-Principles of the development of children -Influence of Heredity & Environment -Socialization processes: Social world & children (Teacher, Parents, Peers) -Piaget, Kohlberg, and Vygotsky: constructs and critical perspectives -Concepts of child-centred and progressive education -Critical perspective of the construct of Intelligence -Multi-Dimensional Intelligence Language & Thought -Gender as a social construct; gender roles, gender bias and educational practice -Individual differences among learners, understanding differences based on diversity of language, caste, gender, community, religion, etc. -The distinction between Assessment for learning and assessment of learning; School-Based Assessment, Continuous & Comprehensive Evaluation: perspective and practice -Formulating appropriate questions for assessing the readiness levels of learners; enhancing learning and critical thinking in the classroom and for assessing learner achievement. |