Overview
Lecturer
Ioana Cristina Todor
Seminar tutor
Ioana Cristina Todor
Type of course
Compulsory
Language of instruction
Romanian
Erasmus language
English
Domain
Education Sciences
Field of study
Pedagogy of primary and preschool education
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Class
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Lecture, conversation, exemplification, learning through discovery, debate, case studies
Aims
To describe the psychological mechanisms underlying the teaching and learning process
To apply descriptive models of learning in various didactic contexts
To describe and evaluate the recent theories on learning, motivation for learning, didactic communication, behavior management in the classroom etc
To apply the psychological models of learning, motivation and behavioral management in teaching, classroom management and school counseling
To promote student-centered education
Course contents
1. Learning (definition, classification)
2. Classical conditioning
3. Operant conditioning and other behaviorist theories of learning
4. Social learning
5. Cognitive theories of learning
6. Cognitive constructivism
7. Social constructivism
8. Metacognition
9. Conceptual learning
10. Problem solving
11. Motivation for learning
12. Intelligence
13. Emotional intelligence
14. Creativity
Learning outcomes
• conducting the teaching and learning process in preschool and primary school
• counselling and psycho-pedagogical support for various educational groups
• cooperation in interdisciplinary teams in order to carry out programs and projects in education
• life-long learning
Assessment
Written paper – 60%; Continuous assessment – 40%.
Recommended reading
Educational Psychology
Wolfson, L.M.
Pearson, London, 2011 · xx
Changing behaviour in Schools: Promoting Positive Relationships and Wellbeing
Roffey, S.
Sage, London, 2011 · xx
Educational Psychology. Second edition.
Cline, T., Gulliford, A. & Birch, S. (Eds)
Routledge, London, 2015 · xx
Handbook of educational psychology
David C. Berliner, Robert C. Calfee
Routledge, New Jersey, 2013 · xx
Applied behavior analysis for teachers (7th ed.) .
Alberto, P. A. & Troutman, A. C.
Pearson/Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2006 · xx