CYP6005 - Selected Themes in the Psychology of Education

Objectives:

Assessment tasks are designed to enable students to demonstrate the Learning and Employability outcomes for the relevant level of study. Level Learning Outcomes are embedded in the assessment task(s) at that level. This enables a more integrated view of overall student performance at each level.

Content:

Advances in brain science will be explored in relation to evidence about learning. Research on the possible effects of recent technology on the brain and its consequences for learning will be examined. Selected theories in the area of the psychology of learning will be evaluated, including “behaviourism” and “constructivism”. Research into individual differences will be explored with particular emphasis on a critical evaluation of the concepts of “intelligence” and “motivation”, introduced at Level 4 and again at Level 5. Educational assessment for both formative and summative purposes will be examined critically and in-depth. The issue of behaviour and the management of behaviour problems will be explored in relation to social factors which may appear to affect success or failure in education.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Formal scheduled teaching and learning activities. A mixture of lectures, seminars, workshops and tutorials, student led activities and virtual learning.
Hours: 25
Cohort (up to 40)

Guided independent study Hours: 125

Further details relating to assessment
Formative Assessments at all Levels involve students tackling parts of an assessment task or related task and benefiting from peer and tutor review or participants. In this way, the formative assessment provides students with the opportunity to identify areas of strength and weakness and develop their understanding of how to complete successfully the summative assessment. E.G. In seminars/workshops, student groups provide structured input/ feedback on each other’s work, set in the context of tutor and peer input. Students can then use this feedback and the critiques to inform their submission of final assessment.

The first assignment will include drawing upon different theoretical models and approaches. The second assignment will include a critical analysis and evaluation of psychological factors.

Further information will be provided in the Module Handbook.

Assessment:

001 Poster presentation and rationale; 500 word equivalent; mid semester 1 35%
002 Essay; 2,000 words; end of semester 1 65%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - Richard Baron
Level - 6
Credit Value - 15
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 6S1

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