Educational Psychology

By

Psychological Studies Academic Group

DED112/142Educational Psychology:

Theories and Applications for Learning and Teaching

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Programme Leader for DED112/142

Dr. Lee Ai Noi

Office: NIE 2-03-83

Phone: 67903190

Email: ainoi.lee@nie.edu.sg

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Core Education Studies (ES) Courses

1. Educational Psychology: Theories & Applications for Learning & Teaching

2. Assessing Learning & Performance

3. Teaching & Managing Learners

4. ICT for Meaningful Learning

5. The Social Context of Teaching & Learning

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Guiding Philosophy of Education Studies (ES)

• Provides the foundation for understanding the development of learners, and for shaping pedagogical approaches for their holistic development

• Helps student teachers understand how the theories of development work together with the educational system & policies in the education of the student

• Prepares student teachers to see themselves as educators & to understand that education is a journey in itself

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Educational Psychology:Theories and Applications for Learning and Teaching

This course provides

• the foundation for understanding the 21st century learners,

• their development and

• the psychology of learning and motivation

12-week course

Course Duration (Starting in Week of 15 January 2018)

• 12-week course(Week 1) (Week 2) (Week 3) (Week 4) (Week 5) (Week 6)

(Week 7) (Week 9) (Week 10)

Team-based

Learning

(Week 11) (Week 12) (Week 13)

• Face-to-Face Tutorial

• Team-based Learning

• PBL Group Presentation

• e-Learning

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Course Objectives

At the end of this course, student teachers will be able to:

1. Synthesize the key concepts of developmental, motivation and learning theories

2. Apply the relevant key concepts to analyze issues in authentic classroom settings

3. Propose practical solutions informed by relevant key concepts to classroom issues

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Beginning the Journey to Effective Teaching and Learning

1. Understanding the Learner

• Social Contexts of Development • Personal Development• Moral Development • Social Development and Social-Emotional Learning

2. Understanding the Learning Process

• Motivation in Learning• Behaviourist Views of Learning • Constructivist Views of Learning• Cognitive Views of Learning

3. Understanding Learner Diversity

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Replacement Arrangements for Public Holidays / Lesson Cancellation

•Hari Raya Haji – 22 August 2018 (Wednesday)

•Deepavali– 6 November 2018 (Tuesday)

Your tutors will make the necessary replacement arrangements with affected TG(s)

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Course Assessments

Late submission will NOT be entertained unless accompanied by Medical Certificate or approved leave from the Office of Teacher Education.

5 points will be deducted for each day of late submission.

1. Class Participation – 10%

2. Group Project – Problem-Based Learning Presentation – 30%

3. Individual Readiness Assessment Test - 10%

4. Individual Assignment – 50%

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Administrative Matters:

1. Blackboard (BB) Matters (http://lonline.nie.edu.sg)

NIE’s Learning Management System Check registered email Download course outline and lecture slides prior to class Slides are for general reference only

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Tan et al. (2017). Educational Psychology: An Asia Edition. Singapore: Cengage Learning.

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Administrative Matters

2. Be careful of plagiarism. Always cite the source whenever you quote or paraphrase another author’s work. Plagiarism is taken very seriously and can lead to failure and/or termination of candidature in the PGDE program

3. Punctuality and Attendance

Punctuality and 100% attendance is expected unless supported by official or medical leave

Where possible, please inform your tutors beforehand if you are unwell or are unable to attend class

Submit copies of your medical certificates to your tutor as soon as you return to NIE

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Administrative Matters

4. For student teachers on Leave of Absence (LOA): Please inform your programme leader and tutor; and

Check BB for further details.

5. Please contact the Programme Leader if you have any further queries.

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Transfers between Tutorial Groups

Requests for transfers will only be approved under the following cases:

Student teachers transfer to another group of the SAME course due to clash of timetable

Student teachers need to take certain courses to graduate (final semester) but there is a clash of timetable.