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.
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