee will be able to:
1.
Apply methods of educational psychology for studying problems associated with
education.
2.
Comprehend and use the knowledge of educational psychology in fulfilling the
obligations of a teacher.
3.
Explain the basic concepts and principles associated with human development
Explain the link between development and learning
4.
Applies theories of development in dealing with learning and behavior problems
of his / her students.
5.
Assess the personality of human beings using selected psychological tools of
assessment. Examines the factors influencing her/his personality and that of
the fellow trainees.
6.
The adjustment problems of self, and others .
7.
Understands and applies knowledge of Intelligence, motivation, attention,
perception, learning theories, theories of memories, and transfer theories and
tries to maximize learning in the classroom
8.
Identify the mental health problems of children in their practice teaching
schools.
9.
Studies the child rearing practices followed in her/his neighbourhood and
examines its impact on their academic achievement, creativity, and general
achievement motivation.
10.
Apply the principles of guidance and counseling in helping their wards in
school.
11.
Identify children with learning disabilities viz., dyslexia, autism, slow
learners etc and interventions for learning.
UNIT
1: Introduction to Educational Psychology
Psychology:
Meaning,
branches of psychology. Perspective of human behavior: Psychoanalysis - Behaviorism
- Humanism- Transpersonalism. Educational psychology: Meaning - Origin, scope and
significance of educational psychology for teachers.
UNIT
2: Growth and Development
Concepts:
growth,
development, maturation.- Developmental stages- Developmental tasks – Impact of
nature and nurture on human development - Principles of development -
Dimensions of development: physical, social, emotional and cognitive. -
Theories of child development: Psychosexual development,(Freud) - Psychosocial
development, (Erikson) - Cognitive development: Process - Stages of cognitive
development. (Piaget), Moral development: (Piaget, Kohlberg). Adolescence: characteristics,
problems, remedy.
UNIT
3: Personality and Human Adjustment
Personality:
Meaning,
Components. Factors influencing personality – Integrated personality – Adjustment
as achievement and process – Causes of maladjustment – Conflict, Frustration – Adjustment
Mechanisms – Group dynamics: competition and cooperation – Classroom climate and
leadership styles of teachers.
UNIT
4: Psychological assessment - Techniques and Tools
Personality
Assessment: Need
for assessment – Methods of assessment: Scientific assessment Techniques:
Observation - Interview- Questionnaire – Inventories - Case study - Situational
Tests - Projective Techniques: Meaning - (TAT, Inkblot test, story completion
test) - Free association Technique - Dream analysis - precautions to be
considered while communicating test results – abuse of psychological tests.
UNIT
5: Motivation
Motivation:
Types
of motivation - Functions of motivation – Motivation in education. Rewards and
punishment as motivator – Factors influencing motivation: Internal and external
factors – Theories of motion: Theory of self-actualisation, (Maslow) - The
psychoanalytic theory of motivation (Freud) - Theory of achievement motivation,
(Me Cleland), - Level of Aspiration - Promotion of achievement motivation among
learners.
UNIT
6: Attention, Perception and Memory
Attention,
meaning – related concepts: distraction, inattention, divided
attention, Span of attention. Factors influencing attention – sensation and
perception – Laws of perception –Perceptual Errors. Memory and forgetting:
Meaning – Causes of forgetting – Storage systems: Sensory memory, Short Term,
long Term Memory. Duration and functions of memory storage systems. Theories of
Forgetting: Theory of decay – Theory of interference – Theory of Motivation – Theory
of consolidation - Strategies for Improving Memory – Memory Disorders.
UNIT
7: Learning and Learning Theories
Learning:
meaning,
nature and importance of learning for human excellence – Methods/styles of learning
- Conditions of learning- (Gagne) – Factors influencing learning - Learning
Curve – Types of learning: Learning by conditioning, (Pavlov, Watson, Skinner. –
Learning by trial and error, (Thorndike) – learning by insight – (Kohler)
Learning by observation, (Bandura) – Transfer of learning: concept, Principles
- Teaching for effective transfer – Constructivist’s Conception of learning –
Learning Disabilities: reading disability, writing disability, computation
disability - Autism.
UNIT
8: Thinking, Intelligence and Creativity
Thinking:
Meaning
– Types of thinking: critical thinking, reflective thinking – reasoning –
problem solving - Meta- Cognition. Role of language in thinking and learning -
Intelligence: meaning, types. Theories of Intelligence: Mono Factor theory, Two
Factor Theory, Group Factor Theory – Structure of Intellect – Multiple
Intelligence – Emotional Intelligence - Nature and types of intelligence tests -
Uses of Intelligence Tests. Creativity: stages of creativity –Measurement of
Intelligence, creativity - Methods of fostering creativity among students.
UNIT
9: Mental Health and special children
Mental
Health and Mental Hygiene: Concepts, Meaning. Mental health Problems of Indian children
– Child Rearing Practices in India with special reference to gender aspect -
Mental health in Indian schools – Programmes to improve Mental health in
Schools. Special children: types and characteristics Inclusive Education.
UNIT
10: Guidance and Counseling
Guidance
and Counseling: Meaning,
Principles, Types –Significance of guidance services in schools - Functions of
Guidance cells in school: Guidance in Secondary School - High School - Higher
secondary School- Roles of Different Personnel in the School Guidance Program –
Qualities of a good counselor -Basic Steps of counseling - Ethical code for a
counselor - Mobile Counselling centres - state resource centre for counselling
for children with disability.
