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Education 220

Psychological Issues In Education

Spring, 1978

Dr. Philip H. Winne.

Topics and Objectives:

This course will examine instruction through the eyes of a psychologist.

Basic principles obtained from classic and contemporary research on learning,

child development, individual differences, motivation, and personality will

be used as tools for describing teaching

and learning in educational settings.

There are

two

general objectives of the course. The first is to provide

prospective teachers

and

parents,

and

citizens in general, with a

broad back-

ground for viewing educational practices in terms of psychological knowledge.

Second, and

equally as important,

the course illustrates the need for wise and

cautious decision making

about educational practices.

Requirements:

The grade for this course will be based on four components: bi-weekly,

short quizzes on lectures and readings (25%); three 1-2 page "think papers"

in which you declare and support a position about a major psychological issue

in education (15%); a term paper or a report of a project in which you tutor

a student (30%); a final examination (30%).

Texts:

Gage, N.L.

a

Berliner, D.C. Educational Psychology. Rand-McNally, 1975

(Required)

Bierly, M. Gage, N.L., 8 Berliner, D.C. Student Study Guide to Educational

Psychology, Rand-McNally, 1975 (recommended).

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