Course Contents
Department of Education (Planning and Development)
Course Title: Educational Psychology
B.Ed (1.5) Year
Semester I
Course Code: Maj/B. Ed-103 Credit Hours: 03
Course Description
The purpose of this course is to develop learner’s insight. Its unique approach helps student’s teachers to understand different psychological concepts by encouraging them to examine their own learning and then showing them how to apply these concepts as teachers. This course concentrates on core concepts and principles. It gives readers an in-depth understanding of the central ideas of educational psychology.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students will be able to:
• describe in detail the multidisciplinary nature of educational psychology
• familiarize students with basic theories derived from various discipline which are related to education
• develop critical thinking about and appreciation of education psychology as multidisciplinary subject
• familiarize with the concept of test development
Course Outline
Unit 1. Introduction to psychology
1.1. Schools of thoughts
1.2. Structuralism
1.3. Functionalism
1.4. Behaviorism
1.5. Humanist Psychology
1.6. Nature and function of educational Psychology
1.7. Four-way teaching agenda of educational psychology
Unit 2. Fundamentals of Human Development
2.1 Overview of Growth and Development
2.2 The development of Cognitive Functions and Language
2.3 The development of Personality
2.4 The social and moral development
2.5 Factors influencing Child Development
Unit 3. Learning Theories and its Applications
3.1 Definition of learning
3.2 Varieties of Learning
3.3 Learning theories
3.4 Learning Process
Unit 4. The Cognitive Processing of Information
4.1 The information processing Approaches
4.2. Memory and Forgetting
4.3. Methods to improve memory
4.4 Complex cognitive processes
4.5. Transfer of Learning
Unit 5. Motivation
5.1 The influence of motivation on learning
5.2 Personality factors in motivation
5.3 Environmental factors in motivation
5.4 Motivational Techniques in teaching
Unit 6. Intelligence
6.1. Concept of intelligence
6.2. Theories of intelligence
6.3. Individual difference in intelligence
6.4. Integration, mainstreaming, and inclusion
Evaluation Criteria
Students will be evaluated on the basis of following criteria.
1. Presentations 5
2. Assignments 5
3. Attendance 5
4. Test I 10
5. Test II 10
6. Final Exam 65
7. Total Marks 100
Recommended Books
• Anita, Woolfolk. (2018). Educational Psychology. (14th edition). Pearson
• Ormrod, Jeane. (2010) Educational Psychology, Developing Learners: Pearson Santrock
• J.W. (2015) Educational Psychology. (5th edition). Boston: McGraw Hill.
Department of Education (Planning and Development)
Course Title: Educational Psychology
B.Ed (1.5) Year
Semester I
Course Code: Maj/B. Ed-103 Credit Hours: 03
Course Description
The purpose of this course is to develop learner’s insight. Its unique approach helps student’s teachers to understand different psychological concepts by encouraging them to examine their own learning and then showing them how to apply these concepts as teachers. This course concentrates on core concepts and principles. It gives readers an in-depth understanding of the central ideas of educational psychology.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students will be able to:
• describe in detail the multidisciplinary nature of educational psychology
• familiarize students with basic theories derived from various discipline which are related to education
• develop critical thinking about and appreciation of education psychology as multidisciplinary subject
• familiarize with the concept of test development
Course Outline
Unit 1. Introduction to psychology
1.1. Schools of thoughts
1.2. Structuralism
1.3. Functionalism
1.4. Behaviorism
1.5. Humanist Psychology
1.6. Nature and function of educational Psychology
1.7. Four-way teaching agenda of educational psychology
Unit 2. Fundamentals of Human Development
2.1 Overview of Growth and Development
2.2 The development of Cognitive Functions and Language
2.3 The development of Personality
2.4 The social and moral development
2.5 Factors influencing Child Development
Unit 3. Learning Theories and its Applications
3.1 Definition of learning
3.2 Varieties of Learning
3.3 Learning theories
3.4 Learning Process
Unit 4. The Cognitive Processing of Information
4.1 The information processing Approaches
4.2. Memory and Forgetting
4.3. Methods to improve memory
4.4 Complex cognitive processes
4.5. Transfer of Learning
Unit 5. Motivation
5.1 The influence of motivation on learning
5.2 Personality factors in motivation
5.3 Environmental factors in motivation
5.4 Motivational Techniques in teaching
Unit 6. Intelligence
6.1. Concept of intelligence
6.2. Theories of intelligence
6.3. Individual difference in intelligence
6.4. Integration, mainstreaming, and inclusion
Evaluation Criteria
Students will be evaluated on the basis of following criteria.
