ICTE 4115 Educational Psychology 3-0 Credit 3.

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Concept of educational psychology; Its relation to general psychology and developmental psychology;
Focal areas of educational psychology; Aims of educational Psychology; Using concepts and principles of
educational psychology in understanding prediction and control; Methods of educational psychology
; Influence of emotional and moral climates of the family on learning; Learning Theories ;
Concept of learning; Thorndike’s connectionism and its applications to classroom learning; Pavlov's
classical conditioning and its applications to classroom learning; Skinner's operant conditioning and its
applications to classroom learning; Insightful learning theories & their applications; Information
processing approach to learning; Bruner's theory of cognitive development; Piaget's theory of cognitive
development; Motivation and learning; Concept of motivation; Relation of motivation to performance;
Developing positive self-concepts of students; Explanations of success and failures: A hribution theory;
Application of principles of motivation in the classroom; Emotion and learning; Nature of emotion;
Influence of anxiety on learning; Teacher's role in reducing anxiety of learners ; The learner and her/his
intelligence; Defining intelligence; Individual and group differences in intelligence; Gender differences in
intellectual functioning; Management of classroom discipline; The meaning of classroom discipline;
Causes and types of problem behaviors in the classroom. Strategies to manage problem behaviors;
Planning for control of bias in teaching; Variety and flexibility in teaching; Psychology of being a teacher;
Learners who need special help; Creativity: Definition, components, characteristics of creative person,
how to foster creativity.

Concept, Nature and Scope of the terms; Instructional Strategies; Effective Teaching and Role of
Facilitator; Communication in Classroom; Procedures of Teaching and Lesson Plan; Instructional
Materials; Classroom Methods and Techniques; Dynamic Systems; Instructional Model.

Text Books:

1. Neill, A.S. (2018), Summerhill: A Radical Approach to Education, Lowe & Bridon, U.K.
2. Blair, G.M. Jones. RS. & Simpson, R.H. (2017). Educational Psychology London. Macmillan.
3. Clifford. M.M. (2015), Practicing Educational Psychology. New York.
4. Houghton Mifflin. Eson. E.M. (2016) Psychological Foundations of Education New York: Holt
Rinehart and Winston.
5. Gage, N.L. & Berliner. D.C. (2015) Educational Psychology Boston: Houghton Milflin.
6. Glover., J.A., Bruning R.H. & Filbeck, R.W. (2010). Educational Psychology: Principles and
Applications. Boston: Little Brownand Co.
7. Lingren, C.L. (2000). Educational Psychology in the classroom New York Oxford.
8. সুশীল রায়, শিক্ষণ ও শিক্ষা প্রসঙ্গ, সোমা বুক এজেন্সী, কলকাতা, ২০০০।