Higher Education – The Psycho-Social Context

Explore the psycho-social context of higher education. Learn about student development, personality, cognition, and effective teaching strategies to foster well-being and academic success.

Higher Education – The Psycho-Social Context

1 Profiling the Indian College Student

  1. The Indian College Student: Characteristics and Psychological World
  2. Understanding Young Adults: Some Theoretical Views
  3. Personality Development as a Function of Socio-Cultural Factors
  4. Challenges Faced by the Indian College Student
  5. Stress and Substance Abuse
  6. Interpersonal Relationships
  7. Search for the Self
  8. Role of Society in Shaping the Young Adult
  9. Education for Life

2 Understanding Personality and Facilitating its Development

  1. Personality and Ability
  2. Approaches to Personality
  3. Constituents of Personality
  4. Factors Affecting Personality Development
  5. Process of Personality Development
  6. Indian Concept of Personality
  7. Personality Disorders

3 Cognition – Concept and Approaches

  1. Cognition: An Overview
  2. The Piagetian Approach
  3. Information Processing Approach
  4. The Discovery Approach
  5. Social Learning and Constructivism
  6. Individual Variations in Cognition

4 Intelligence and Creativity – Concept, Theories and Strategies for Development

  1. Intelligence Defined
  2. Theories of Intelligence
  3. Latest Issues in Intelligence
  4. Intelligence: Nature vs. Nurture Debate
  5. Creativity Defined
  6. Theories of Creativity
  7. Obstacles to Creativity
  8. Creativity: Nature vs. Nurture
  9. Sources of Creativity
  10. Strategies to Foster Creativity

5 Understanding Institutions – A Psycho-social Perspective

  1. A systems approach to understanding institutions
  2. Institutional culture and organizational climate
  3. Concept of leadership
  4. Concept of power and authority
  5. Institutions as learning organizations
  6. Types of decision making

6 Dynamics of Classroom Management and their Implications for Practice

  1. Classroom environment: basic features
  2. Classroom management and control
  3. Theories of classroom management
  4. Management components that demand a teacher’s attention
  5. Understanding time management

7 Communication and Interpersonal Relationships – Concepts and Implications for Classroom Management

  1. Types of Relationships
  2. Qualities of a Teacher
  3. Fostering Good Relationships
  4. Principles of Developing Professional Relationships
  5. Types of Students
  6. Conceptualizing Communication
  7. Roadblocks to Communication
  8. Conditions Necessary for Effective Communication
  9. Verbal Communication
  10. Active Listening
  11. Non-Verbal Communication
  12. Assertiveness
  13. Sorting Out Communication Lines

8 Motivation and Stress Management- Basic Issues and Classroom Implications

  1. Concept of Motivation
  2. Theories of Motivation
  3. Educational Applications of Motivation Theories
  4. De-motivators
  5. Types of Motivation
  6. Strategies for Enhancing Motivation
  7. Understanding Stress
  8. Relationship Between Stress and Performance
  9. Stressors and Their Identification
  10. Concept of Stress Management
  11. Techniques of Stress Management

9 Learning – Concept, Nature and Factors Influencing it

  1. Concept of Learning
  2. Difference between Learning and Related Concepts
  3. Types of Learning
  4. Factors Affecting Learning

10 Approaches to Learning

  1. Classical Conditioning
  2. Operant Conditioning
  3. Social Learning
  4. Information Processing
  5. Constructivist Approach
  6. Humanistic Approach

11 The Special Learner – Concepts, Needs and Facilitation Strategies

  1. Special Education: Issues and Trends
  2. History of Special Education
  3. Current Trends in Special Education
  4. Classification of Learners with Special Needs
  5. Learners with Autism
  6. Visually Challenged Learners
  7. Auditory Impairment
  8. Orthopedically Challenged Learners
  9. Academically Challenged Learners
  10. Exceptionality and the Family

12 Strategising Teaching and Learning – Models of Teaching and Contemporary Approaches

  1. Models of Teaching: Concept and Importance
  2. Information Processing Models
  3. Concept Attainment Model
  4. Inquiry Training Model
  5. Advance Organizers Model
  6. Models of Intellectual Development
  7. Personalized Models of Teaching
  8. Behavioral Models of Teaching
  9. Direct Instruction Model
  10. Contingency Management Model
  11. Self-Control Model
  12. Contemporary Approaches to Teaching
  13. Brainstorming
  14. Role Play
  15. Case Vignettes
  16. Cooperative or Group Learning
  17. Do-It-Yourself Approach
  18. Intensive Interactive Workshops

13 Guidance and Counselling Needs of Young Adults

  1. Storm and Stress’: Myth or Reality?
  2. Adjustment to a Rapidly Changing World
  3. Self-Related Concerns
  4. Familial Concerns
  5. College-Related Concerns
  6. Common Guidance and Counselling Needs

14 Mental Health Problems, Issues and Concerns

  1. Young Adults at Risk
  2. Eating Disorders
  3. Sexuality Issues
  4. Sex Education
  5. Depression
  6. Suicide Prevention
  7. Delinquency
  8. Substance Abuse
  9. Management of Mental Health Concerns
  10. Psychotherapy: Defined
  11. Behavior Therapy
  12. Person-Centered Therapy
  13. Group Therapy
  14. Family Therapy
  15. Indigenous Therapy

15 Envisioning the University Teacher as a Counselor and Mental Health Facilitator

  1. Envisioning the teacher as a counsellor
  2. Guidance and counselling: nature and concept
  3. Guidance and counselling arenas of young adults
  4. Characteristics, attitudes and values required by a teacher as a counsellor
  5. Simple techniques of guidance and counselling
  6. The life-skills approach

16 Adjustment and Mental Health – Concepts, Processes and Perspectives

  1. Adjustment: The Concept and Its Importance
  2. Adjustment: A Product or a Process?
  3. Models of Adjustment
  4. Characteristics of a Mentally Healthy Person
  5. Adjustment Mechanisms
  6. Concept of Maladjustment
  7. Enhancing Adjustment