1. Presentations 5
2. Assignments 5
3. Attendance 5
4. Test I 10
5. Test II 10
6. Final Exam 65
7. Total Marks 100
Recommended Books
• Anita, Woolfolk. (2018). Educational Psychology. (14th edition). Pearson
• Ormrod, Jeane. (2010) Educational Psychology, Developing Learners: Pearson Santrock
• J.W. (2015) Educational Psychology. (5th edition). Boston: McGraw Hill.
Department of Education (Planning and Development)
Course Title: Educational Psychology
B.Ed (1.5) Year
Semester I
Course Code: Maj/B. Ed-103 Credit Hours: 03
Course Description
The purpose of this course is to develop learner’s insight. Its unique approach helps student’s teachers to understand different psychological concepts by encouraging them to examine their own learning and then showing them how to apply these concepts as teachers. This course concentrates on core concepts and principles. It gives readers an in-depth understanding of the central ideas of educational psychology.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students will be able to:
• describe in detail the multidisciplinary nature of educational psychology
• familiarize students with basic theories derived from various discipline which are related to education
• develop critical thinking about and appreciation of education psychology as multidisciplinary subject
• familiarize with the concept of test development
Course Outline
Unit 1. Introduction to psychology
1.1. Schools of thoughts
1.2. Structuralism
1.3. Functionalism
1.4. Behaviorism
1.5. Humanist Psychology
1.6. Nature and function of educational Psychology
1.7. Four-way teaching agenda of educational psychology
Unit 2. Fundamentals of Human Development
2.1 Overview of Growth and Development
2.2 The development of Cognitive Functions and Language
2.3 The development of Personality
2.4 The social and moral development
2.5 Factors influencing Child Development
Unit 3. Learning Theories and its Applications
3.1 Definition of learning
3.2 Varieties of Learning
3.3 Learning theories
3.4 Learning Process
Unit 4. The Cognitive Processing of Information
4.1 The information processing Approaches
4.2. Memory and Forgetting
4.3. Methods to improve memory
4.4 Complex cognitive processes
4.5. Transfer of Learning
Unit 5. Motivation
5.1 The influence of motivation on learning
5.2 Personality factors in motivation
5.3 Environmental factors in motivation
5.4 Motivational Techniques in teaching
Unit 6. Intelligence
6.1. Concept of intelligence
6.2. Theories of intelligence
6.3. Individual difference in intelligence
6.4. Integration, mainstreaming, and inclusion
Evaluation Criteria
Students will be evaluated on the basis of following criteria.
1. Presentations 5
2. Assignments 5
3. Attendance 5
4. Test I 10
5. Test II 10
6. Final Exam 65
7. Total Marks 100
Recommended Books
• Anita, Woolfolk. (2018). Educational Psychology. (14th edition). Pearson
• Ormrod, Jeane. (2010) Educational Psychology, Developing Learners: Pearson Santrock
• J.W. (2015) Educational Psychology. (5th edition). Boston: McGraw Hill.
Department of Education (Planning and Development)
Course Title: Educational Psychology
B.Ed (1.5) Year
Semester I
Course Code: Maj/B. Ed-103 Credit Hours: 03
Course Description
The purpose of this course is to develop learner’s insight. Its unique approach helps student’s teachers to understand different psychological concepts by encouraging them to examine their own learning and then showing them how to apply these concepts as teachers. This course concentrates on core concepts and principles. It gives readers an in-depth understanding of the central ideas of educational psychology.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students will be able to:
• describe in detail the multidisciplinary nature of educational psychology
• familiarize students with basic theories derived from various discipline which are related to education
• develop critical thinking about and appreciation of education psychology as multidisciplinary subject
• familiarize with the concept of test development
Course Outline
Unit 1. Introduction to psychology
1.1. Schools of thoughts
1.2. Structuralism
1.3. Functionalism
1.4. Behaviorism
1.5. Humanist Psychology
1.6. Nature and function of educational Psychology
1.7. Four-way teaching agenda of educational psychology
Unit 2. Fundamentals of Human Development
2.1 Overview of Growth and Development
2.2 The development of Cognitive Functions and Language
2.3 The development of Personality
2.4 The social and moral development
2.5 Factors influencing Child Development
Unit 3. Learning Theories and its Applications
3.1 Definition of learning
3.2 Varieties of Learning
3.3 Learning theories
3.4 Learning Process
Unit 4. The Cognitive Processing of Information
4.1 The information processing Approaches
4.2. Memory and Forgetting
4.3. Methods to improve memory
4.4 Complex cognitive processes
4.5. Transfer of Learning
Unit 5. Motivation
5.1 The influence of motivation on learning
5.2 Personality factors in motivation
5.3 Environmental factors in motivation
5.4 Motivational Techniques in teaching
Unit 6. Intelligence
6.1. Concept of intelligence
6.2. Theories of intelligence
6.3. Individual difference in intelligence
6.4. Integration, mainstreaming, and inclusion
Evaluation Criteria
Students will be evaluated on the basis of following criteria.
