COURSE ‐ II: EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

FIRST SEMESTER:

Course Outline 1. Theory (External) : 60 Marks

36 Hrs.

2. Assignments/ Projects/ Study/

Activities/ Practical/ Tests (Internal) : 40 Marks , 18 Hrs.

Unit ‐ 1: Nature and Role of Psychology in Education. 15 Marks

8 Hrs.

1.1. Meaning and Nature of Educational Psychology.

‐ Educational psychology as an applied field.

‐ Educational psychology as a discipline.

1.2. Scope of Educational Psychology; Relevance of educational psychology for the

primary school teacher in understanding the situation.

1.3 Approaches to understand learner's behaviour at childhood and pre‐adolescent

stages.

Unit ‐ 2: Growth and Development of the learner 35 Marks

24 Hrs.

2.1. Concept of growth and development.

2.2 Principle of development.

2.3. Stages of development, development tasks of childhood and pre‐adolescence

stages.

2.4. Characteristics of physical, emotional, social and language development during

childhood and pre‐adolescence stage.

2.5. Cognitive development; Piaget’s stages of intellectual development and its

implications for teachers.

2.6. Common play activities of children and their role in growth and development.

Unit ‐ 3: Individual Differences among learners 10 Marks , 4 Hrs.

3.1 Meaning and Nature of intra‐individual and inter‐individual differences among

learners, individual differences in ability, aptitude, personality, achievement and

their educational implications.

SECOND SEMESTER:

Course Outline 1. Theory (External) : 60 Marks , 36 Hrs.

2. Assignments/ Projects/ Study/

Activities/ Practical/ Tests (Internal) : 40 Marks , 18 Hrs.

Unit ‐ 1 : Methods for understanding learner's behaviour 15 Marks

12 Hrs.

1.1. Observation

1.2. Interview

1.3. Survey

1.4. Case study

1.5. Experiments

Unit ‐ 2: Personality Development and Adjustment 25 Marks

17 Hrs.

2.1. Meaning and definition of personality.

2.2 Personality development during childhood; methods of developing personality at preadolescent

stages with special reference to socialization (habit and trait formation).

2.3. Concept of self interests, attitudes and values.

2.4. Concept of mental health, adjustment at home and school.

Unit ‐ 3: Intelligence and creativity 20 Marks , 7 Hrs.

3.1 Concept of intelligence and mental abilities, mental ability tests and their uses.

3.2 Multiple intelligence

3.3 Creativity and aesthetic appreciation: meaning and nature of creativity, methods of

nurturing creative talents.