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Education 220-3 Psychological Issues in Education

FALL,

1983 ?

INSTRUCTOR: ?

B.A. Hiebert

Office: MPX 9505

Tuesdays, Thursdays, 13:30 - 14:20 ?

Phone: 291-3389

(+ 1 hour tutorial each week) ?

Office hours: Thursdays,

2:30 - 14:30

LOCATION: on campus ?

or by appointment

COURSE DESRIPTION:

The focus in this course will be on the psychological principles underlying

the instructional process. Three basic components will be discussed: how

people learn, instructional procedures, intrapersonal and interpersonal

influences.

Relevant research will be discussed in such areas 'as: ?

learning theory,

information processing, child development, instructional strategies, evaluation,

classroom management, individual differences, personality, self-concept and

motivation. Course participants will derive information from four sources:

two, one hour lecture-discussion periods per week, a one hour weekly seminar-

tutorial, textbook readings, and suggested related readings assigned by the

instructor and/or the seminar leader.

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Course grades will be obtained from the weighted average of the following:

1.

Mid-term exam - October 20th - 1:30 p.m. ?

20%

2. Final exam - date to be announced

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305

3.

Term paper (topics and guidelines to be

distributed on September 20th, 1983)

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30°'

4. Short papers to be assigned by seminar leaders

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20?

ASSIGNED TEXT:

Davis, G.A. Educational Psychology: Theory and practice. Reading: Addison-

Wesley, 1983.

SUPPLEMENTARY TEXT:

Davis, G.A. Student Study Guides to Accompany Educational Psychology: theory

and practice. Reading: Addison-Wesley, 1983.