CC-01_Soisobkalin Bridhhi O Bikasher Ruprekha

Syllabus:

1st Half: Development and its Characteristics

Unit I: Growth and Developmental Pattern of Learners:

• Concept of growth and development

• General characteristics of growth and development

• Stages and sequence of growth and development

• Social factors that affect growth and development-poverty, lack of opportunities, deprivation, disrupted family, poor neighbourhood, poor housing

?Unit II: Stages of Development:

• Different stages of development?infancy, childhood, adolescence, Adulthood.

• Adolescence?Physical development, Emotional development, Cognitive development.

• Needs and problems of adolescents, their guidance and counseling

?Unit III: Different types of Development:

• Cognitive development?Piaget?s theory and its educational implications.

• Psycho-sexual development?Freud?s Theory.

• Psycho social development?Erikson?s theory of psychosocial development.

• Moral and pro social development?Kohlberg?s theory.

• Development of self-concept and personal identity.

• Communication and speech development?paralinguistic and linguistic stages of development.

?Unit IV: Individual Differences:

• Role of heredity, environment including physical and socio cultural factors.

• Nutrition.

• Child rearing practices and Family.

?Unit V: Development of Personality:

• Concept of Personality, types and traits of personality.

• Trait theories (Eysenck and Cattell?s 16 factor, Five factor).

• Measurement of personality (Self-report and projective techniques).

2nd Half: Aspects of Development

Unit I: Concept, nature, interrelationship and educational implications of:

• Instincts and Emotions

• Emotional Intelligence

• Attitude and Attachment

Unit II: Motivation:

• Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation

• Theories of Motivation?Maslow, Weiner and McClelland.

• Factors affecting Motivation?Self Efficacy, Locus of Control, Anxiety, Curiosity and their classroom implications.

Unit III: Attention and Interest:

• Concept of attention, determinants of attention and their classroom application

• Attention span and its fluctuation, distraction. Interest and its relation with attention

?Unit IV: Intelligence:

• Concept and nature, its distribution across population.

• Factor theories of intelligence (Guilford, Thurston and Gardner?s theory of Multiple Intelligence).

• Measurement of intelligence (Verbal and non-verbal tests of intelligence).

• Intelligence quotient and education.

?Unit V: Creativity:

• Concept of creativity

• Components of creativity

• Its identification and nurturance.