Educational Psychology

(Course Code: 1260KEY, Course outline)

Semester: 8 Teaching Credits: 3 ECTS Credits: 6 Type:
Optional Compulsory
Prerequisite Courses:  – Course type: Skills development Instructor:
Constantina Skanavis
  • Learning Psychology and Educational Psychology: a foundation for teaching Theories of development
  • Behavioral Learning Theory: Operant Conditioning
  • Critics of the behavioral theories and their use in educational practice
  • Information Processing Theory
  • Social Cognitive Theory
  • Cognitive learning and teaching strategies, study skills, metacognitive skills, problem solving, development of critical thinking, etc.
  • Constructivist Learning Theory, Problem Solving, and Transfer
  • Student-centered and constructivist approaches to instruction. Motivating students to learn
  • Brief reference to Neo-Piagetian theories of cognitive development
  • Assessment of Classroom Learning
  • Becoming a Better Teacher by Becoming a Reflective Teacher
Topics per Week: 1. Introduction, discussion about course schedule

2. The object of Educational psychology.

3. Structure of intelligence. Theories of Spearman, Vernon, Thurstone, Guilford, Cattell and Piaget.

4. Learning theories: Learning and cognition, Behavioral perspective, Cognitive perspective, socio-cognitive perspective, Constructivist perspective.

5. Learning and motivation; Self-regulation in education.

6. Classroom Management

7. Dealing with students with emotional or behavioral disabilities.

8. Learning disabilities.

9. Students with disabilities. Categories, aetiology and treatment.

10. School assessment: Notion, construction of tests and their use in school practice, principles and assigning grades.

11. -13.Case study Presentations
Theory – Lectures
(hours / week):		 3
Exercises – Laboratories
(hours / week):		 –
Other Activities:

Case studies, Visits to schools, Working groups
Grading:

Mandatory attendance and fullfillment of all assignments.

Assignment (10 points)

Presentations (10 points)

Program Design (10 points)

Participation (10 points)

Total (40 points)
Notes: –
Basic Textbook:

  • Kapsalis, Α. (2007). Educational Psychology. Thessaloniki: Kyriakidis.
Bibliography:

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Language:

Greek. For exchange students, English literature is proposed and examinations are given in English.
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