Psychological Foundations of Education

Bibliographic Details

Book Title: Psychological Foundations of Education

Author: N.K. Dutt

Revised and Updated by: Dr. S.K. Nanda

ISBN-13: 9788119922611

Pages: 540

Edition: First Published (2003); Reprint (2005, 2009, 2023, 2025)

Binding: Paperback

Genre: Education > Educational Psychology > Psychological Foundations > Teacher Education > Learning & Development

Recommended Age Group: 18+ years; suitable for B.Ed., M.Ed., teacher-training, education honours, postgraduate, and research-level readers

Reading Difficulty: Advanced

Estimated Reading Time to Finish: 17–20 hours

Price: ₹ 525/-

Description

Psychological Foundations of Education by N.K. Dutt, revised and updated by Dr. S.K. Nanda, is a comprehensive academic text that connects the principles of psychology with the practical realities of teaching, learning, personality development, classroom behaviour, and educational practice. Designed for students, teachers, teacher educators, and scholars of education, the book provides a systematic introduction to the psychological concepts that underlie educational theory and classroom life. Its wide-ranging coverage makes it a valuable reference for understanding how learners think, remember, develop, adjust, and respond to instructional situations.

The book begins with the relationship between psychology and education, methods of psychological research, human nature, and major schools of psychological thought. It then examines learning and its theories, including associationism, trial-and-error learning, operant conditioning, Gestalt theory, field theory, and cognitive approaches. Further chapters discuss motivation, thinking and reasoning, retention and forgetting, transfer of training, and conditions that promote efficient learning.

Subsequent sections explore intelligence, creativity, giftedness, educational provisions for learners with differing abilities, psychoanalysis, adjustment, counselling, anxiety, mental hygiene, personality, adolescence, delinquency, attitudes, and group dynamics. A distinctive practical component introduces psychological experiments and tests relating to learning, memory, reasoning, intelligence, and case-study methods. With its blend of conceptual explanation and educational application, Psychological Foundations of Education is especially useful for B.Ed. and M.Ed. coursework, examination preparation, classroom discussion, and independent academic study. It serves as a dependable guide for readers seeking to understand how psychological knowledge can inform effective teaching and meaningful educational development.

Key Features

• Comprehensive textbook on educational psychology.
• Written by N.K. Dutt and revised by Dr. S.K. Nanda.
• Covers psychology, education, learning, and human nature.
• Explains major learning theories and classroom applications.
• Includes motivation, memory, reasoning, and transfer of training.
• Discusses intelligence, creativity, giftedness, and assessment.
• Covers psychoanalysis, counselling, anxiety, and mental hygiene.
• Useful for B.Ed., M.Ed., and teacher-training students.
• Includes practical work, experiments, tests, and bibliography.
• Reprint 2025 from Doaba Publications.

Manufacturer Details

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Manufacturer: Doaba Corporation

Publisher: Doaba Publications

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Typeset at: MB Graphics, Delhi

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Imprints: Anubhav Publishers and Distributors, Doaba Publications, Aedha Imprints

Year: 2025