Simon Fraser University
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Course Outlines

Fall 2024 - EDUC 220 D100

Introduction to Educational Psychology (3)

Class Number: 6098

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Mon, Wed, 12:30–1:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

    Oct 15, 2024: Tue, 12:30–1:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

A survey of educational research and theories concerning motivation, learning, development, and individual differences in classroom settings. May be applied towards the certificate in liberal arts. Breadth-Social Sciences.

COURSE DETAILS:

This course takes place on the unsurrendered territories of the Səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), kʷikʷəƛ̓əm(Kwikwetlem), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations. Educational psychology is the study of learning and teaching, and our positionality on this land influences how we conceptualize these processes. We will engage with questions such as: How do we meet the needs of diverse learners, and how can theory inform our own experiences with teaching and learning,? We will draw on Indigenous perspectives, theories, and narratives about learning and teaching as well as theories from Eurocentric traditions about how children develop cognitively, linguistically, socially, and morally. We will consider the cultural, social, and historical aspects of teaching and learning.

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

  1. Develop an understanding of multiple theories and perspectives of learning, teaching, and development
  2. Consider your own experiences with learning and teaching
  3.  Be able to use vocabulary, ideas, and references from the course to make connections between different constructs, concepts, and perspectives.
  4. Develop an awareness of the ways in which seminal theories of learning and development are historically and culturally situated.

Grading

  • Projects 40%
  • Reading Group Activities 20%
  • Final Project 40%

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

Woolfolk, A. E. (2024). Educational psychology. Eighth Canadian Edition. Toronto, ON: Pearson Canada.

eText ISBN: 9780137665273

 


ISBN: 9780137665068

REQUIRED READING NOTES:

Your personalized Course Material list, including digital and physical textbooks, are available through the SFU Bookstore website by simply entering your Computing ID at: shop.sfu.ca/course-materials/my-personalized-course-materials.

Registrar Notes:

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS

SFU’s Academic Integrity website http://www.sfu.ca/students/academicintegrity.html is filled with information on what is meant by academic dishonesty, where you can find resources to help with your studies and the consequences of cheating. Check out the site for more information and videos that help explain the issues in plain English.

Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the university community. Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the university. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the university. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html

RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATION

Students with a faith background who may need accommodations during the term are encouraged to assess their needs as soon as possible and review the Multifaith religious accommodations website. The page outlines ways they begin working toward an accommodation and ensure solutions can be reached in a timely fashion.