How To Rediscover the Educational
Experience in SAINTGITS in General and in
Psychology Department in Particular
Gopika P Gopinath
MSc Psychology
• Experiential oriented
approach
Strategies in
General
o How to apply theory into
practice
o Experimentations
o Tasks
o Promoting research
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• Opportunity to interact with masters or experts of their field
o It help them to explore into more deep
o To get updated
o Get knowledge apart from books
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• Shift from traditional rote
learning to skill development
o Adding on new skills including
weekly programmes to improve
communication skill, interview
skills etc
o Interdisciplinary learning
o Promoting courses from other
subjects as a compulsary course
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• Assessment beyond exams
o More importance on personality
o Skills
o Continuous assessments
o Improvement
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• Holistic growth and Development
o How to use their knowledge in a right way
o Total enhancement and development
o Emotional, social, academic and spiritual maturity
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• Weekly topic discussions beyond syllabus
• Students as teachers
• Introduction to new courses as career
• Usage of AI as a teaching tool
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What Psychology Department Can Do?
• Mental health and counselling support
o How to face stressful situations
o How to cope
o Emotional support
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• Assessments
o Evaluations
o Psychological tests
o Research
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• Enhance soft skills and life skills
o Help to apply principles of psychology in
▪ Decision making
▪ Problem solving
▪ Communication
▪ leadership
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• Memory enhancing methods (chunking, method of loci)
• Behavioural principles for personality development (reinforcements)
• Learning styles (VARK model, Kolb's learning)
“For the wicked, knowledge becomes a tool for argument,
wealth for pride, and power for oppression. But for the noble,
knowledge is for wisdom, wealth is for charity, and power is for
protection”
- Chanakya Niti
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Thank you
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