Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : HS5232 : Educational Psychology { 3-0-0 / 3}
Subject Nature : Theory
Coordinator : Prof. Ramakrishna Biswal
Syllabus
Unit 1: Education and Psychology: An Introduction
Education as a Discipline, Education & Schooling Contributions of Psychology to Education ‘Child-centered’ and ‘progressive’ education
Unit 2: Human Diversity and Education
Differences in Cognitive Styles & Learning Strategies, Readiness for Learning & Classroom Achievement, Intelligence, Creativity & Personality Socio-cultural Differences: Gender, Socio-Economic Status, Regional, Ethnic & Linguistic Diversity.
Unit 3: Effective Teaching and Classroom Management
Characteristics of Effective Teachers Teaching Methods & Issues related to Technological Advances Discipline and Control Uses and abuses of psychological testing in education, The IQ controversy Issues related to Classroom Assessment & Evaluation: grades and grading, alternatives to traditional assessment
Unit 4: Exceptionality and Special Education
Conceptualizing Exceptionality: Categorization, Labelling and its educational implications Responsibilities of Teachers towards learners with Special Needs and Inclusive Education with a special focus on Individualized Education Plan (IEP) Responsibilities of Teachers towards learners with Diverse Needs, Issues related to Categorization & Labelling
Unit 5: Educational Psychology in Practice
Application of theories of development, learning, memory processes, motivation, intelligence and personality to teaching-learning process.
Course Objectives
- 1.To prepare students understand the basic and applied aspects of Education from a Psychological Perspective.
Course Outcomes
1. Understand of the interface between education and psychology <br />2. Appreciate various issues and challenges that emerge with reference to the application of psychological ideas and theories in the discipline of education <br />3. Enable learners to deal with various problems and issues related to student diversity in a classroom <br />4. Use critical thinking skills to compare and contrast text-book applications of theories to real-life situations
Essential Reading
- A.Woolfolk, Educational Psychology., Pearson Education, 2013
- N.L.Gage and D.C. Berliner, Educational Psychology (6th Eds.), New York: Haughton Mifflin, 1998
Supplementary Reading
- Lahey R.B. Graham J. E., An Introduction to Educational Psychology, 6th Ed., Tata McGraw Hill Publishers, New Delhi, 2000
- 2. Woolfolk, A., Educational Psychology: Active Learning Edition (12th)., Pearson, 2013