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COURSE NUMBER: EDUCATION 220-3
COURSE NAME: Psychological Issues in Education?
SEMESTER: Fall, 1978
Calendar Description
Human variability; relationships between motivation, learning and develop-
ment.
Course Information
Instructor ?
Dates ?
Day(s) ?
Time
R.W. Marx
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12 Sept'
7
Dec. ?
T_Th* ?
9:30-10:20
* plus one hour of tutorial
Range of Topics
The course will be divided into three components: basic psychological
principles, teaching strategies, and judgment and decision making. The
first part of the course will cover psychological issues such as learn-
ing theory, individual differences, motivation, child development, and
personality. The second section of the course will relate these issues
to problems of teaching. Included will be a review of teaching models
and strategies. Finally, the last section of the course will explore
the role of judgment and decision making in education. Recent research
will be discussed in each of these sections.
Text Books
Gage, N.L. & Berliner, D.C. Educational Psychology Chicago: Rand
McNally, 1975 (required).
Bierly, M., Gage, N.L., & Berliner, D.C. Student Study Guide to Educa-
tional Psychology. Chicago: Rand McNally, 1975 (optional).
Requirements
Students will be required to complete the following assignments:
1) Three short papers (maximum two typed, double-spaced pages)
on assigned topics. These papers, called "Think Papers" will
require you to demonstrate understanding of contemporary
psychological issues in education, such as "Are group intelli-
gence tests biased against native Indians?" Each paper will
be worth five points.
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2)
Midterm exam.
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This exam will ?
be a combination of multiple
choice and short essay, and will cover material presented in
lectures and assigned readings during the first half of the
semester. ?
The exam will be worth 15 points.
3)
A
tutoring project or term paper (35 points). ?
Students will
choose one of these tasks.
a) ?
The term paper is.
not simply an act of writina down what nth,-
.r-people have written about an issue.
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The paper should
address a problem and suggest a resolution of the problem
which grows out of evidence and good reasoning.
b) ?
The tutoring project is designed for students who plan on
becoming teachers. ?
Students will ?
tutor a child or adult
(or small group) and write a report of the teaching and
learning, using concepts and principles of educational
psychology.
4)
Final exam. ?
This will be a combination of multiple choice and
essay, and will cover lecture and text material, for the entire
semester. ?
It will be worth 35 points.
Grading
Final course grades will be based on the following distribution:
100-96
95-91
A
90-86
A-
85-83
B+
82-79
B
78-76
B-
75-73
C+
72-69
C
68-66
C-
65-56
D
55-
F
Criteria for the assessment of each assignment will be discussed at the
time the assignment is given.
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EDUCATION 220-3 Psychological Issues in Education
Summer Semester, 1978
Calendar Description:
Human variability; relationships between motivation, learning and development.
Course Information:
Instructor ?
Dates ?
Days ? Times
Stan Shapson ?
May 9-August 4 ?
1, F
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2:30-3:20
(Lecture)
'Students must also attend a one-hour tutorial once a week.
Topics:
The course will cover psychological approaches to learning, motivation,
human development and evaluation and their applications to educational
practice.
Readings and Requirements:
Required Text - Biehler, R.F. Psychology Applied to Teaching, 2nd edition
(Houghton Mifflin, 1974).
Students will be assessed on tutorial participation, class examinations and
will have the option among several written assignments. The various
assignments will be discussed the first week of the semester and recommended
readings for specific topics will be placed "on reserve" in the library.
