This course is offered as a core course for Master's in education level. The course includes four units focusing on theoretical and practical aspects of educational psychology. The course aims to provide students with professional knowledge, skills and understanding about development psychology and learning theories including their educational implications. In regard with developmental perspective, the course gives emphasis to adolescence's growth and development, and problems behavior and disorders arise during this phase. The course explores different schools of learning theories centering on how a child learns in his/her everyday life and their implications in formal education. Finally, the course also introduces knowledge practices related to guidance and counseling in a school setting, and focuses on teacher's role as a guidance worker and counsellor.
- Teacher: Mohan Bahadur