Sikshasroyee Manobigyan (Educational Psychology)_Tripura Uviversity_2nd Sem_Minor_ED102M

Authors: Dr. Pranab Kumar Chakrabarti, Dr. Pranay Pandey

Tripura University (A Central University)
Compulsory Core Course, Code: ED102M 
2nd Semester Elective/Minor, Credits: 4, Max. Marks: 100 (80+20) 
Educational Psychology
Unit-l: Introduction to Psychology and Educational Psychology
    l    Psychology—its meaning, nature and scope.
    l    Concept of Educational Psychology—its Meaning, Nature, Scope and Need.
    l    Relationship between Education and Psychology.
    l    Methods of Educational Psychology—basics methods & design in studying learners behaviour.
    l    Research Methods in Child and Adolescent Development
    l    Applications of Educational Psychology in Teaching and Learning Process.
    l    Role of educational Psychology in understanding Learner Differences and Learning Needs—Learning and Thinking Styles, Exceptional learners.
Unit-II: Understanding the Learner and their Development
    l    Students as Learners—their Development and the Learning Process.
    l    Human Growth and development—meaning, nature and basic principles.
    l    Stages of development—Infancy, Childhood and Adolescence.
    l    Human development in the physical, social, emotional, moral, speech/language, and cognitive domains.
    l    Individual Differences among learner—concept, dimension and educational implications, Socio-cultural diversity.
    l    Students with Learning Challenges (Communication Disorders, Emotional or Behavioural Difficulties, Intellectual Disabilities).
Unit-III: Theories of Human Development and Learning Process
    l    Theoretical foundations about how learning occurs: how students construct knowledge, acquire skills, and develop habits of mind.
    l    Theories of development—Piaget's Cognitive development, Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Perspective, Bronfenbrenner’s bio-ecological model of development, Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development
    l    Development of Self Concept and Self Identity—Erikson’s Stages of Psychosocial Development.
    l    Learning Process—its meaning, nature and influencing factors.
    l    Theories of Learning: Trial and Error, Classical and Operant Conditioning and Gestalt Theory of Learning.
Unit-IV: Mental Abilities, Motivations and Personality
    l    Intelligence—meaning and nature, Concepts of Social intelligence, Spiritual intelligence, emotional intelligence.
    l    Theories of Intelligence—Sternberg's Triarchic theory, Gardner’s Theory of Multiple intelligences.
    l    Measuring Intelligence, some commonly used intelligence test, concept of IQ.
    l    Creativity—Concept and Nature, Characteristics of a creative person, Fostering, Creativity, Metacognition and Creativity.
    l    Motivation—meaning, nature and importance, Five General Approaches to Motivation, Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.
    l    Meaning and nature of Personality, Type and Trait Approaches to Personality, Factors Influencing Personality Development.