1. EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY (EP)
B.Ed. Evening 100 Marks
Objectives
This Course will enable classroom teachers to work effectively with better understanding. After
studying this course, the students will be able to:
Identify the types of psychological questions a teacher can ask and problems he/she attempts
to resolve
Understand the development of a child from birth to adolescence.
Explore the development of human learning and factors influencing learning.
Outline of Contents
Unit - 1 Introduction
1.1 Psychology - meaning & Nature
1.2 Types of Psychology
1.3 Methods of Educational Psychology - Observation and experiment
Unit - 2 Child as a Developing Organism
2.1 Growth & Development
2.2 Emotional Development
2.3 Social Development
2.4 Physical Development
2.5 Intellectual Development.
Unit – 3 Learning
3.1 Meaning & Definition of, Characteristics and process
3.2 Factors affecting learning
3.3 Transfer of learning
Unit – 4 Approaches of learning
4.1 Behavioral
4.2 Cognitive
4.3 Social

2. 4.4 Humanistic
UNIT -5 Learning Theories and their impact on Education
5.1 Skinner's Operant conditioning
5.2 Piaget's theory
5.3 Information - Processing
Unit -6Motivation
6.1 Nature, Characteristics and function
6.2 Factors and Techniques related to motivation in classroom
6.3 Maslow's Theory of Motivation
Unit – 7 Intelligence
7.1 Definition and Nature
7.2 Role of heredity & environment
7.3 Assessment of intelligence
a. Individual Tests
b. Group Tests
7.4 Concept of IQ.
7.5 Current theories of intelligence
Unit - 8 Individual Differences
8.1 Importance of individual differences
8.2 Different kinds of children and their characteristics
8.3 Teaching according to individual differences.
Suggested Books
1. Crewel. Thomas I., (1977). Educational Psychology: Windows on Teaching.
2. Gibson, J.T., (1981). Psychology for the classroom , New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
3. Khattak Ibrahim (1994). Educational Psychology, Peshawar, Ijaz Printers. Pakistan
4. Olson, David R., (1996). “Educational and Human Development, USA: Blackwell
publishers Ltd.
5. Ormrod, Jeanne Ellies., (1958). “Educational Psychology, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc.

3. 6. Ruthan, Vernon W.: (2001), “Technology, Growth and Development, New York: Oxford
University press
7. Carter, Carol: (1998), “Key to effective learning”. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, Inc.
8. Santrock, J.W. (2007), Child Development. (11th Edition) New York, The McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc.
9. Woolfolk, A., (2004) Educational Psychology, (9th Ed.). Singapore: Pearson Education. Inc.

4. WEEKLY PLAN
Month
and Unit Description Outcomes Reading Material
Week
1.1. Definitions of 1. Students will be able O’Donell, Reeve & Smith,
Psychology to define the term (2009), Educational Psychology:
Jan Psychology. Reflection for Action (2nd
2013 1.2. Different Edition), Chapter 4
st
1 & Types of 2. Students will be able
2nd Psychology to define, discuss and Woolfolk, A., (2004) Educational
Week Unit 1:1 differentiate between Psychology (9th Ed.). Singapore:
Introduction different types of Pearson Education. Inc.
to psychology.
Educational 1.3. Methods of Students will be able to http://www.hillagric.ac.in/edu/co
Psychology Educational highlight different a/AgriEcoExtEduRSocio/Readin
Psychology- methods of educational g_Material/Ext-121-Educational-
Observation and psychology. Psychology.pdf
3rd experiment
week http://www.kkhsou.in/main/educa
tion/psycology.html
Achievement Test: 1.1 Students will be supposed to appear in a graded achievement test. The test
will mainly focus on the topic “Psychology and its different methods”.
Jan 2.1. Growth and Students will be able to Child growth and development
2013 Development define the terms Growth (Handout)
th
Unit 2
4 and development.
Child as a
week
developing
2.2. Physical Students will be able to Book: Krause, Bochner,
Organism
Development define and discuss the Duchesne (2003). Educational
physical development of Psychology for learning and
a child teaching; Chapter 1.

5. 2.3. Emotional Students will define and
Development discuss the Emotional, Santrock, J.W. (2007), Child
Social and Intellectual Development. (11th Edition).
2.4 Social development of a child. Section 2, & 3.
Development
Feb
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Development
week
O’Donell, Reeve & Smith,
(2009), Educational Psychology:
Reflection for Action (2nd
Edition), Chapter 3.
3.1 Meaning and Students will be able to Krause, Bochner & Duchesne,
definition of define and discuss the (2003). Educational Psychology
learning concept of human for Learning and Teaching.
development. Chapter 6.
Feb 3.2 Characteristics
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2 define the process of ock
week 3.3 Process of learning and will also be
Unit 3 learning able to describe different Santrock, J.W. (2007), Child
Learning factors affecting Development. (11th Edition)
learning. Chapter 2. Page (36-49)
3.4 Factors Students will be able to
affecting learning define and describe
different factors
Feb 3.5Transfer of affecting learning.
2013 learning
3rd Students will critically
week define and discuss
transfer of learning.
Achievement Test, 1.2: Students will be supposed to appear in a graded achievement test. The test
will mainly focus on the topics “Child as a developing organism” and “Process of learning”.

