SHAH GOVERDHAN LAL KABRA

TEACHERS' COLLEGE (C.T.E.) JODHPUR - Raj.

[ Upgraded as College for Teacher Education by

The Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India, New Delhi. ]

(Affiliated to Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur)

(Managed by : Shri Mahesh Shikshan Sansthan)

PAPER : II - PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL

FOUNDATION OF EDUCATION

COURSE CONTENT

       UNIT - I :      

       School of Psychology and Learning Theories : An Introduction to - Behaviourism, Purposivism, Gestalt,

       Psycho-analysis, earning Theories with Class-room implications : Thorndikes, Connectionism, Pavov's

       Classical conditioning, Skinner's Operant Conditioning. Lewin's Cognative field Theory, Contribution of Piaget,

       Bruner and Ausuble to learning.

       UNIT - II :      

       Psychology of learner and Teaching learning Process : Psychology of Learner : Psychology of exceptional children,

       Gifted and low achievers. Motivating the learner, Maslow's self actualization and McCleland's Achievement Motivation

       with reference to research done in India.

       Creativity - Concept, measurement and creative teaching, Teaching Learning Process : Psychology of Teacher -

       Mental health of the teacher, Personal and emotional adjustment of teacher, Current researches and trends for

       improving teaching effectiveness and learning outcomes, Group dynamics : Concept, structure and process, Class-

       room climate and educational implications.

       UNIT - III :      

       Personality and Adjustment : Theries of personality - Psycho-analysis, Trait theory - Cattell and Alport

       Measurement of personality through projective and semi-projective techniques. Adjustment : Psychology of

       adjustment, adjustment processes and different adjustment mechanism. Maladjustment, Juvenile delinquency

       and corrective measures.

       UNIT - IV :      

       Education as a Social sub-system as a Social process, Education as a social sub-system. Concept of social

       system, Specific characteristics of education as a social sub-system, Education and its relationship with other social

       sub-systems i.e. family, caste and state, Education as a Social Process, Theories of Socialization, Proces of

       acculturation and socialization, Role of family, caste and state in preservation, transmission of enrichment of culture.

       UNIT - V :      

       Change and Education and Social Dimension of Indian Education, Change and Education, Concept of change

       and planned change, Process of planned change, Functions and qualities of change agent, Social mobility,

       Modernization and education, Social Dimension of Indian Education, Approaches to religious and moral

       education - Humanistic and Spiritualistic Approaches, Socialistic pattern of society and education, Existing

       educational disparties.

       SESSIONAL WORK :

       Case study of an exceptional child using the following :

       (a) Interview

       (b) Observation

       (c) Personality Test

       (d) Intelligence Test

       (e) Educational Level etc.

                       OR

       Construction of and one of the following tests :

       (a) Achievement

       (b) Attitude

       2. Socio-metric study of a class consisting of not less than 25 students.

       BIBLIOGRAPHY  :

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       Ausubel, D.P. : Educational Psychoogy - A Cognitive View, Holt Rinehart, New York, 1968

       Baker, H.J. : Introduction to Exceptional Children, Macmillan Co., New York, 1957

       Blair, Jones Simpson : Educational Psychology, Macmillan CO., New York, 1968

       Cattell, R.B. : Description and Measurement of Personality, World Book Co., New York, 1946

       Dave, Indu : Shiksha ke Manovaigyanik Adhar, Rajasthan Hindi Granth Academy, Jaipur, 1971

       Mathis, B.C. and Others : Psychological Foundation of Education, Academic Press, New York, 1970

      McCellland, D. et. al. : The Achievement Motives, Applleton-Century Crofts, New York, 1953

      Moully, H.C. (ed.) : Reading in Educational Psychology, Holt Reinhart, New York, 1971

      Piagert, J. : Science of Education and the Psychology of Child, Viking, New York, 1970

      Stones, E. (ed.) : Reading in Educational Psychology, Methuen Co.., London, 1870

      Brown, F. : Educational Sociology

      Core, N.S. Desai, I.P. and Simon Chitnis (ed.) : Papers in Sociology of Education, N.C.E.R.T., New Delhi, 1967

      Educational Commission Report (1964-66) : Government of India, New Delhi, 1966

      Grifin & Pareek, U. : Planned Change in Education, Somaiya Publications Pvt. Ltd., Bombay, 1970

      Hussain, Zakir : Educational and Cultural Foundation, Education and National Development, 1975, A Report

      on Symposium organized by the Foundation, New Delhi

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