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Study programmes 2012-2013Last update : 18/06/2013
AESS0143-1  Educational Psychology of adolescents and young adults

Duration :  15h Th
Number of credits :  
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Lecturer :  Annick Fagnant
Language(s) of instruction :  
French language
Organisation and examination :  
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Course contents :  
This course aims to develop some contributions of the main theories of learning for instruction. It also discusses some characteristics of adolescents and their possible impact on learning.
The course is made up of five chapters:
I. Theories of learning: some history
II. Some contributions of behaviorism to teaching
III. Some contributions of cognitivism to teaching
IV. Some contributions of (socio)-contructivism to teaching
V. Some characteristics of adolescents and their possible impact on learning
Learning outcomes of the course :  
1) Discovering and understanding the foundations of classical theories of educational psychology and some key concepts of these theories (types of knowledge, metacognition, problem-based situations, cognitive conflict, scaffolding, etc..).
2) Discovering and understanding some characteristics of adolescents and young adults.
3) Analysing teaching practices in light of theoretical perspectives and core concepts of these theories.
4) Analysing the impact of certain characteristics of adolescents and young adults on their commitment to school and their learning.
5) Being able to take advantage of the theoretical contributions to analyze one's practice and to design improvements and innovations in teaching.
Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
None.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :  
- Discovering course content through explanation of the core concepts, and illustrative examples (videos, fictive cases or from observations during teaching stages,...)
- Reading of a textbook (main concepts + teaching and learning implications)
- Searching for examples in one's own disciplinary field.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
6 courses of 2h30 in amphitheater - Thursday or Tuesday from 18h to 20h30 (first course - Thursday 20/09/2011)
Recommended or required readings :  
A copy of the PowerPoint will be available for students on myUlg.
A textbook will be available in Point de vue.
Assessment methods and criteria :  
The evaluation will be organized in January. It will be a written exam (open-book). More details will be given during courses.
Work placement(s) :  
Organizational remarks :  
Students who hold a degree in psychology or Science Education don' have to do the course.
Contacts :  
Annick Fagnant (Ch. de cours.) afagnant@ulg.ac.be
Delphine Polson (Assistante) delphine.polson@ulg.ac.be


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