Description

By examining classroom psychology, this diploma course assists you in refining your teaching strategies to carry out your duty more successfully. When dealing with pupils’ diverse personalities and varying learning levels, teaching can be extremely difficult. How can a classroom be made to suit all of these diverse personalities and skill levels? This diploma course assists you in completing this challenging task by putting your newly acquired psychological understanding to practice.

• Describe the process of learning in terms of educational theory
• Compare the two major learning theories: behaviorism and constructivism
• Identify various psychologists, philosophers and researchers associated with it
• Discuss trends in contemporary student development
• Outline key cognitive, social and moral development theories
• Explain how cultural differences can affect students’ educational experiences
• Describe the most common types of disabilities encountered in classrooms
• Indicate the physical, social, academic and cognitive differences in terms of gender role
• State the fundamentals of special education
• Outline an individual education plan for a student with special education needs