Section A: TOWARDS MANAGING EDUCATIONAL THEORY : 1. About education, psychology of education, educators and educationists : Introduction. Education as a human act: the role of primary educators. Education: the role of specialist educators and educationists. Education as a science : Education and other sciences as perspectives on reality; Various disciplines as perspectives in the science of education. The value of education as a science for educators and educationists. Education as a science and educators. Education as a science and educationists. Psychology of education (or corresponding disciplines) at your disposal. Psychology of education -- the science. Psychology of Education -- the subject. Psychology of Education -- our goals and objectives. 2. Key concepts and useful structures : Terms, concepts, structures. Scholars, pupils, students. Education, teaching, indoctrination. Adulthood. Development, becoming, self-actualisation. Phases or stages of becoming or development. Identity and self-image. The total person ... the person in totality. The person in relationships. The facets of a theoretical statement. Section B: TEACHERS ON THE STAGE : 3. Teachers on the stage -- some teacher roles : The teacher as a total person. The teacher's physical appearance. The teacher's emotional life. The teacher's cognitive functioning. The teacher's normative life. The teacher's conative life. Relationships of the teacher. The teacher's relationship with pupils. The teacher's relationship with colleagues and parents. The teacher's objective relationships. The teacher as a leader. The teacher as a guide. The concept of guidance. School guidance. Section C : TOWARDS ADULTHOOD A VIEW OF DEVELOPMENT AND BECOMING : 4. The pre-schooler : Physical characteristics. Emotional (affective) characteristics. Cognitive (intellectual) characteristics. Moral (normative) characteristics. Social characteristics. Self-image and identity formation. School readiness as developmental task of the pre-schooler. Definition of concepts. Causes of a lack of school readiness. Characteristics of a child who is school-ready. The school readiness investigation. 5. The primary school child : Introduction: ten developmental tasks. Physical characteristics. Cognitive characteristics. The concrete operational phase -- introduction. Seriation (ordering in series). Classification. Assimilation. Accommodation. Generalisation. Emotional characteristics. Moral (normative) characteristics. Social characteristics. Development of the self-image during the primary school years. 6. The adolescent years : Physical and physiological development. Increased growth rate. Adolescent problems associated with physical-sexual aspects. The teacher's task. Cognitive development. Formal-operational thought. The influence of adolescents' cognition on their relationships. Emotional development. Moral (normative) development. Factors related to the development of moral maturity. Civil war of values -- the educational battleground. Social development. Socialisation during the adolescent years. Socialisation and the influence of adolescents' relationship with their parents. The adolescent's relationship with the peer group. Identity formation. Identity. Identity formation during adolescence. Important tasks of parents and teachers concerning guidance and support during the period of identity formation. Juvenile delinquency. Definition of the concept. Possible causes of delinquency. A few juvenile offences in perspective. The teacher and the juvenile delinquent. 7. The child with special needs : Causes of special educational needs. The intellectually exceptional child. The gifted child. The slow learner. Children with sensory handicaps. Auditory handicaps. Visual handicaps. Children with physical handicaps. General physical disabilities found amongst school children. Children with learning disabilities and learning restraints. Learning disabilities. Learning restraints. Children with emotional and behavioural problems. Possible causes of emotional disturbances. Characteristics of children with emotional and behavioural problems. Education of children with emotional and behavioural problems. Section D : TOWARDS ADULTHOOD ... A VIEW OF LEARNING : 8. The learning child : Themes related to learning. Intelligence. Learning theories. The learning child. The learning child as a total person. The learning child in various relationships. Section E : PARENTS ON THE STAGE : 9. Parental involvement in the learning event. Modes of contact between parents and children. Physical contact. Affective experience. Cognitive influence. Normative behaviour. Parents' involvement in their children's world of learning. Why is parental involvement essential? What are the areas of parental involvement? Parents' involvement as an administrative component of education. Parents' involvement as an instructional component of education. Parents' participation in their children's world of learning. Active participation in school life. Section F : DISCOVERING INFORMATION : 10. Research at your disposal : The concept of research. The types of research. General tools of research. The library and its resources. Techniques of measurement. Statistics. The computer and its software. Language and the ability to use it. Research methods. The qualitative method. The quantitative method. The triangulation method. Typical stages in research: the research design. Becoming aware of the problem. Surveying the field of study. Demarcating and defining the research problem. Formulating research objectives and hypotheses. The literature study. Finalising the research project. The preliminary investigation. Conducting the investigation. Processing and interpreting the data. Sharing research findings through publication and service. Handling quantitative information. Arranging measures into a frequency distribution. Graphic presentation of data. Measures of central tendency or averages. Measures of variability. Standard scores. Section G : ON THE THRESHOLD OF THE 21st CENTURY : 11. The educational scene in South Africa : Major societal forces which influence the education system. Demography. Shortage of public funds. Inappropriate education. The anti-child climate in contemporary society. Politicised education. Addressing the problems. Phasing in multicultural education in the school system. Establishing an integrated school policy in support of language development. Upgrading the teaching profession. Addressing the anti-child climate in contemporary South African society. The ideal of a new education system.