BEd in Pre-Primary Education / Бакалавр педагогики в Области Дошкольного Образования

Course Details

Course Information Package

Course Unit TitlePSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING
Course Unit CodePSY201
Course Unit Details
Number of ECTS credits allocated4
Learning Outcomes of the course unitBy the end of the course, the students should be able to:
  1. Identify and compare different definitions for learning
  2. Describe the environmental and social factors affecting learning
  3. Outline, compare and contrast factors that are suggested to be affecting the learning process (e.g. emotion, motives, personality)
  4. Evaluate the different learning theories presented in class
  5. Describe the operation and evaluate the performance of the common cache memory mapping methods, cache replacement policies and write policies.
  6. Relate and employ the acquired knowledge in class, especially for classroom management and behaviour control
  7. Explain cognitive processes such as creativity, memory and intelligence and identify the relationship between them and the learning process
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
PrerequisitesPSY101Co-requisitesNONE
Recommended optional program componentsNONE
Course Contents

Unit 1: Introduction to learning

  Introduction to psychology of learning

  Learning: Definition, Learning environments

Unit 2: Theories of Learning           

  Behaviorism – Classical conditioning, operant conditioning

  Cognitive theories

  Social learning – Bandura

Unit 3: Application of Learning theories in class       

    Classroom management – defining problematic behavior, behavior   modification techniques

Unit 4: Learning and Cognitive Processes

    Memory – factors affecting memory, memory models, short-term, long-term memory, amnesia

    Intelligence – definition, theories of cognitive development, relationship with learning

    Creativity – convergent, divergent thinking, stages of the creative process, factors enhancing creativity, assessing creativity

Recommended and/or required reading:
Textbooks
  • Schunk, D. Θεωρίες μάθησης: Μια εκπαιδευτική προσέγγιση, Εκδότης: Μεταίχμιο, 2010.
  • Μπασέτας, Κ. Ψυχολογία της μάθησης. Εκδόσεις: ΑΤΡΑΠΟΣ-ΠΕΡΙΒΟΛΑΚΙ, 2002.
  • Δημητρίου, Λ. Τα 6 πρώτα χρόνια της ζωής. Αθήνα: Ελληνικά Γράμματα, 2001.
References
  • Αϊνόν, Ν. Η μάθηση από τα πρώτα βήματα. Εκδόσεις: ΠΑΤΑΚΗΣ, 2000.
  • Illeris, Κ. (Επιμέλια), Συλλογικό. Σύγχρονες θεωρίες μάθησης, 16 θεωρίες μάθησης ...με τα λόγια των δημιουργών τους, Εκδότης: Μεταίχμιο, 2009.
  • Κασσωτάκης, Μ. & Φλουρής, Γ. Μάθηση και διδασκαλία ΙΙ: Θεωρία, πράξη και αξιολόγηση της διδασκαλίας. Εκδόσεις: ΙΔΙΩΤΙΚΗ ΕΚΔΟΣΗ, 2005.
  • Καραντζής, Ι. Εφαρμογές βασικών αρχών της μάθησης στην εκπαίδευση. Εκδόσεις: GUTENBERG, 2007.
Planned learning activities and teaching methodsThe taught part of course is delivered to the students by means of lectures, conducted with the help of computer presentations. Lecture notes and presentations are available through the web (e-learning platform) for students to use in combination with the textbooks. During lectures some case studies are presented and discussed.
Assessment methods and criteria
Tests (x2)40%
Final Exam60%
Language of instructionGreek
Work placement(s)NO

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