This module explores functions of nervous and hormonal systems, their significance in human daily life, their anatomy and physiological processes in the human body, and how they affect human behaviour. The content covers anatomy and physiology of peripheral and central nervous systems, sense organs and their role in controlling human body, anatomy and physiology of endocrine system, and the disorders that are linked to the disruption of the nervous and hormonal systems.
This module aims at equipping students with knowledge, skills and attitudes that will enable them, as prospective teachers, to understand the behaviour of learners and the school environment in which teaching and learning take place. Therefore, this module will tackle various concepts of psychology such as meaning and nature of psychology, major perspectives, branches and research methods of psychology, biological bases of behaviour, intelligence, sensation and perception, memory and forgetting, emotion, motivation, personality and psychological disorders.