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COURSE DESCRIPTION

PSYCHOLOGY OF EDUCATION/EB102

Course Title:	PSYCHOLOGY OF EDUCATION
Credits	2	ECTS	3
Course Semester	2	Type of The Course	Compulsory

COURSE INFORMATION

-- (CATALOG CONTENT)

-- (TEXTBOOK)

-- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)

-- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- COURSE OBJECTIVES

-- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

Describe basic concepts and principles of developmental psychology,
Identify protective and risk factors impacting human development,
Understands basic development areas and theories.
Tell the implications of developmental psychology knowledge in terms of education.
Knows the basic concepts of learning psychology.
Knows the theories of learning and the implications of learning psychology in terms of education.

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

Face to face communication

--WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week	Instructor?s self introduction, introduction of students, the syllabus and basic concepts of human development
2. Week	Physical development; cognitive development.
3. Week	Cognitive development (continued)
4. Week	Cognitive development of adults; language acquisition
5. Week	Personality (psychosocial) development
6. Week	Mid-Term
7. Week	Personality development (continued); moral development
8. Week	Introduction to psychology of learning; basic concepts of psychology of learning
9. Week	Factors influencing learning; classical conditioning
10. Week	Behavioral theories of learning
11. Week	Operant conditioning
12. Week	Operant conditioning (continued); social learning theory
13. Week	Social learning theory (continued)
14. Week	Theory of information processing
15. Week	Discussion & evaluation of the course
16. Week	Final Exam

-- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS

-- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

	Quantity	Total Weighting (%)
Midterm Exams	1	50
Assignment	0	0
Application	0	0
Projects	0	0
Practice	0	0
Quiz	0	0

Percent of In-term Studies		50
Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score		50

-- WORKLOAD

Activity	Total Number of Weeks	Duration (weekly hour)	Total Period Work Load
Weekly Theoretical Course Hours	14	2	28
Weekly Tutorial Hours	0	0	0
Reading Tasks	14	2	28
Searching in Internet and Library	14	1	14
Material Design and Implementation	0	0	0
Report Preparing	0	0	0
Preparing a Presentation	0	0	0
Presentation	0	0	0
Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam	4	2	8
Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam	4	2	8
Other (should be emphasized)			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			86
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			3.44
Course Credit (ECTS):			3

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

NO	PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES	1	2	3	4	5
1	Explain the physics concepts, laws and theories by considering relationships between them.
2	Establish relationships between physics, philosophy, mathematics and other branches of science.			X
3	Design appropriate experiments and use laboratory materials in an effective manner.
4	Use scientific methods when solving physics problems.			X
5	Know the learning-teaching and the assessment-evaluation approaches.		X
6	Consider emerging needs of students depending on their individual differences to ensure active participation.		X
7	Develop appropriate strategies to reduce students’ learning difficulties and misconceptions.
8	Value continuity in personal and professional development and lifelong learning.				X
9	Develop a positive attitude and value towards his/her profession and environment.		X
10	Be sensitive towards national and universal significances given in the Basic Law of National Education.	X
11	Use appropriate technological learning environments and products at learning environment.
12	Use different, valid and reliable information sources in order to achieve scientific knowledge.		X
13	Analyze the relationships between physics, environment, society and technology.		X
14	Analyze the working principle of technological tools which are working according to the principles of the laws of physics.
15	Know how to use the different physics and physics education software and simulation programs.	X
16	Use information and communication skills effectively in the teaching process.
17	Be able to develop materials related to physics or use available materials by selecting the most appropriate ones.
18	Use appropriate teaching-learning and measurement-evaluation approaches at physical education.
19	Use laboratory approaches effectively and safely.
20	Follow secondary school physics curriculum effectively.

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