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Education 220-3 Psychological Issues in Education

SPRING 1985

Lectures: Tuesdays and Thursdays

10:30 - 11:20

+ 1 hr. tutorial per week

Location: on campus

INSTRUCTOR: Brian Hiebert

Office: MPX 9613

Phone: 291-3389

Office Hours: Thursdays,

2:00 - 4:00

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.

FOLVARWIVOCIRM

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

1. Mid-term exam

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20%

2. Final exam ?

30%

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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)