1. Presentations 5
2. Assignments 5
3. Attendance 5
4. Test I 10
5. Test II 10
6. Final Exam 65
7. Total Marks 100
Recommended Books
• Anita, Woolfolk. (2018). Educational Psychology. (14th edition). Pearson
• Ormrod, Jeane. (2010) Educational Psychology, Developing Learners: Pearson Santrock
• J.W. (2015) Educational Psychology. (5th edition). Boston: McGraw Hill.
Department of Education (Planning and Development)
Course Title: Educational Psychology
B.Ed (1.5) Year
Semester I
Course Code: Maj/B. Ed-103 Credit Hours: 03
Course Description
The purpose of this course is to develop learner’s insight. Its unique approach helps student’s teachers to understand different psychological concepts by encouraging them to examine their own learning and then showing them how to apply these concepts as teachers. This course concentrates on core concepts and principles. It gives readers an in-depth understanding of the central ideas of educational psychology.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students will be able to:
• describe in detail the multidisciplinary nature of educational psychology
• familiarize students with basic theories derived from various discipline which are related to education
• develop critical thinking about and appreciation of education psychology as multidisciplinary subject
• familiarize with the concept of test development
Course Outline
Unit 1. Introduction to psychology
1.1. Schools of thoughts
1.2. Structuralism
1.3. Functionalism
1.4. Behaviorism
1.5. Humanist Psychology
1.6. Nature and function of educational Psychology
1.7. Four-way teaching agenda of educational psychology
Unit 2. Fundamentals of Human Development
2.1 Overview of Growth and Development
2.2 The development of Cognitive Functions and Language
2.3 The development of Personality
2.4 The social and moral development
2.5 Factors influencing Child Development
Unit 3. Learning Theories and its Applications
3.1 Definition of learning
3.2 Varieties of Learning
3.3 Learning theories
3.4 Learning Process
Unit 4. The Cognitive Processing of Information
4.1 The information processing Approaches
4.2. Memory and Forgetting
4.3. Methods to improve memory
4.4 Complex cognitive processes
4.5. Transfer of Learning
Unit 5. Motivation
5.1 The influence of motivation on learning
5.2 Personality factors in motivation
5.3 Environmental factors in motivation
5.4 Motivational Techniques in teaching
Unit 6. Intelligence
6.1. Concept of intelligence
6.2. Theories of intelligence
6.3. Individual difference in intelligence
6.4. Integration, mainstreaming, and inclusion
Evaluation Criteria
Students will be evaluated on the basis of following criteria.
1. Presentations 5
2. Assignments 5
3. Attendance 5
4. Test I 10
5. Test II 10
6. Final Exam 65
7. Total Marks 100
Recommended Books
• Anita, Woolfolk. (2018). Educational Psychology. (14th edition). Pearson
• Ormrod, Jeane. (2010) Educational Psychology, Developing Learners: Pearson Santrock
• J.W. (2015) Educational Psychology. (5th edition). Boston: McGraw Hill.
