GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY/EB102
Course Title: EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
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,
- Discuss genetic and environmental influences on development,
- Evaluate theories of development,
-Explain implications of developmental psychology knowledge/theories/findings for education/teaching ,
- Describe basic concepts and principles of psychology of learning,
-Discuss various ways in which knowledge/theories/findings of psychology of learning could be used/applied to education/teaching
 -- 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); theory of information processing; discussion & evaluation of the course
14. Week  Final Exam
15. Week  
16. Week  
 -- 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
1Know up-to-date information and communication technologies and related concepts.
2Discuss methods of science.
3Know effective use of information and communication technologies to maximize learning.
4Know theories, methods, models and contemporary approaches to instructional technologies.
5Know developmental and cognitive characteristics and individula differences of learners.
6Know scientific base of information and communication technologies
7Know general and special instructional principles and methods.
8Know theoretical and technological base of distance education.
9Know how to plan and organize educational settings tecnologically.
10Know the development of information and communication Technologies historically and culturally.
11Know educational material design and development principles.
12Know print and electronic resources in the field.
13Use the ways of accessing knowledge.
14Plan and carry out social responsibility activities and plan and implement professional projects.
15Follow and implement innovative approaches in the field.
16Use knowledge and skills in the field to generate creative solutions to educational problems.
17Design and develop educational materials through information and communication Technologies.
18Use the professional knowledge and skills in the software development.
19take responsibility and fulfills the task effectively in individual and group works.
20Use history, foreign language, world knowledge and general teaching competencies
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
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 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
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 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
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