Information Of Programmes

FACULTY OF EDUCATION / MB 104 - SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHING

Code: MB 104

Course Title: EDUCATION PSYCHOLOGY

Theoretical+Practice: 2+0

ECTS: 3

Year/Semester of Study

1 / Fall Semester

Level of Course

1st Cycle Degree Programme

Type of Course

Compulsory

Department

SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHING

Pre-requisities and Co-requisites

None

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Teaching Period

14 Weeks

Name of Lecturer

ARZU SALDIRAY (arzusaldiray@nevsehir.edu.tr)

Name of Lecturer(s)

ARZU SALDIRAY,

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

None

Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is to provide students with knowledge about human development and how they learn. It is expected that the knowledge gained by the pre-service teachers within the scope of this course will form a basic infrastructure.

Learning Outcomes		PO	MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1	Can establish the relationship between education and psychology.	PO-12 Has knowledge about students' development, learning characteristics and disabilities.	Examination
LO-2	Can explain the basics of development.	PO-12 Has knowledge about students' development, learning characteristics and disabilities.	Examination
LO-3	Can discuss cognitive development features in terms of developmental periods	PO-12 Has knowledge about students' development, learning characteristics and disabilities.	Examination
LO-4	Can analyze personality development within the framework of different theories	PO-12 Has knowledge about students' development, learning characteristics and disabilities.	Examination
LO-5	Can discuss learning from the perspective of different theories.	PO-12 Has knowledge about students' development, learning characteristics and disabilities.	Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
The content of this course; psychology and its sub-branches, educational psychology developmental concepts, principles and factors affecting development, physical development, basic concepts related to cognitive development, Piaget and cognitive development theory, language and moral development, personality development and factors affecting personality development, theories explaining personality development, fundamentals of learning and classical conditioning theory, operant conditioning theory and social learning theory, information processing theory, constructivist theory covers topics.
Weekly Course Content
Week	Subject	Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1	Introduction, introduction, introduction of basic concepts	Expression Argument Question answer
2	Basic concepts/principles of developmental psychology; physical development; cognitive development,	Expression Argument Question answer
3	Cognitive development (continued)	Expression Argument Question answer
4	Cognitive development in adults; language development;	Expression Argument Question answer
5	Personality development (psychosocial)	Expression Argument Question answer
6	Personality development (cont.); moral development	Expression Argument Question answer
7	Introduction to learning and basic concepts	Expression Argument Question answer
8	mid-term exam
9	Factors affecting learning; classical conditioning	Expression Argument Question answer
10	Classical behavioral learning theories	Expression Argument Question answer
11	operant conditioning	Expression Argument Question answer
12	Operant conditioning (continued); social learning theory	Expression Argument Question answer
13	Social learning theory (continued); information processing theory; overall assessment of the course	Expression Argument Question answer
14	Gestalt learning theory	Expression Argument Question answer
15	information processing theory	Expression Argument Question answer
16	final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1	Yeşilyaprak, B. (2022). "Eğitim Psikolojisi Gelişim, Öğrenme, Öğretim", Ankara: Pegem Akademi
Required Course instruments and materials
Textbook, Tedx videos

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment	Week	Hours	Weight(%)
mid-term exam	8	2	40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam	16	2	60

Student Work Load
Type of Work	Weekly Hours	Number of Weeks	Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice)	2	14	28
Outside Class
a) Reading	2	14	28
b) Search in internet/Library	2	7	14
c) Performance Project			0
d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report			0
e) Term paper/Project			0
Oral Examination			0
Quiz			0
Laboratory exam			0
Own study for mid-term exam	1	8	8
mid-term exam	1	2	2
Own study for final exam	1	8	8
final exam	1	2	2
			0
			0
Total work load;			90