Individual Differences-Introduction, Types, Causes, Utility in Education
- 1. INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES BY-Dr. VANDANA SHARMA
- 2. The first task of every teacher in a class should be to know and study individual differences among his pupils. Individual differences in bodily appearance and physique, habits and skills, interest and temperaments, abilities and attainments have already been recognised. According to skinner, “Today we think of individual differences as including any measurable aspect of the total personality” . It is clear from this definition of individual differences that is comprehends every aspects of human personality which is in some manner measurable. INTRODUCTION
- 3. 1. PHYSICAL DIFFERENCES 2. DIFFERENCES IN INTELLIGENCE 3. DIFFERENCES IN ATTITUDES 4. DIFFERENCES IN ACHIEVEMENT 5. DIFFERENCES IN MOTOR ABILITY 6. DIFFERENCES ON ACCOUNT OF SEX 7. RACIAL DIFFERENCES 8. DIFFERENCE DUE TO NATIONALITY 9. DIFFERENCE DUE TO ECONOMIC STATUS 10. DIFFERENCE IN INTEREST 11. EMOTIONAL DIFFERENCES 12. PERSONALITY DIFFERENCES Types of individual differences
- 4. IT IS AN ADMITTED FACT THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE HONEST, OTHERS ARE DISHONEST , SOME ARE AGGRESSIVE OTHERS ARE HUMBLE SOME ARE SOCIAL OTHERS LIKE TO BE ALONE, SOME ARE CRITICAL AND OTHERS ARE SYMPATHETIC. THUS WE SEE THAT THE DIFFERENCES IN PERSONALITY ARE DEPENDENT ON PERSONALITY TRAITS TEACHER SHOULD KEEP IN MIND THESE DIFFERENCES WHILE IMPARTING EDUCATION TO THE PUPILS.,, conclusion
- 5. 1. HEREDITY 2. ENVIRONMENT 3. INFLUENCE OF CASTE ,RACE AND NATION 4. SEX DIFFERENCE 5. AGE AND INTELLIGENCE 6. TEMPERAMENT AND EMOTIONAL STABILITY 7. OTHER CAUSES 8. ECONOMIC CONDITION AND EDUCATION Causes of individual differences
- 6. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT OBJECTIVE OF MODERN EDUCATION IS THE COMPLETE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL. INDIVIDUALS HAVE DIFFERENT GOALS, DIFFERENT IN INTERESTS, DIFFERENT EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS AND DIFFERENT ABILITIES. WE CANNOT AFFORD TO IGNORE THESE INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN IMPARTING EDUCATION TO CHILDREN SINCE THE SCHOOL WORK IS PLANNED ON GROUP BASIS IT PRESENTS A FORMIDABLE CHALLENGES TO ALL TEACHERS. HENCE SOME PRACTICAL PROCEDURES FOR ADAPTING SCHOOL WORK TO INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES ARE SUGGESTED. individual differences in education
- 7. 1.LIMITED SIZE OF THE CLASS 2. PROPER DIVISION OF THE CLASS 3. HOME TASK 4. FACTOR OF SEX 5. CURRICULUM 6. METHODS OF TEACHING 7. EDUCATIONAL GUIDANCE 8. VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE 9. INDIVIDUAL TRAINING A) DALTON PLAN B) MORRISON PLAN C) WINNETKA PLAN D) CONTRACT PLAN E) PROJECT METHOD individual differences in education
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