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Education 220-3 Psychological Issues in Education
SPRING 1985
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INSTRUCTOR: Brian Hiebert
Lectures: Tuesdays and Thursdays
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Office: MPX 9613
10:30 - 11:20 ?
Phone: 291-3389
Hours: Thursdays,
+ 1 hr. tutorial per week
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Office
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2:00 - 4:00
Location: on campus ?
or by appointment
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
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
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20%
2. Final exam
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30%
3.
Term paper (topics and guidelines to be
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30%
distributed in class)
4.
Short papers to be assigned by seminar
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20%
leaders
ASSIGNED TEXT:
Gage, N.L., & Berliner, D.C. (1984). Educational Psychology, (3rd ed.):..
Boston: Houghton Mifflin. (Required)
SUPPLEMENT TEXT:
Bierly, M.M., Berliner D.C. & Gage, N.L. 1984 Student Study Guide for
Educational Psychology, (3rd ed.). Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
(Supplement Text)