EPSY 200 : Educational Psychology

Department

Department of English Language

Academic Program

Bachelor in English

Type

Compulsory

Credits

02

Prerequisite

EPSY 100

Overview

Mini description The concept, importance and goals of learning psychology. The most important concepts and principles related to the psychology of learning, research methods in educational psychology, understanding the learning process and its conditions. Learning theories, and how to benefit from them in the educational situation. Comparison between learning theories and their educational applications. The importance of transferring the impact of learning as a result of the learning process. The concept of intelligence, special abilities, individual differences, and factors affecting them. The concept of motivation, and providing students with concepts about it, and how to provoke it for them. The student acquired the skill of educational evaluation, building achievement tests, employing knowledge, and psychological educational concepts to serve the educational process.

Intended learning outcomes

1. Defines the concept, importance and objectives of the psychology of learning

2. Know the methods and methods of research in educational psychology

3. Distinguish pedagogical goals.

4. Clarifies what is meant by the learning process and its conditions.

5. Explains how to employ learning theories in the classroom.

6. Analyzes the importance of the psychology of learning for the student and the teacher.

7. Compare the steps of the experimental method and the comparative approach to causes in the psychology of learning.

8. Deduces the validity of an educational goal in one of the fields of knowledge.

9. Interprets the conditions of learning.

10. Criticize learning theories by making a comparison between them.

11. Design a lesson using a computer in which he addresses the importance of educational psychology.

12. Explain the application of the relational method as one of the research methods using the projector.

13. Designs an information map for a lesson on the conditions for formulating educational objectives.

14. Employ his knowledge of the types and conditions of learning in his career

15. Apply the laws and principles of learning theories in teaching.

16. The student should be able to communicate and communicate in writing and orally

17. The student should be able to work in a team

18. Ability to self-learning and continuous learning

19. Ability to use computer technology and Internet networks in the search for information

Teaching and learning methods

· . Lecture

· Brainstorming

· Collaborative Learning

· Present examples and problems during the lecture.

· The use of semi-internet in enhancing the content of the article.

· Participation and discussion of students during the lecture.

· Assigning students assignments.

Methods of assessments

The assessment of students in this course is distributed as follows:

(Semester 40% and final 60%)

Separation work: (40 degrees) divided between:

First written test of objective or short essay style tests (15 marks)

Second written test of objective or short essay style (15 marks)

Scientific activities (e.g. writing a report or making a presentation) (10 marks)

Final: Written exam (60 marks)

Course contents.

Week	Scientific topic
1	Introducing the student to the nature of educational psychology, its importance and objectives .
2	Research methods in educational psychology: - Sources of information in educational psychology .
3	Methods and methods used in research for educational psychology and tools used in research .
4	Educational objectives: - The nature of the objectives and their importance in the educational process. Classification of goals and identification of their sources and levels .
5	First midterm exam
6	- Conditions of learning - motivation - maturity. Emotions and their relationship to learning - reinforcement and its types - feedback - distributed exercise and focused training - educational applications.
7	Behavioral inputs: - Developmental characteristics of learning - theories of learning and teaching, classification of learning theories - classical conditional correlation. Educational applications. Procedural conditional correlation (Skinner) Conjugation theory (Guthrie) - trial and error theory (Thorndike) -. Educational applications.
8	Cognitive models: - field theory - Tolman's theory of indicative learning - Piaget's theory of cognitive development. Educational applications.
9	Education models: - Jania model - Brunner model - Osbel model - Ericsson model. Educational applications.
10	Second midterm exam
11	Educational outcomes: characteristics of cognitive organization - perception - remembering - educational applications.
12	Thinking - forgetting - the transfer of the impact of learning (training) - the development of thinking and the acquisition of skills. Educational applications.
13	Individual differences - factors affecting them, intelligence, intelligence tests - special abilities.
14	Educational Evaluation: Characteristics of Successful Measurement Tools - Types of Tests: Objective Tests and Essay Tests.
15	Final Exam

References

Reference title	Publisher	Published	Author	Country of publication
Educational Psychology	Anglo Library	2000	Abu Hatab, Fouad and Sadiq, Amal	Egypt
Foundations of Educational Psychology	Dar Al Fikr	2002	Touq, Mohiuddin and Qatami, Youssef and Adas, Abdulrahman	Oman
Fundamentals of Educational Psychology, Cognition Strategies and their Stimulants as a Basis for Instructional Design	Sunrise	2004	Darwaza, Afnan Nazeer	Oman
Educational psychology educational foundations	Obeikan Library	2003	Abdul Hamid, Jaber	Raya Z
Educational Psychology "Contemporary View "	Dar Al Fikr	2005	Adas, Abdul Rahman	Oman
Theories of learning and teaching	Dar Al Fikr	2005	Qatami, Mahmoud	Oman
Educational psychology for university student and practicing teacher	Dar Al Masirah	2007	Hussein Mohammed Abu Riyash	Oman
Principles of Educational Psychology	Dar Al Masirah	2015	Emad Abdul rahim Alzghoul	Oman
Educational Psychology	Dar Al Masirah	2011	Muhammad Bakr Nofal	Oman
Educational Psychology	Dar Al Masirah	2014	Saleh Mohammed Abu Jado	Oman
Educational Psychology	Dar Al Nakhla	2014	Hanem Muhammad Al , Sharif	Libya

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