Educational Psychology
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Course code
PSP6021.LT
old course code
PSP6021
Course title in Estonian
Pedagoogiline psühholoogia
Course title in English
Educational Psychology
ECTS credits
4.0
Assessment form
Examination
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
Give an overview about psycholgoy of learning and teaching.

Brief description of the course
1. Cognitive, social, and motivational processes related to learning. Their development.
2. Learning process and individual differences
3. Characteristics of teaching methods and their usage
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- has an overview of contemporary theories of cognitive, social, and motivational processes of learning;
- knows specifics of these process at different age periods;
- can describe the process of learning;
- knows learning-related idividual differences;
- differentiates between teaching methods and can evaluate their suitability for specific learners.
Teacher
Eve Kikas, PhD
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