Introduction Moral Education is also referred to as character education. The term value education has replaced the term moral education in academic parlance. There is much debate going on about what is value education, whether and why value education should be part of the school
Flashes of Insight Introduction Psychologists have examined the learning process of the child thoroughly and have developed some theories on the basis of these examinations. According to Thorndike, children learns through ‘Trial and Error’. Behaviourists described ‘Conditioning’ as the only way of learning. It is
Sigmund Freud Introduction At the time of birth, human infant is just a biological organism with only animal needs, desires and impulses. He knows nothing about what we call society or social behaviour. As it grows, under the careful guidance of mother it learns to
George Herbert Mead Introduction At the time of birth, human infant is just a biological organism with only animal needs, desires and impulses. He knows nothing about what we call society or social behaviour. As it grows, under the careful guidance of mother it learns
Image by Esi Grünhagen from Pixabay Introduction The goal of educational process is the total development of the learners irrespective of the level of education. Total development refers to the development in the three major domains – COGNITIVE, PSYCHOMOTOR and AFFECTIVE. These are the three
Structure and Parts of Human Brain Introduction The word “EDUCATION” has a very wide connotation. It is hard to define. It is difficult to reconcile all the views of Education. The Concept of education is like a diamond which appears to be a different color
Introduction Idealism is born out of ancient Greek Philosopher Plato’s “Theory of Idea”. According to this doctrine, the ultimate supremacy is of “Idea”. In this way, the real word is “Idealism” but adding letter ‘l’ for euphony, it is known as “Idealism”. As a philosophical
Cognitive Development : Brief Definition Cognitive Development pertains to the development of intellectual knowledge, skills and abilities in children. It involves levels of learning based on increasing levels of complexity. These are knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation. Vygotsky’s Socio-Cultural Prespective Vygotsky provided a
Introduction A Theory is a provisional explanatory proposition or set of propositions,concerning some natural phenomena and consisting of symbolic representations of — (1) the observed relationships among independent and dependent variables, (2) the mechanism or structures presumed to underline such relationships, (3) inferred relationships and
Introduction An individual starts learning immediately after his birth or in a strict sense, even earlier in the womb of the mother. Experiences, direct or indirect, is bound to play in moulding and shaping the behaviour of the individual from the beginning. A child when