Childhood and Growing Up | BEd Free Study Material

Childhood and Growing Up | BEd Free Study Material |

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CONTENTS:

UNIT – I EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY – GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

♦ Introduction
♦ Objectives
♦ Meaning of Psychology
♦ Branches of Psychology
♦ Educational Psychology
♦ Purpose and principles of teaching and learning
♦ Meaning of growth and development
♦ Differences between growth and development
♦ Importance of growth and development
♦ Human development process
♦ Concept of individual differences
– Biological
– Psycho- analytical
– Cognitive implications
♦ Cognitive development
♦ Attention factors
– Span of attention
– Inattention and distraction
– Concept formation types

UNIT – II UNDERSTANDING ADOLESCENT LEARNER

♦ Introduction
♦ Objectives
♦ Adolescent learner
♦ Growth and development
– Physical Development
– Cognitive Development
– Social Development
– Emotional Development
– Moral Development
♦ Adolescent Period
– Nature and Peer Factor influencing development
– Behavioral pattern in terms of motivation
– Attitude and Development of self-concept
♦ Method of studying learner’s behavior at the adolescent stage
– Observation
– Interview
– Experimentation
– Case study

UNIT – III LEARNING

♦ Introduction
♦ Objectives
♦ Learning
♦ Types of learning
– Trial and error learning
– Classical conditioning
– Operant conditioning
– Gestalt theory
♦ Theories of development
– Cognitive theory of development
– Psycho-social theory of development
– Theory of moral development
– Theory of psycho-sexual development
– Theory of emotional development
♦ Factors affecting learning
– Learning problems
– Enhance learning skills
♦ Transfer of learning
♦ Remembering and forgetting
– Curve of forgetting
– Individual differences in learning

UNIT – IV MOTIVATION

♦ Introduction
♦ Objectives
♦ Motivation
♦ Kinds of motives
♦ Theories of motivation
– Hulls drive reduction
– Maslow’s need hierarchy
♦ Mc Clelland’s achievement motivation
♦ Fear of failure and hope of success
♦ Motivation in the classroom context
♦ Praise and blame rewards and punishment
♦ Level of Aspiration

UNIT V – INTELLIGENCE

♦ Introduction
♦ Objectives
♦ Nature of Intelligence
♦ Theories of intelligence
– Single factor theory
– Two factor theory
– Multifactor theory
– Guilford structure of intellect
♦ Individual differences in intelligence
♦ Distribution of intelligence
♦ Intelligence test & uses

UNIT – VI CREATIVITY

♦ Introduction
♦ Objective
♦ Concept of creativity
♦ Identification of creative pupils
♦ Difference between intelligence and creativity
♦ Convergent & divergent thinking
♦ Latent thinking
♦ Process of creativity
♦ Fostering creativity

UNIT – VII PERSONALITY

♦ Introduction
♦ Objective
♦ Meaning and definition of personality
♦ Major determinants of personality
♦ Theories of personality
♦ Psycho analysis theory
♦ Assessment of personality
♦ Projective techniques
♦ Integrated personality