SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

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Fall Semester 2000

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EDUC

382 -3

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Dr. Jack Martin

Special Topics: ?

Office: EDB 8642

Self, Psychology and Education

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Phone: 291-3529

Tuesday 16:30-19:20 in EDB 8651/2 ?

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E-mail: martina@sfu.ca

PREREQUISITE

Educ

220 & 60

hrs of credit

COURSE DESCRIPTION

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

education with respect to issues of subjectivity, 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, imagination, 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. Possible implications for classroom practice will be highlighted and

debated.

REQUIREMENTS

Students each will prepare one major paper

(25-30

double-spaced pages). 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 mid-term (worth

30%

of the final grade). The final copy of the

paper will be due on the last day of class (worth 70% of the final grade).

REQUIRED READINGS

Martin, J. (Compiler).

(2000).

Courseware: Education

382 -

Self, Psychology, and Education.

Schiebe, K. E.

(1995.

Self studies: The psychology of self and identity. Westport, CT: Praeger.

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Fall 2000 Semester

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fIh IPYC 1100 Is 1102

SPECIAL TOPICS: SELF, PSYCHOLOGY & EDUCATION

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Tuesdays 16:30-19:20 in EDB 8651/2

Instructor: Dr. Jack Martin

DESCRIPTION ?

(Catalogue #68952)

The purpose of this course is to promote a critical consideration of the

role of psychology in education with respect to issues of subjectivity,

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, imagination, and narrative in seithood, 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. Possible

implications for classroom practice will be highlighted and debated.

REQUIREMENTS

Students each will prepare one major paper (25-30 double-spaced

pages). 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

mid-term (worth 30% of the final grade). The final copy of the paper will

be due on the last day of class (worth 70% of the final grade).

REQUIRED READINGS

Martin, J. (Compiler). (2000). Courseware: Education 382 - Self,

Ps

ycholog

y

, and Education.

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

Westport, CT: Praeger.