Authors(Fredrich Herbart, Froebel,Aritoteles, William James, etc) and their conribution to
psichology of education. Main approaches in Educational Psy: humanist, Gestalt Psy, Ecological
approach, Behaviourism, cognitive approach What makes an effective teacher: Professional
knowledge and skills, Commintment, motivation and caring, etc Research in educational
psychology: The scientific knowledge, sistematic,organized and objetive researchs
CHAPTER 1.EDUCATIONAL
PSYCHOLOGY: A TOOL FOR EFFECTIVE
TEACHNG
Treating with
-Exploring educational psychology: Historical background: William James, John Dewey, E.L Thorndike, Diversity
and early educational psychology, the behavioural approach, the cognitive revolution. -Teaching art and science
and Effective Teaching :Professional Knowledge and Skills (Subject,Matter Competence, instructional strategies,
thinking skills, commintment, motivation and caring, among other skills. -Research in educational psychology:
why research is important, research methods (descriptive, correlational and experimental) , program evaluation
research, action research and the teacher.as.researcher and quantitative and qualitative research.
LESSON 2, LEARNING
THEORIES
With
1.The behaviuorist approach:1.1: classical conditioning: basic concepts, process and procedure,
factors that can affect conditioning process, principles of clasical conditioning, applications to
education. 1.2:OPERANT CONDITIONING: Thorndike and the law of effect, B.F Skinner: a pioner in
operant conditioning, the process of operant conditioning, reinforcement: types and schedules,
behaviour modification, Skinner and education, programmed instruction, Plan Keller. 1.3. SOCIAL
LEARNING: ALBERT BANDURA 2. COGNITIVISM 2.1. ROOTS: Gestal theory, Piaget´s Theory and
Vigotsky´s Theory. 2.2. BRUNER AND LEARNING BY DISCOVERING: prinnciples and Discovery learning.
2.3. AUSUBEL: THE THEORY OF MEANINGFUL LEARNING: Rote learning and meaninful learning,
receptive learning and Discovery learning, cognitive structure, learning processes, inputs to learning and so on.
and
LEARNING I AND II
treating with
Concept of learning from different perspectives (Kimble, Gagné, Domjan y Burkhard, Good
y Brophy…), non scientific theories about learning (learning as a formal discipline, learning
as natural development, learning as perception), scientific theories about learning.
Conductism: Classical conditioning (concepts as: neutral stimulus,unconditionated
stimulus, conditioned reponse, etc; Mechanism of classical conditioning…), Operant
conditioning (Mechanisms: Positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement and
punishment), Application of behaviourism principles to teaching (Behaviour Modification,
applications of operant conditioning to teaching, programmed teaching), and Social
Learning (vicarius)
LESSON 3..
INTELLIGENCE AND
CREATIVITY.
working with
What intelligence is, aspects such as its Structure (Psychometrical and Cognitive approach, Sperarman,
Thurstone, Guildford, etc) Testing aspects to measure intelligence, authors as Stenberg and Gardner and
cognitive approach to intelligence…and the concept of Creativity, and aspects as Theories about it, if it
can be tested or how to Foster creativity. DEVELOPING YOUNG CHILDREN CREATIVITY.Treating with
aspects as Creativity in Young children, its develpment, education influence, etc EMOTIONAL
INTELLIGENCE. Whith aspects such as its definition, how it is measured and research findings.
CHAPTER 4(INDIVIDUALS
VARIATIONS) AND LESSON
4(LEARNING STRATEGIES)
Working with
INTELLIGENCE. Definition, intelligence tests (Individual, group intelligence tests, ), theories of
multiple intelligences (Stenberg´s Triarchic theory, Gardner´s eight frames of mind, The
neuroscience of intelligence, controversies and issues in intelligence.Importance of learning
strategies, what they are (Danserau, Sampascual, Beltrán), characteristics and functions, types
(Cognitive strategies, meta-cognitive strategies, support strategies…), assesement of learning
strategies and how to Foster them..
LESSON 5.LEARNING AND
MOTIVATION
Composed by
Concept and definition (Woolfolk and McCune, Fernandez-Abascal, Valle Arias…), Types of motivation
(intrisic ans extrinsic moivation) ,theories (behaviourism, humist, cognitive approaches, Maslow,
atributions, etc), and how to wrok motovation in class.