Department of Education (Planning and Development)
Course Title: Educational Psychology
B.Ed (1.5) Year
Semester I
Course Code: Maj/B. Ed-103 Credit Hours: 03
Course Description
The purpose of this course is to develop learner’s insight. Its unique approach helps student’s teachers to understand different psychological concepts by encouraging them to examine their own learning and then showing them how to apply these concepts as teachers. This course concentrates on core concepts and principles. It gives readers an in-depth understanding of the central ideas of educational psychology.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students will be able to:
• describe in detail the multidisciplinary nature of educational psychology
• familiarize students with basic theories derived from various discipline which are related to education
• develop critical thinking about and appreciation of education psychology as multidisciplinary subject
• familiarize with the concept of test development
Course Outline
Unit 1. Introduction to psychology
1.1. Schools of thoughts
1.2. Structuralism
1.3. Functionalism
1.4. Behaviorism
1.5. Humanist Psychology
1.6. Nature and function of educational Psychology
1.7. Four-way teaching agenda of educational psychology
Unit 2. Fundamentals of Human Development
2.1 Overview of Growth and Development
2.2 The development of Cognitive Functions and Language
2.3 The development of Personality
2.4 The social and moral development
2.5 Factors influencing Child Development
Unit 3. Learning Theories and its Applications
3.1 Definition of learning
3.2 Varieties of Learning
3.3 Learning theories
3.4 Learning Process
Unit 4. The Cognitive Processing of Information
4.1 The information processing Approaches
4.2. Memory and Forgetting
4.3. Methods to improve memory
4.4 Complex cognitive processes
4.5. Transfer of Learning
Unit 5. Motivation
5.1 The influence of motivation on learning
5.2 Personality factors in motivation
5.3 Environmental factors in motivation
5.4 Motivational Techniques in teaching
Unit 6. Intelligence
6.1. Concept of intelligence
6.2. Theories of intelligence
6.3. Individual difference in intelligence
6.4. Integration, mainstreaming, and inclusion
Evaluation Criteria
Students will be evaluated on the basis of following criteria.
1. Presentations 5
2. Assignments 5
3. Attendance 5
4. Test I 10
5. Test II 10
6. Final Exam 65
7. Total Marks 100
Recommended Books
• Anita, Woolfolk. (2018). Educational Psychology. (14th edition). Pearson
• Ormrod, Jeane. (2010) Educational Psychology, Developing Learners: Pearson Santrock
• J.W. (2015) Educational Psychology. (5th edition). Boston: McGraw Hill.
Department of Education (Planning and Development)
Course Title: Educational Psychology
B.Ed (1.5) Year
Semester I
Course Code: Maj/B. Ed-103 Credit Hours: 03
Course Description
The purpose of this course is to develop learner’s insight. Its unique approach helps student’s teachers to understand different psychological concepts by encouraging them to examine their own learning and then showing them how to apply these concepts as teachers. This course concentrates on core concepts and principles. It gives readers an in-depth understanding of the central ideas of educational psychology.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students will be able to:
• describe in detail the multidisciplinary nature of educational psychology
• familiarize students with basic theories derived from various discipline which are related to education
• develop critical thinking about and appreciation of education psychology as multidisciplinary subject
• familiarize with the concept of test development
Course Outline
Unit 1. Introduction to psychology
1.1. Schools of thoughts
1.2. Structuralism
1.3. Functionalism
1.4. Behaviorism
1.5. Humanist Psychology
1.6. Nature and function of educational Psychology
1.7. Four-way teaching agenda of educational psychology
Unit 2. Fundamentals of Human Development
2.1 Overview of Growth and Development
2.2 The development of Cognitive Functions and Language
2.3 The development of Personality
2.4 The social and moral development
2.5 Factors influencing Child Development
Unit 3. Learning Theories and its Applications
3.1 Definition of learning
3.2 Varieties of Learning
3.3 Learning theories
3.4 Learning Process
Unit 4. The Cognitive Processing of Information
4.1 The information processing Approaches
4.2. Memory and Forgetting
4.3. Methods to improve memory
4.4 Complex cognitive processes
4.5. Transfer of Learning
Unit 5. Motivation
5.1 The influence of motivation on learning
5.2 Personality factors in motivation
5.3 Environmental factors in motivation
5.4 Motivational Techniques in teaching
Unit 6. Intelligence
6.1. Concept of intelligence
6.2. Theories of intelligence
6.3. Individual difference in intelligence
6.4. Integration, mainstreaming, and inclusion
Evaluation Criteria
Students will be evaluated on the basis of following criteria.
1. Presentations 5
2. Assignments 5
3. Attendance 5
4. Test I 10
5. Test II 10
6. Final Exam 65
7. Total Marks 100
Recommended Books
• Anita, Woolfolk. (2018). Educational Psychology. (14th edition). Pearson
• Ormrod, Jeane. (2010) Educational Psychology, Developing Learners: Pearson Santrock
• J.W. (2015) Educational Psychology. (5th edition). Boston: McGraw Hill.
