Education Psychology [indirizzo per l'educazione socio culturale] (2007/2008)

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Course code
4S00773
Name of lecturer
Barbara Arfe'
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Academic sector
M-PSI/04 - DEVELOPMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
Language of instruction
Italian
Location
VERONA
Period
Sem. I B dal Nov 12, 2007 al Dec 20, 2007.

Lesson timetable

Learning outcomes

Educational Psychology is that discipline which applies knowledge of mental neural and social processes to learning in educational contexts. The course is aimed at introducing students to knowledge, techniques and methods employed in this discipline, with the purpose of offering not only theoretical bases but also practical knowledge and techniques useful to the educational profession.

Syllabus

1.First part:
1.Development, maturation and learning: the relationship between maturational and environmental factors in the learning process of the child;
2.Intelligence and learning: what’s intelligence? Innatist, constructivists and contextualists conceptions of intelligence and their educational implications.
3.Mental and cultural processes: the cultural origin of higher mental functions, the influence of cultural practices on the developmental and educative processes of the child

2.Second Part:
1.Individual differences in learning: why intervention is effective with some individuals and not with other? Why different children learn in different ways?
2.The assessment of learning: how to assess learning (looking at methods and tools in Educational Psychology)
3. Motivational aspects of the learning process: extrinsic and intrinsic motivation
4. Literacy: to teach reading and writing.

Texts: see the attached file.

Reference books
Author Title Publisher Year ISBN Note
Rogoff, B. Imparando a pensare. L'apprendimento guidato nei contesti educativi Cortina 2006
Boscolo P. Psicologia dell'apprendimento scolastico. Aspetti cognitivi e motivazionali Torino, UTET. 2006

Assessment methods and criteria

The examination will be written and consist of three open questions.

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