Class Psychology of Education

This curricular unit focuses on the conceptual and empirical foundations of Educational Psychology, as well as on its potential applications, with particular emphasis on the psychological processes involved in education and learning throughout the life cycle and in the multiple life contexts. The breadth and transdisciplinarity of educational issues allow the articulation of knowledge in this domain with the knowledge from different areas and models of action in Psychology, providing the combination and transfer of knowledge between related curricular units. 

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The syllabus is scaffolded in the following main contents: I. Introduction to Psychology of Education 1.1 Statute 1.2. Central themes in Education Psychology 1.3. Precursors 1.3. Education and the Future   II- Learning: conceptual framework and theories 2.1 What learning is. What is Teaching 2.2 The paradigms: Associationist/ Behavioralist and Gestaltista/Cognitivistas       - Skinner and the behavioral paradigm       - Bandura and the cognitive-social model of learning by observation       - Bruner, Ausubel and the cognitive approaches       - The theory of Information Processing   III- Identity and Diversity 3.1 Equal to all, equal to some, different from all 3.2 Erikson and the construction of identity throughout the life cycle.   IV- Group, reality and dynamics 4.1 Classroom management 4.2 Personal construction and values. The development of moral conscience. Education and citizenship

The learning process is student-centered. To this end, the student receives  texts of mandatory and previous reading that prepare him for participation and discussion. Eventually, students are invited to be the presenters of the professional theme themselves.

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