6. 94.1. Behavioral Students will be able to
Approach define and discuss the Santrock, J.W. (2007), Child
behavioral and cognitive Development. (11th Edition) New
approaches of learning. York, The McGraw-Hill
Feb
4.2. Cognitive And will also discuss Companies, Inc.
2013
Approach about their applicability
4th
in their own context. http://highered.mcgraw-
week
Unit 4 hill.com/sites/dl/free/0073378399
Approaches /583157/Cruickshank5e_ch04.pdf
of learning Krause, Bochner & Duchesne,
(2003). Educational Psychology
9.3. Social Students will be able to for Learning and Teaching.
Learning define and discuss the Chapter (4-6)
March
Approach social and cognitive
2013
approaches of learning. O’Donell, Reeve & Smith,
1st
9.4. Humanistic And will also discuss (2009), Educational Psychology:
week
Approach about their applicability Reflection for Action (2nd
in their own context. Edition)

7. 5.1. Skinner’s Students will be able to Santrock, J.W. (2007), Child
Operant critically define and Development. (11th Edition) New
Conditioning discuss Skinner’s and York, The McGraw-Hill
Piaget’s theories of Companies, Inc.
5.2 Piaget’s learning.
Theory http://highered.mcgraw-
hill.com/sites/dl/free/0073378399
March
/583157/Cruickshank5e_ch04.pdf
2013 Unit 5
Krause, Bochner & Duchesne,
2nd Learning
(2003). Educational Psychology
week Theories and
for Learning and Teaching.
their Impact
Chapter (4-6)
on Education
O’Donell, Reeve & Smith,
(2009), Educational Psychology:
Reflection for Action (2nd
Edition)
5.3 Information Students will learn about
March
Processing information processing
2013
approach
3rd
Achievement Test 1.3: Students will be supposed to appear in a graded achievement test. The test
week
will mainly focus on the topics “Approaches of learning and different learning theories”.

8. 6.1. Nature, Students will be able to Santrock, J.W. (2007), Child
Characteristics and define the term Development. (11th Edition) New
function of “motivation” and will York, The McGraw-Hill
motivation also analyze the nature, Companies, Inc.
characteristics and
6.2. Factors and functions of motivation. Woolfolk, A., (2004) Educational
Techniques related Psychology, (9th Ed.). Singapore:
March
Pearson Education. Inc.
2013 Unit 6 to motivation in Student will develop
4th Motivation classroom their concept about the
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6.4. Maslow’s techniques related to
mH.Maslow-
theory of motivation in the
ATheoryOfHumanMotivation.pdf
motivation classroom. Students will
also learn about
http://www.edpsycinteractive.org/top
Maslow’s theory of
ics/motivation/motivate.html
motivation.
7.1. Definition and Student s will be able to Krause, Bochner & Duchesne,
nature define the term (2003). Educational Psychology
intelligence and its for Learning and Teaching.
7.2 Role of nature.
heredity and O’Donell, Reeve & Smith,
April environment The students will also be (2009), Educational Psychology:
2013 Unit 7 able to discuss the role Reflection for Action (2nd
1st Intelligence 7.3 Assessment of of heredity and Edition).
week intelligence environment in forming
Individual tests intelligence. Woolfolk, A., (2004) Educational
Group tests Psychology, (9th Ed.). Singapore:
Students will learn about Pearson Education. Inc.
different types of
intelligence assessments

9. 7.4 concept of I.Q Students will be able to
define and discuss the
7.5 Current concept of I.Q. and will
April
Theories of also critically analyze
2013
intelligence. different theories of
2nd
intelligence.
week
Assignment: students will be asked to write an assignment on Intelligence and different types of
intelligence assessment. The criteria and rubric for assignment will be provided in the class.
8.1. Definition Students will define the Krause, Bochner & Duchesne,
and Concept of term individual (2003). Educational Psychology
individual difference and its for Learning and Teaching.
April
differences. importance
3rd
O’Donell, Reeve & Smith,
week Unit 8
8.2. Importance of (2009), Educational Psychology:
Individual
individual Reflection for Action (2nd
Differences
differences. Edition),
8.3 Different kinds Students will discuss
April
of children and different sources and
4th
their types of individual
week
characteristics difference.
8.4 Teaching Students will learn
May
according to different teaching
2013
individual methods to teach the
1st
differences. students with individual
week
differences.
Classroom Presentation: students will be supposed to make and PowerPoint presentation and
deliver before the class. They will make presentation about Individual differences, their
characteristics, different teaching methods of teaching to students with individual difference.
The criteria and rubric for presentation will be provided in the class.
Note: The schedule and criteria for Midterm and final term will be provided in the classroom.