Educ. 220! Psychological Issues in Educa!n
REGULAR SUMMER SEMESTER 1983
Wednesday 1:00 - 3:50
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION: Human variability
and development.
COURSE CONTENT:
INSTRUCTOR: ?
Dr. John F. Ellis
LOCATION: on campus
relationships between motivation, learning
The course will contain two elements: psychological information which bears upon the
practice of education and current educational issues which contain psychological components.
Psychological topics will include the following:
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learning theory, motivation, individual
differences.
Educational issues will be selected from such topics as: class size, provision for
learning disabilities (and other forms of human variability), public versus professional
control, conflicting views of schooling, etc.
Teachers, parents, taxpayers and politicians are continuously dealing with educational
issues. They take actions, express opinions, cast votes and develop policies on the
basis of their analysis of an issue. Most typically the analyses are incomplete,
unconsciously biased or ill-informed. Sometimes, regrettably, analysis is ignored
and emotion or ideology takes its place.
Almost every issues is complex and is interrelated and intertwined with other issues.
The issue of class size, for example, involves economic, political, social, psychological
and ideological questions.
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In addition, it is interrelated with other issues such
as teacher preparation, the nature of learning and provisions for learner variability.
EXPECTATIONS:
It is expected that students who successfully complete this course will be able to do
the following:
1.
to demonstrate knowledge of specific psychological matters which bear
upon education;
2.
to comment knowledgeably on the psychological aspects of major educational
issues;
3.
to demonstrate an awareness of the complexity of an educational issue.
REQUIREMENTS:
1.
Mid-term exam - Short essay - based on lectures and assigned
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25 points
readings to date
2.
Essay/Project ?
35 points
3.
Final exam - Short essay - based on lectures and assigned
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40 points
readings for entire semester.
TEXTBOOKS:
REQUIRED: Gage and Berliner. Educational Psychology (2nd ed.). Rand McNally, 1975.
OPTIONAL: Bierly, Gage and Berliner. Student Study Guide to Educational Psychology.
Rand McNally, 1975.