siechd.nic.in Syllabus For Diploma in Elementary Education (D.El.Ed) : State Institute of Education Chandigarh

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Type of Facility : Syllabus For Diploma in Elementary Education (D.El.Ed)
Location : Chandigarh

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Syllabus For Diploma in Elementary Education (D.El.Ed) Two Years Course :
Paper Code – 101 :
Development And Understanding Of The Learner

Maximum Marks : 100 (External – 70, Internal – 30)

Rationale and Aim :
The course on Development and understanding of the learner is visualized as the first systematic introduction of the D.El.Ed student-teacher to the study of childhood and children. This course is necessarily the foundation upon which subsequent courses and practicum related to school internship would be based. The purpose of this course is to equip the student-teacher with the background knowledge that he/she needs to develop an understanding of the elementary school child and his/her socio-cultural contexts. Building upon the above, the aim is to build sensitivity towards children’s developmental needs and capabilities. Students should be encouraged to explore and develop a greater insight into their life’s strengths and weaknesses and dynamics of foundation of identity and true individuality. The course is aimed at equipping the student’ with knowledge of personality, intelligence and creativity that help in facilitating the development of the learner as a balanced individual.

Specific Objectives :
1. To makes student-teacher understand educational psychology so as to help in brining changes in the learner’s behavior.
2. To acquaint student-teacher with the development process of the learner at various stages of development.
3. To develop an understanding of different aspects of a learners’ physical, intellectual, social, emotional development.
4. To provide hands-on experiences to interact with learners, and training in methods of Educational Psychology to understand aspects of the development of learner.
5. To acquaint the student-teachers with the concept of personality, intelligence and creativity, so as to identify the individual differences in the learners.
6. To enable the student- teachers to apply the knowledge of various psychological aspects to study the learner.

Unit-1 : Educational Psychology
** Definition, Nature and Scope
** Methods of Educational Psychology
a) Introspection
b) Observation
c) Experimental
d) Case study

Unit-2 : Growth and Development
** Concept, Principles of Development, Factors affecting growth and development
** Intellectual, Physical, Social and Emotional development during Childhood and Adolescence

Unit-3 : Intelligence
** Definition and Meaning of Intelligence
** Measurement of Intelligence Tests : Verbal, Non-Verbal and Performance Tests.

Unit-4 : Personality
** Definition, Meaning, Dimensions and Factors affecting personality

** Assessment of Personality-Subjective, Objective and Projective Techniques

Unit-5 : Creativity
** Concept, characteristics, identification of creative potential
** Creative Process and Educational programmes for developing creativity

Practicum :
1. Preparation of a Case Profile Approach to study different aspects of Development of a learner.
2. Preparation of SWOT (Strength, Weakness, Opportunities and Threat) Analysis Report of Self.
3. Prepare a practical record for tests from the areas specified below
** Personality Test
** Intelligence Test
** Test for Creativity

Books Recommended :
1. Cole, M. Cole, S.R. and Lightfoot, C. (2004). The Development of Children. New York : Worth Publishers. Chapter 1: The study of Human Development.
2. Newman, B.M. and Newman, P.H (2007). Theories of Human Development. London : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers. Chapter 1: Introduction.
3. Papalia, D.E. and Olds, S.W. (2003). Human Development, New York : McGraw Hill Higher Education. Chapter 1: The Study of Human Development, Chapter 2: Theory and Research, Chapter 4: Physical Development During the First Three Years, Chapter 7: Physical Development in Early Childhood, Chapter 9: Physical Development in Middle Childhood
4. Saraswathi, T.S. (Ed.) (1999). Culture, Socialization and Human Development : Theory, Research and Applications in India. Sage publications. Chapter 4: Theoretical Frameworks in Cross-Cultural Psychology, Chapter 6: Individualism in a Collective Culture: A Case of Co-existence of Opposites.
5. Vasanta, D. (2004). Childhood, Work and Schooling : Some Reflections. Contemporary Education Dialoguing, Vol. 2 (1), 5-29
6. Hurlock, E.R. Developing Psychology, Mc. Graw Publishing Housing
7. Chauhan, S.S. (2002) Advanced Educational Psychology, Vikas Publishing House.
8. Kulshreshtha, S.P. (1997) Educational Psychology, R.Lall Book Depot, Meerut
9. Aggarwal, J.C. (1999) Elementary Educational, Doaba House, Delhi.
10. Manal, S.K. (1992) Educational Psychology, Parkash Brothers, Ludhiana
11. Aggarwal, J.C. (2004) Essentials of Educational Psychology, Vikas Publishing House
12. Sharma, R.A. (2002) Fundamentals of Educational Psychology, R.Lall Book Depot, Meerut
13. Gupta, V.K. (2003) Psychology of Learning and Development, Ankur Gupta, Vinod Publications
14. Dandapani, S. (2000), A Textbook of Advanced Educational Psychology, New Delhi : Anmol Publications
15. Kakkar, S.B. (2001), Educational Psychology, New Delhi, Prentice Hall of India
16. Mangal, S.K. (2002), Advanced Educational Psychology, New Delhi : Prentice Hall of India
17. Maslow,A.H. (1970), Motivation and Personality, 2nd Ed., New York : Harper & Row.
18. Dash (1991) M : Educational Psychology, New Delhi: Deep and Deep
19. Gulati, S. (1995) Education for Creativity, NCERT.
20. Kundu, C.L. and Tutoo, D.N. (2000) Educational Psychology, New Delhi : Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
21. Mathur, S.S. : Shiksha Manovigyan, Lyal Book Depot, Meerut.
22. Pal. H.R. (2006) Advanced Educational Psychology (Hindi) New Delhi, Hindi Medium Implementation Directorate, Delhi University

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