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Module Specifications

Current Academic Year 2012 - 2013
Please note that this information is subject to change.

Module Title	Developmental and Educational Psychology
Module Code	PSY3
School	Oscail
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Module Co-ordinator	Semester 1: James Brunton Semester 2: James Brunton Autumn: James Brunton
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	15
Pre-requisite	PSY1
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

Description

Part 1 focuses on the child developing within the individual, family and social contexts. Part 2 reviews behaviour, motivation, and learning readiness in the classroom context.

Learning Outcomes

1. Evaluate major concepts, theoretical perspectives, empirical findings, and historical trends in both Developmental and Educational Psychology
2. Analyse the complexity of socio-cultural and international diversity within a psychological and educational setting
3. Solve problems related to behavioural and mental processes through critical and creative thinking, and sceptical inquiry
4. Apply psychological principles to personal, social, and organizational issues
5. Consider how psychological principles can be used to explain social issues and inform public policy, and in particular, educational policy
6. Evaluate, and appropriately utilise, methods and approaches used in psychological research, including statistical inference and hypothesis testing, and comparing independent and dependent samples

Workload	Full-time hours per semester
*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Tutorial	15	No Description
On-line learning	15	No Description
Independent learning	345	No Description
Total Workload: 375

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

PART 1: Developmental Psychology.
Unit 1: Introduction to Developmental Psychology.

Unit 2: The Developing Individual: The Child as Thinker.
Unit 3: The Child as Thinker: Information Processing.

Unit 4: Gender Differences and Development.
Unit 5: Development in Context: The Child in the Family.

Unit 6: The Developing Individual: Developing Morality.
Unit 7: Development in Context: The Child in the Peer Group.

Unit 8: Development Beyond Childhood: No Longer a Child?.
Unit 9: Development and Adversity: How do Children become Resilient?.

PART 2: Educational Psychology.
Unit 10: What is Educational Psychology?.

Unit 11: Pupil Engagement and Classroom Management.
Unit 12: Pupil Motivation and Relationship with Teachers.

Unit 13: Factors Affecting Student Achievement: Systems and Schools.
Unit 14: The Psychology of Pupil Motivation.

Unit 15: Individual Differences and Learner Readiness.
Unit 16: Reading Problems/Dyslexia.

Unit 17: Psychological and Educational Assessment.
Part 3: Statistics and Research Methods.

Unit 18: Statistical Inference and Hypothesis Testing.
Unit 19: Comparing Independent Samples.

Unit 20: Comparing Dependent Samples.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	50%	Examination Weight	50%

Course Work Breakdown
Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Assignment	Assessment takes a variety of forms, including essays, reports, learning journals, presentations and group assignments.	50%	n/a

Reassessment Requirement
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; 1 = A resit is available for all components of the module 2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module 3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
This module is category 3

Indicative Reading List

Santrock, J.W: 2008, Child Development, Twelfth, McGraw-Hill,
O’Donnell, A.M., Reeve, J., and Smith, J.K.: 2009, Educational Psychology; Reflection for Action, Wiley, New York,
Slavin, R. E.: 2009, Educational Psychology: Theory and Practice., 10, Pearson, New Jersey,

Other Resources

None

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Programme or List of Programmes

Diploma/BA in Humanities

BASM

BA Single Module

Timetable this semester: Timetable for PSY3

Date of Last Revision

08-DEC-10

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