Specialized Seminar in Psychology and Education
Code
73221106
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Línguas, Culturas e Literaturas Modernas
Credits
10
Weekly hours
2
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
1) Acquisition of skills to better understand the issues and problems of Educational Psychology;
2) Understand and distinguish the different theoretical perspectives to teaching / learning;
3) Understand and identify the different factors that influence the pedagogical relationship, understand their levels and types of action and analyze underlying consequences of these actions;
4) Acquisition of the ability to critically analyze, evaluate and synthesize ideas regarding different practices in education so that they can reflect a sustained way on practical and educational interventions;
5) Acquisition of skills in the field of Educational Research enabling the dissemination of the research
Prerequisites
Subject matter
1) Component cognitive and socio-cognitive of learning processes
2) Different approaches to teaching / learning (models of information processing, constructivist and socio-constructivist) process
3) Influence of context in the teaching / learning;
4) Pedagogical relationship and quality of the learning process
5) Assessment and Learning: Perspectives Evaluation; Phases of the evaluation process
6) Affective aspects involved in the teaching / learning process: motivation, Self-concept and self-esteem
Bibliography
Arends, R. I. (2008). Aprender a ensinar (7ª Ed.). Madrid: McGraw Hill
Alexander, P. A., & Winne, P. H. (2006). Handbook of educational psychology (2nd ed.). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Brophy, J. (2004). Motivating students to learn. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
McMillan, J. (2007). Classroom assessment: principles and practice for effective standards-based instruction. USA. Pearson.
Reynolds, W. M., & Miller, G. E. (2003). Handbook of psychology: Vol. 7 - Educational
Jorro, A. (2000). Lenseignant et lévaluation. Bruxelles. De Boeeck & Larcier, S.A.
Teaching method
We will mainly use active methodologies (debates, discussions, problem solving, individually and in group work) about theoretical and pratical works.
Evaluation method
Oral presentation: 40%
Individual written work: 60%