Department of Education (Planning and Development)
Course Title: Educational Psychology
B.Ed (1.5) Year
Semester I
Course Code: Maj/B. Ed-103 Credit Hours: 03
Course Description
The purpose of this course is to develop learner’s insight. Its unique approach helps student’s teachers to understand different psychological concepts by encouraging them to examine their own learning and then showing them how to apply these concepts as teachers. This course concentrates on core concepts and principles. It gives readers an in-depth understanding of the central ideas of educational psychology.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students will be able to:
• describe in detail the multidisciplinary nature of educational psychology
• familiarize students with basic theories derived from various discipline which are related to education
• develop critical thinking about and appreciation of education psychology as multidisciplinary subject
• familiarize with the concept of test development
Course Outline
Unit 1. Introduction to psychology
1.1. Schools of thoughts
1.2. Structuralism
1.3. Functionalism
1.4. Behaviorism
1.5. Humanist Psychology
1.6. Nature and function of educational Psychology
1.7. Four-way teaching agenda of educational psychology
Unit 2. Fundamentals of Human Development
2.1 Overview of Growth and Development
2.2 The development of Cognitive Functions and Language
2.3 The development of Personality
2.4 The social and moral development
2.5 Factors influencing Child Development
Unit 3. Learning Theories and its Applications
3.1 Definition of learning
3.2 Varieties of Learning
3.3 Learning theories
3.4 Learning Process
Unit 4. The Cognitive Processing of Information
4.1 The information processing Approaches
4.2. Memory and Forgetting
4.3. Methods to improve memory
4.4 Complex cognitive processes
4.5. Transfer of Learning
Unit 5. Motivation
5.1 The influence of motivation on learning
5.2 Personality factors in motivation
5.3 Environmental factors in motivation
5.4 Motivational Techniques in teaching
Unit 6. Intelligence
6.1. Concept of intelligence
6.2. Theories of intelligence
6.3. Individual difference in intelligence
6.4. Integration, mainstreaming, and inclusion
Evaluation Criteria
Students will be evaluated on the basis of following criteria.
1. Presentations 5
2. Assignments 5
3. Attendance 5
4. Test I 10
5. Test II 10
6. Final Exam 65
7. Total Marks 100
Recommended Books
• Anita, Woolfolk. (2018). Educational Psychology. (14th edition). Pearson
• Ormrod, Jeane. (2010) Educational Psychology, Developing Learners: Pearson Santrock
• J.W. (2015) Educational Psychology. (5th edition). Boston: McGraw Hill.
Department of Education (Planning and Development)
Course Title: Educational Psychology
B.Ed (1.5) Year
Semester I
Course Code: Maj/B. Ed-103 Credit Hours: 03
Course Description
The purpose of this course is to develop learner’s insight. Its unique approach helps student’s teachers to understand different psychological concepts by encouraging them to examine their own learning and then showing them how to apply these concepts as teachers. This course concentrates on core concepts and principles. It gives readers an in-depth understanding of the central ideas of educational psychology.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students will be able to:
• describe in detail the multidisciplinary nature of educational psychology
• familiarize students with basic theories derived from various discipline which are related to education
• develop critical thinking about and appreciation of education psychology as multidisciplinary subject
• familiarize with the concept of test development
Course Outline
Unit 1. Introduction to psychology
1.1. Schools of thoughts
1.2. Structuralism
1.3. Functionalism
1.4. Behaviorism
1.5. Humanist Psychology
1.6. Nature and function of educational Psychology
1.7. Four-way teaching agenda of educational psychology
Unit 2. Fundamentals of Human Development
2.1 Overview of Growth and Development
2.2 The development of Cognitive Functions and Language
2.3 The development of Personality
2.4 The social and moral development
2.5 Factors influencing Child Development
Unit 3. Learning Theories and its Applications
3.1 Definition of learning
3.2 Varieties of Learning
3.3 Learning theories
3.4 Learning Process
Unit 4. The Cognitive Processing of Information
4.1 The information processing Approaches
4.2. Memory and Forgetting
4.3. Methods to improve memory
4.4 Complex cognitive processes
4.5. Transfer of Learning
Unit 5. Motivation
5.1 The influence of motivation on learning
5.2 Personality factors in motivation
5.3 Environmental factors in motivation
5.4 Motivational Techniques in teaching
Unit 6. Intelligence
6.1. Concept of intelligence
6.2. Theories of intelligence
6.3. Individual difference in intelligence
6.4. Integration, mainstreaming, and inclusion
Evaluation Criteria
Students will be evaluated on the basis of following criteria.
