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
Discus various ways in which knowledge/theories/findings of psychology of learning could be used/applied to education/teaching
Knows the factors that affect learning. Knows the approaches and theories about learning.
Uses educational psychology data as deciding on the process of teaching-learning.
Knows the main theories related to learning. Uses motivation in education.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --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  midterm
7. Week  Personality development (continued); moral development
8. Week  Introduction to psychology of learning; basic concepts of psychology of learning
9. Week  Basic concepts of learning and the factors effective learning.
10. Week  Factors influencing learning; classical conditioning
11. Week  Behavioral theories of learning
12. Week  operant conditioning
13. Week  Operant conditioning (continued); social learning theory
14. Week  Social learning theory (continued); theory of information processing;discussion & evaluation of the course
15. Week  General review.
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
 Reading Tasks
14
2
28
 Searching in Internet and Library
14
1
14
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
0
 Preparing a Presentation
0
 Presentation
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
11 evaluate the nature, source, correctness, reliability and validity of informationX
22 comprehend the methods related to the production of scientific knowledgeX
33 be aware of social and professional responsibilitiesX
44 recognize himself/herself as an individual, to use their creative and strong sidesX
55 act in accordance with the ethics of democracy, human rights, society, science and the professionX
66 use language learning strategies effectivelyX
77 understand, interpret and evaluate different written texts that they may encounter in their daily and professional lifeX
88 understand, interpret and evaluate different oral texts that they may encounter in their daily and professional lifeX
99 communicate orally in different contexts that they may encounter in their daily and professional lifeX
1010 produce different texts using writing processes effectivelyX
1111 comprehend the concepts related to language and the relationships between these conceptsX
1212 comprehend and analyze the features, structure and mechanism of human languageX
1313 use English at an advanced levelX
1414 comprehend and analyze the concepts and processes related to language learningX
1515 comprehend and analyze the concepts and processes related to language teachingX
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Phd.HANDAN KOCABATMAZ)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (handaank@gazi.edu.tr)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (handaank@gazi.edu.tr)