(C). LEARNING AND PEDAGOGY: 

 Basic process of teaching and learning, children’s strategies of learning, learning as a social activity, social context of learning. 

 Creative learning situations, criteria of learning experiences, different modes of learning, social learning, co-operative and collaborative learning, group discussion, role of teachers.

  Child as a problem solver and a scientific investigator.

  Alternative conceptions of learning in children, understanding children’s errors as significant steps in the learning process. 

 Cognition: its process, perception, concept formation, thinking, imagination, reasoning-inductive and deductive, problem solving, memory.

  Emotion: characteristics, emotional maturity, emotional intelligence, emotional quotient (EQ). 

 Motivation: concept, types and importance, theories of motivation. 

 Motivation and learning: factors effecting learning, theories of learning-Pavlov, Thorndike, Skinner, Piaget and Vygotsky. 

 Factors contributing to learning: personal and environmental.

  Personality and adjustment: concepts, approaches, types and traits, measurement of personality, projective and non projective techniques and adjustment mechanisms.