PSYC 2265 - Educational Psychology

1. Identify characteristics of expert teachers and expert students.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of developmental theories and how these theories apply to educational settings, including how students’ cognitive, linguistic, social, emotional, and physical development influences learning. (SEP 1 Student Learning, G)
3. Understand and identify differences in approaches to learning and know how to design instruction that uses a student’s strengths as the basis for acquiring knowledge and skills. (SEP 1 Student Learning, C)
4. Identify and apply technology resources to enable and empower learners with diverse backgrounds, characteristics, and abilities.
5. Demonstrate an understanding of the influences of individual and group differences on various aspects of educational psychology.
6. Demonstrate an understanding of both formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate and ensure the intellectual, social, and physical development of the learner.
7. Create learning environments that contribute to the self-esteem of all persons and to positive interpersonal relations.
8. Access and evaluate information, research, and emerging practices relevant to the field of special education through consumer and professional organizations, peer-reviewed journals, and other publications.
9. Demonstrate the capacity to express clear and coherent ideas in a grammatically correct manner in both oral and written form.
10. Demonstrate knowledge of factors and situations that are likely to promote and diminish intrinsic motivation and to help students become more self-motivated, including the relationship between motivation and engagement. (SEP 2 Learning Environments, B)
11. Demonstrate an understanding of how tobacco, alcohol, and drug use can influence the life and learning of students. (SEP 1 Student Learning, N)
12. Recognize the relationship of intrinsic motivation to student lifelong growth and learning.
13. Use different motivational strategies that are likely to encourage continuous development of individual learner abilities.
14. Demonstrate an understanding of communication theory, language development, and the role of language in learning.

1. Applying Psychology to Teaching
2. Theories of Psychosocial and Cognitive Development
3. Compare Approaches to Learning Based on Learner Characteristics
4. Technology Resources to Empower all Learner Types
5. Individual and Group Differences in Cultural and Socioeconomic Groups
6. Formal and Informal Assessment Strategies including Response to Intervention Data Systems Outcomes
7. Learning Environments Promoting Positive Feeling Tone
8. Special Education Practices and Components based on Researching Current Practices
9. Oral and Written expression of Major Psychological Theories and Practices
10. Promotion of Intrinsic Motivation
11. Intrinsic Motivation Related to Lifelong Learning
12. Motivational Strategies
13. Language Development and Communication Theory
14. Classroom Management Strategies
15. Understanding and Using Standardized Tests
16. Behavioral Learning Theory: Classical and Operant Conditioning including Applied Behavior Analysis
17. The Influence of Use of Tobacco, Alcohol, and Drugs on Student Life and Learning