PEDA0020-1 : Educational Psychology

Study Programmes 2015-2016

PEDA0020-1

Educational Psychology

Duration :

30h Th

Number of credits :

Bachelor in psychology and education : general		3
Master in education (120 ECTS)		3
Master in psychology : general (120 ECTS)		3

Lecturer :

Annick Fagnant

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Course contents :

The course follows the general structure proposed in Marcel Crahay's book "Psychologie de l'éducation".
Introduction I. The psychological presuppositions of the precursors II. Psychoanalysis, humanistic psychology and education III. The contributions of the behaviorism IV. The constructivist revolution V. Cognitivism and education VI. Education, culture et society
Some specific topics (focus on mathematics, reading, sciences,...) are also developed.

Learning outcomes of the course :

Discovering and understanding the foundations of classical theories of educational psychology and some central concepts of these theories.
Analysing teaching practices in light of theoretical perspectives and core concepts of these theories.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

None.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

Theoretical course in amphitheater: discovering of the course contents through explanations of the core concepts and illustrative examples.
Exam preparation with a training test.

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

Face-to-face