1. Presentations 5
2. Assignments 5
3. Attendance 5
4. Test I 10
5. Test II 10
6. Final Exam 65
7. Total Marks 100
Recommended Books
• Anita, Woolfolk. (2018). Educational Psychology. (14th edition). Pearson
• Ormrod, Jeane. (2010) Educational Psychology, Developing Learners: Pearson Santrock
• J.W. (2015) Educational Psychology. (5th edition). Boston: McGraw Hill.
Department of Education (Planning and Development)
Course Title: Educational Psychology
B.Ed (1.5) Year
Semester I
Course Code: Maj/B. Ed-103 Credit Hours: 03
Course Description
The purpose of this course is to develop learner’s insight. Its unique approach helps student’s teachers to understand different psychological concepts by encouraging them to examine their own learning and then showing them how to apply these concepts as teachers. This course concentrates on core concepts and principles. It gives readers an in-depth understanding of the central ideas of educational psychology.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students will be able to:
• describe in detail the multidisciplinary nature of educational psychology
• familiarize students with basic theories derived from various discipline which are related to education
• develop critical thinking about and appreciation of education psychology as multidisciplinary subject
• familiarize with the concept of test development
Course Outline
Unit 1. Introduction to psychology
1.1. Schools of thoughts
1.2. Structuralism
1.3. Functionalism
1.4. Behaviorism
1.5. Humanist Psychology
1.6. Nature and function of educational Psychology
1.7. Four-way teaching agenda of educational psychology
Unit 2. Fundamentals of Human Development
2.1 Overview of Growth and Development
2.2 The development of Cognitive Functions and Language
2.3 The development of Personality
2.4 The social and moral development
2.5 Factors influencing Child Development
Unit 3. Learning Theories and its Applications
3.1 Definition of learning
3.2 Varieties of Learning
3.3 Learning theories
3.4 Learning Process
Unit 4. The Cognitive Processing of Information
4.1 The information processing Approaches
4.2. Memory and Forgetting
4.3. Methods to improve memory
4.4 Complex cognitive processes
4.5. Transfer of Learning
Unit 5. Motivation
5.1 The influence of motivation on learning
5.2 Personality factors in motivation
5.3 Environmental factors in motivation
5.4 Motivational Techniques in teaching
Unit 6. Intelligence
6.1. Concept of intelligence
6.2. Theories of intelligence
6.3. Individual difference in intelligence
6.4. Integration, mainstreaming, and inclusion
Evaluation Criteria
Students will be evaluated on the basis of following criteria.
1. Presentations 5
2. Assignments 5
3. Attendance 5
4. Test I 10
5. Test II 10
6. Final Exam 65
7. Total Marks 100
Recommended Books
• Anita, Woolfolk. (2018). Educational Psychology. (14th edition). Pearson
• Ormrod, Jeane. (2010) Educational Psychology, Developing Learners: Pearson Santrock
• J.W. (2015) Educational Psychology. (5th edition). Boston: McGraw Hill.
Department of Education (Planning and Development)
Course Title: Educational Psychology
B.Ed (1.5) Year
Semester I
Course Code: Maj/B. Ed-103 Credit Hours: 03
Course Description
The purpose of this course is to develop learner’s insight. Its unique approach helps student’s teachers to understand different psychological concepts by encouraging them to examine their own learning and then showing them how to apply these concepts as teachers. This course concentrates on core concepts and principles. It gives readers an in-depth understanding of the central ideas of educational psychology.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students will be able to:
• describe in detail the multidisciplinary nature of educational psychology
• familiarize students with basic theories derived from various discipline which are related to education
• develop critical thinking about and appreciation of education psychology as multidisciplinary subject
• familiarize with the concept of test development
Course Outline
Unit 1. Introduction to psychology
1.1. Schools of thoughts
1.2. Structuralism
1.3. Functionalism
1.4. Behaviorism
1.5. Humanist Psychology
1.6. Nature and function of educational Psychology
1.7. Four-way teaching agenda of educational psychology
Unit 2. Fundamentals of Human Development
2.1 Overview of Growth and Development
2.2 The development of Cognitive Functions and Language
2.3 The development of Personality
2.4 The social and moral development
2.5 Factors influencing Child Development
Unit 3. Learning Theories and its Applications
3.1 Definition of learning
3.2 Varieties of Learning
3.3 Learning theories
3.4 Learning Process
Unit 4. The Cognitive Processing of Information
4.1 The information processing Approaches
4.2. Memory and Forgetting
4.3. Methods to improve memory
4.4 Complex cognitive processes
4.5. Transfer of Learning
Unit 5. Motivation
5.1 The influence of motivation on learning
5.2 Personality factors in motivation
5.3 Environmental factors in motivation
5.4 Motivational Techniques in teaching
Unit 6. Intelligence
6.1. Concept of intelligence
6.2. Theories of intelligence
6.3. Individual difference in intelligence
6.4. Integration, mainstreaming, and inclusion
Evaluation Criteria
Students will be evaluated on the basis of following criteria.
