This ‘examination oriented’ and ‘student oriented’ book is primarily designed to meet the examination needs of the students of B.Ed., B.T., L.T. and B.A. (Education). The treatment of the subject matter specially helps develop insight into the concepts and enables students to obtain maximum marks in the examination. The text has been supplemented with charts, diagrams, figures and tables to make the subject interesting and more comprehensible. The book aims at providing a comprehensive overview of educational psychology, in which the readers are introduced to the life and works of some fifty great educational psychologists. It is hoped that this chapter will enable the students to unlock the doors of the treasure-house of information, knowledge and wisdom enshrined in the thought and practices propounded by these masterminds.

The second edition also provides Thorndike’s multifactor theory of intelligence, Guilford’s theory of structure of intellect, and trait theories of personality. The book meets the needs of the regular as well as correspondence course students.

• Psychology, Education and Educational Psychology
• Systems of Psychology
• Great Psychologists: Contribution to Education
• Methods of Educational Psychology
• Needs and Problems of Children
• Development and Growth
• Heredity (Nature) and Environment (Nurture)
• Nervous System and Endocrine System
• Individual Differences
• Physical and Motor Development
• Emotional and Social Development (Socialisation)
• Mental or Intellectual Development
• Language Development and Moral Development
• Adolescence
• Learning, Maturation and Learning Curve
• Motivation in Learning
• Learning (Memorizing and Remembering) and Forgetting
• Transfer of Learning/Training
• Theories of Learning and their Educational Implications
• Sensation, Perception, Concept Formation and Thinking
• Interest, Aptitude, Attitude and Attention
• Intelligence and Intelligence Tests
• Personality and Personality Development
• Theories of Personality
• Personality Assessment and Measurement
• Exceptional Children
• Creativity
• Adjustment
• Mental Hygiene and Mental Health
• Psychology of Group Behaviour and Group Dynamics
• Guidance and Counselling
• Diverse Issues
• Elementary Educational Statistics
• Practical Work (Psychology Experiments)

A prolific writer, his recent publications include Essentials of Educational Technology, Teacher and Education in a Developing Society, Theory and Principles of Education, Development and Planning of Modern Education, Teaching of History: A Practical Approach, Survey of Educational Documents in the World Since 1983, Educational Reforms in India, Documentation Encyclopaedia of UNESCO and Education among others.