This module equips students with knowledge and skills related to personality theories. It introduces them to the concept, features, and determinants of personality as well as its importance in educational psychology. The module tackles personality approaches including Freud’s psychoanalysis, Jung’s analytical psychology, Adler’s individual psychology, Erikson’s identity theory, type personality approach, genetic approach, behavioral and socio-cognitive approaches. The methods of personality assessment are also discussed.
This module aims at equipping student teachers with practical and professional competencies that enable them to understand and critique principles, foundations, theories, and models that inform curriculum development. It also engages student teachers, individually or with peers, in critically analyzing, reviewing and evaluating contemporary educational practices, issues and challenges in relation to curriculum design, implementation, evaluation and change at global, regional and national levels. Finally the module engages student teachers in proposing models for curriculum design, implementation, evaluation and change appropriate for Rwandan educational system.