MON FRASER UNIVERSITY

Fall Semester 2002 ?

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EDUC 327 - 3 ?

Ann-Marie McLellan

Self, Psychology and Education

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Office: EDB 8646

Phone: 604-268-6726

D01.00

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E-mail: amclella@sfu.ca

Wednesdays 13:30-16:20 in WMX 2503

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Office Hours: Mon. 12-2pm

PREREQUISITE:

60 credit hours and EDUC 220 or 230 or 240 or 250

DESCRIPTION

The purpose of this course is to promote a critical consideration of the role of psychology in education

with respect to issues of self, identity, and personhood. Most educators are familiar with concepts such as

self-esteem, self-concept, self-efficacy, and self-regulated learning. Indeed, such terms often are included in

broad statements of educational goals and objectives. Nonetheless, it often is 'difficult to determine exactly

what is being referenced in such concepts and terms. Students in this course will participate in a

wide-ranging seminar that considers topics such as the relationship between personal and social being,

historical perspectives on the self, the formation of social identity, the roles of memory and narrative in

selfhood, and the psychological development of agency and self. Understandings gained from such

exploration will be applied to a critical consideration of theoretical and empirical programs of inquiry in

educational psychology, especially those in the areas of self-concept and self-regulated learning.

REQUIREMENTS

Students each will prepare one major paper (20-25 double-spaced pages, including references). In

consultation with the instructor, each student will select a topic relevant to the course and submit an initial

draft/outline of the paper by October 23, 2002 (worth 30% of the final grade). The final copy of the paper

will be due on the last day of class, November 27, 2002 (worth 70% of the final grade).

REQUIRED READINGS

McLellan, Ann-Marie. (Compiler) (2002). Courseware: Education 327 - Self. Psychology, and Education.

Schiebe, K.E. (1995) Self studies: The psychology of self and identity. Westport, CT: Praeger.