1. Presentations 5
2. Assignments 5
3. Attendance 5
4. Test I 10
5. Test II 10
6. Final Exam 65
7. Total Marks 100
Recommended Books
• Anita, Woolfolk. (2018). Educational Psychology. (14th edition). Pearson
• Ormrod, Jeane. (2010) Educational Psychology, Developing Learners: Pearson Santrock
• J.W. (2015) Educational Psychology. (5th edition). Boston: McGraw Hill.
Department of Education (Planning and Development)
Course Title: Educational Psychology
B.Ed (1.5) Year
Semester I
Course Code: Maj/B. Ed-103 Credit Hours: 03
Course Description
The purpose of this course is to develop learner’s insight. Its unique approach helps student’s teachers to understand different psychological concepts by encouraging them to examine their own learning and then showing them how to apply these concepts as teachers. This course concentrates on core concepts and principles. It gives readers an in-depth understanding of the central ideas of educational psychology.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students will be able to:
• describe in detail the multidisciplinary nature of educational psychology
• familiarize students with basic theories derived from various discipline which are related to education
• develop critical thinking about and appreciation of education psychology as multidisciplinary subject
• familiarize with the concept of test development
Course Outline
Unit 1. Introduction to psychology
1.1. Schools of thoughts
1.2. Structuralism
1.3. Functionalism
1.4. Behaviorism
1.5. Humanist Psychology
1.6. Nature and function of educational Psychology
1.7. Four-way teaching agenda of educational psychology
Unit 2. Fundamentals of Human Development
2.1 Overview of Growth and Development
2.2 The development of Cognitive Functions and Language
2.3 The development of Personality
2.4 The social and moral development
2.5 Factors influencing Child Development
Unit 3. Learning Theories and its Applications
3.1 Definition of learning
3.2 Varieties of Learning
3.3 Learning theories
3.4 Learning Process
Unit 4. The Cognitive Processing of Information
4.1 The information processing Approaches
4.2. Memory and Forgetting
4.3. Methods to improve memory
4.4 Complex cognitive processes
4.5. Transfer of Learning
Unit 5. Motivation
5.1 The influence of motivation on learning
5.2 Personality factors in motivation
5.3 Environmental factors in motivation
5.4 Motivational Techniques in teaching
Unit 6. Intelligence
6.1. Concept of intelligence
6.2. Theories of intelligence
6.3. Individual difference in intelligence
6.4. Integration, mainstreaming, and inclusion
Evaluation Criteria
Students will be evaluated on the basis of following criteria.
1. Presentations 5
2. Assignments 5
3. Attendance 5
4. Test I 10
5. Test II 10
6. Final Exam 65
7. Total Marks 100
Recommended Books
• Anita, Woolfolk. (2018). Educational Psychology. (14th edition). Pearson
• Ormrod, Jeane. (2010) Educational Psychology, Developing Learners: Pearson Santrock
• J.W. (2015) Educational Psychology. (5th edition). Boston: McGraw Hill.
