| Course Title: Educational Psychology |
| Start Date: 01/28/2025 End Date: 05/13/2025 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2025 |
| Description: What do we learn? How do we learn? Why do we learn? In this course, we will study issues of learning, teaching, and motivation that are central to educational psychology. We will explore the shifting paradigms within educational psychology, multiple subject matter areas, (dis)continuities between classroom and home cultures, students' prior experiences, teachers as learners, ethnic and gender identity in the classroom, and learning in out-of-school settings. |
| Distribution(s): III - Social Sciences |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Kelley O'Carroll | klarrow@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/28/2025 - 05/13/2025 | Lecture | Tuesday and Thursday | 10:30AM - 11:45AM | REES - Reese | 316 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: A 100-level Psychology course or AP Psychology. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
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| Course Tags | ||
| NXEDP0001 | NXEDP: Nexus in Educational Policy and Practice | This course is approved for the Educational Policy and Practice Nexus track |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| PSYCH-233-01 Educational Psychology |
| EDUC-233-01 Educational Psychology |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Closed | Capacity: 28 | Enrollment: 29 | Available: 0 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| No book purchases are required/recommended for this class. |
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