M. A. Syllabus under CBCS - Dibrugarh University

Details Syllabus of the MA 1 st Semester Programme in Education underChoice Based Credit System: Session 2009-2010Course No. : EDN 10200Title of the Course: Advanced Educational PsychologyName of Course Teacher : Dr Krishna Prasad GogoiObjective:(a) To make understand the students about the contributions of different Schools of Psychology toEducation.(b) To make a critical analysis of different theories of learning, Intelligence, Personality etc.(c) To enable the learner to understand implications of psychological theories for Education(d) To know the determinants and adjustment mechanisms of Personality.Unit Topic No. ofLecturesUnit – I Introduction to Educational Psychology and Different schools ofPsychology :Behaviorism1Gestaltism1Psycho-analysis1Structuralism1Functionalism1Humanist Psychology’s view ( Maslow, Rogers, Allport )3No. ofTutorials1Recent trend in contemporary psychologyCognitive psychologyTranspersonal psychologyPhenomenological approach2221Unit – II Theories of Learning :Nature of Learning –Gagne's hierarchy of learningConnectionist or behaviourist theories(a) Thorndike’s theory(b) Guthries’s continuity theory(c) Hull’s drive reduction theory(d) Classical &operant conditioning theory(e) SR Learning Theory by Dollard & MillerCognitive Theories :(a) Theory of insightful learning(b) Lewin’s Field theory(c) Tolman’s sign learning(d) Bandura’s social learning theory111112111132