Department of Education (Planning and Development)
Course Title: Educational Psychology
B.Ed (1.5) Year
Semester I
Course Code: Maj/B. Ed-103 Credit Hours: 03
Course Description
The purpose of this course is to develop learner’s insight. Its unique approach helps student’s teachers to understand different psychological concepts by encouraging them to examine their own learning and then showing them how to apply these concepts as teachers. This course concentrates on core concepts and principles. It gives readers an in-depth understanding of the central ideas of educational psychology.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students will be able to:
• describe in detail the multidisciplinary nature of educational psychology
• familiarize students with basic theories derived from various discipline which are related to education
• develop critical thinking about and appreciation of education psychology as multidisciplinary subject
• familiarize with the concept of test development
Course Outline
Unit 1. Introduction to psychology
1.1. Schools of thoughts
1.2. Structuralism
1.3. Functionalism
1.4. Behaviorism
1.5. Humanist Psychology
1.6. Nature and function of educational Psychology
1.7. Four-way teaching agenda of educational psychology
Unit 2. Fundamentals of Human Development
2.1 Overview of Growth and Development
2.2 The development of Cognitive Functions and Language
2.3 The development of Personality
2.4 The social and moral development
2.5 Factors influencing Child Development
Unit 3. Learning Theories and its Applications
3.1 Definition of learning
3.2 Varieties of Learning
3.3 Learning theories
3.4 Learning Process
Unit 4. The Cognitive Processing of Information
4.1 The information processing Approaches
4.2. Memory and Forgetting
4.3. Methods to improve memory
4.4 Complex cognitive processes
4.5. Transfer of Learning
Unit 5. Motivation
5.1 The influence of motivation on learning
5.2 Personality factors in motivation
5.3 Environmental factors in motivation
5.4 Motivational Techniques in teaching
Unit 6. Intelligence
6.1. Concept of intelligence
6.2. Theories of intelligence
6.3. Individual difference in intelligence
6.4. Integration, mainstreaming, and inclusion
Evaluation Criteria
Students will be evaluated on the basis of following criteria.
1. Presentations 5
2. Assignments 5
3. Attendance 5
4. Test I 10
5. Test II 10
6. Final Exam 65
7. Total Marks 100
Recommended Books
• Anita, Woolfolk. (2018). Educational Psychology. (14th edition). Pearson
• Ormrod, Jeane. (2010) Educational Psychology, Developing Learners: Pearson Santrock
• J.W. (2015) Educational Psychology. (5th edition). Boston: McGraw Hill.
Department of Education (Planning and Development)
Course Title: Educational Psychology
B.Ed (1.5) Year
Semester I
Course Code: Maj/B. Ed-103 Credit Hours: 03
Course Description
The purpose of this course is to develop learner’s insight. Its unique approach helps student’s teachers to understand different psychological concepts by encouraging them to examine their own learning and then showing them how to apply these concepts as teachers. This course concentrates on core concepts and principles. It gives readers an in-depth understanding of the central ideas of educational psychology.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students will be able to:
• describe in detail the multidisciplinary nature of educational psychology
• familiarize students with basic theories derived from various discipline which are related to education
• develop critical thinking about and appreciation of education psychology as multidisciplinary subject
• familiarize with the concept of test development
Course Outline
Unit 1. Introduction to psychology
1.1. Schools of thoughts
1.2. Structuralism
1.3. Functionalism
1.4. Behaviorism
1.5. Humanist Psychology
1.6. Nature and function of educational Psychology
1.7. Four-way teaching agenda of educational psychology
Unit 2. Fundamentals of Human Development
2.1 Overview of Growth and Development
2.2 The development of Cognitive Functions and Language
2.3 The development of Personality
2.4 The social and moral development
2.5 Factors influencing Child Development
Unit 3. Learning Theories and its Applications
3.1 Definition of learning
3.2 Varieties of Learning
3.3 Learning theories
3.4 Learning Process
Unit 4. The Cognitive Processing of Information
4.1 The information processing Approaches
4.2. Memory and Forgetting
4.3. Methods to improve memory
4.4 Complex cognitive processes
4.5. Transfer of Learning
Unit 5. Motivation
5.1 The influence of motivation on learning
5.2 Personality factors in motivation
5.3 Environmental factors in motivation
5.4 Motivational Techniques in teaching
Unit 6. Intelligence
6.1. Concept of intelligence
6.2. Theories of intelligence
6.3. Individual difference in intelligence
6.4. Integration, mainstreaming, and inclusion
Evaluation Criteria
Students will be evaluated on the basis of following criteria.
1. Presentations 5
2. Assignments 5
3. Attendance 5
4. Test I 10
5. Test II 10
6. Final Exam 65
7. Total Marks 100
Recommended Books
• Anita, Woolfolk. (2018). Educational Psychology. (14th edition). Pearson
• Ormrod, Jeane. (2010) Educational Psychology, Developing Learners: Pearson Santrock
• J.W. (2015) Educational Psychology. (5th edition). Boston: McGraw Hill.
Course Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students will be able to:
• describe in detail the multidisciplinary nature of educational psychology
• familiarize students with basic theories derived from various discipline which are related to education
• develop critical thinking about and appreciation of education psychology as multidisciplinary subject
• familiarize with the concept of test development
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