Student Psychology

By Dr. S. Renukadevi | National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research, Chennai

Learners enrolled: 2576

According to John Adams, “Teacher should know John as well as Latin”. Here John means student and Latin means content of the teaching. Therefore, it is necessary for the teachers to know about the Students’ Psychology in terms of their Abilities, Interest, Attitudes, Needs, Stages of Development and previous level of Learning. This course will help teachers in understanding the Psychology of the Technical Students so that it will help them to redefine their classroom activities in this technology era.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Elective
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	8 weeks
Category :	Teacher Education
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Continuing Education
Start Date :	29 Jan 2024
End Date :	30 Apr 2024
Enrollment Ends :	29 Feb 2024
Exam Date :	25 May 2024 IST
Exam Shift :	Shift-2

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Email id | swayam@nitttrc.edu.in, swayam@nitttrc.ac.in

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Course layout

Week 1: Teaching Learning Process
Week 2: Student Characteristics, Types and Problems
Week 3: Psychological Tests and Inventories
Week 4: Student Motivation
Week 5: Physical and Cognitive Development
Week 6: Emotional and Social Development
Week 7: Neuro-Linguistic Programming
Week 8: Counselling Skills and Summary

Books and references

Sharma, R.A. (2007). Training Technology. Meerut : Surya Publications.
Sharma, R.A.(2007). Psychology of Teaching-Learning Process. Meerut : Surya Publications.
B.Mukhopadhyay(1997). Motivation in Educational Management. New Delhi : Sterling Publishers.
Barki & Mukhopadhyay.(1995). Guidance and Counselling. New Delhi : Sterling Publishers.
Agochya, D.(2010). Life competencies for adolescents. New Delhi : Sage Publications.
Davies, I.K.(1971). Management of Learning. Berkshire : McGraw Hill.
Dusay. (1980). Egograms. New York : harper & Row.
Goleman, D.(1996). Emotional Intelligence. New York : Bantom Books.
Anastasi. (2016). Psychological Testing. New Delhi : Pearson Education.
Psychological Tests.

Instructor bio

Dr. S. Renukadevi

National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research, Chennai

Dr. S. Renukadevi holds a Doctorate in Computer Applications (Engg. Education), Post Graduate Diploma in Guidance and Counselling and Masters in Computer Applications. She has 29 years of experience in Teaching and Research. Her expertise includes Pedagogy, Training Technology, Educational Psychology, Soft Skills, Gender Studies, Guidance and Counselling, Transactional Analysis, NLP and Healing Techniques (Reiki, Energy and Music). She has conducted an International School Psychology Conference in India. She has organized Workshops, Symposiums and Conferences. She is affiliated to psychology organisations such as IAAP (Regional President), ISPA and InSPA(State President, TN). She has authored several research papers and chapters in books. She has produced 5 Ph.D. dissertations and currently guiding 2 scholars in Engineering Education. She has attended several National and International Conferences. She has visited Germany, UK, Ireland, Scotland, Switzerland and Malta. Her interest in Student Psychology has resulted in new methodologies in teacher training. She is a trained NLP practitioner. Her current focus area is on Well Being of Students and Teachers.

Course certificate

COURSE CERTIFICATE

Interested Learners can enroll and learn the course for free. If You wish to Get certified on this course you must register and write the proctored exam conducted by SWAYAM in person at any of the designated exam centers.

The Registration fee for the proctored exam is Rs.1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: 2^nd Saturday & Sunday of May (tentative):
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The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
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CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE:

Internal assignment score = 30%, The average of best 3 assignments out of the total assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 70% of the proctored exam score out of 100
Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score
You will be eligible for a certificate only if average assignment score >=10/30 and exam score >= 30/70
Certificate will have your name, photograph, roll number and the percentage of score in the final exam. It will have the logos of MHRD (Ministry of Human Resource Development), SWAYAM and NITTTR.
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