教育心理學
Fall 2005

Instructor
Shihkuan Hsu 徐式寬
Office: 師資培育中心Room 107, Center for Teacher Education
Phone: 3366-5705
E-mail: skhsu@ntu.edu.tw

Course Objectives
Students in this class will develop a general understanding about educational psychology and reflection of their own experiences in teaching and learning. Using the theory as a starting point and personal experiences as foundation, the class will be engaged in study of cases of self and others through in-class and on-line discussion. At the end of the class, it is hoped that every student will have a critical examination of their values and believes in teaching and learning.

Textbook and References
Woolfolk, Anita (2004). Educational psychology. 9th ed., Boston: Allyn and Bacon. 代理商：心理出版社。台北市和平東路一段180號7樓。（TEL：2367-1490）

Course Assignment
1. Reflection of learning experiences: 1-2 pages each. Preview the chapter and link to your experiences. The writing would be discussed in class. There will be 4-6 exercises. (25%)
2. Summary of important terms: Student will choose several important terms from the chapters and write a short summary (explanation and elaboration) of the term. (30%)
3. Final exam (30%)
4. Participation in the class discussion (15%)

Course Format
The class will start by having the group discussion for 35 minutes (15 discussion and 20 minutes sharing), followed by students presenting their problem analysis for 15 minutes. Then break time. Finally the instructor summarizes the discussion, presentation, and discuss with the students about the key concepts of the textbook for about 45 minutes. Occasionally a pop quiz would be given to the class at the beginning of the class.

Topics
Chapter Main Topics
Introduction to the course
1 Teachers, teaching, and educational psychology
Explain about case writing

2 PART I: STUDENTS
Cognitive Development and language
Piaget`s theory of cognitive development
Vygotsky`s theory of sociocultural perspective
3 Personal, social, and emotional development
The work of Erikson
Kohlberg`s stages of moral development
Review and discussion
4 Learner differences and learning needs
Individual differences in intelligence and ability grouping
Giftedness and learning disabilities
5 Culture and community
Social class differences
Ethnic and racial differences
Sex differences
Review and discussion

6 PART II: LEARNING
Behavioral views of learning
Classical conditioning and operant conditioning
Encouraging behaviors and coping with undesirable behaviors
Review and discussion
7 Cognitive views of learning
The information processing model of memory
Metacognition, regulation, and individual differences
8 Complex cognitive process
Problem solving
Becoming an expert student: learning strategies and study skills
Review and discussion
9 Social cognitive and constructivist views of learning
Social learning and social cognitive theories
Constructivism and situated learning
10 PART III: MOTIVATING
Motivation: Issues and Explanations
Goal orientation and motivation/Interests and emotions
Self-schemas and teacher expectations

11 PART IV: TEACHING
Creating learning environments
The need for organization/creating a positive learning
environment
Maintaining a good environment for learning/The need for
communication
Review and Conclusion
12 FINAL EXAM