Educational Psychology

Recommended Prerequisites

It is recommended for students to have attended successfully all the units from 1^st and 2^nd years of Phase 1of the course IMP. All recommended are reading and understanding skills in English and Spanish, in addition to Portuguese.

Teaching Methods

Teaching methodologies

Theoretical moments:

. lectures

. collaborative lectures

Practical moments:

. digital portfolios: presentations by students

. visits to many education institutions.

Learning Outcomes

It is aimed that students grasp the virtues and potentialities of this scientific area, or in other words, that they know what is the object of study of this scientific field, which models are associated with it, the research topics and application or intervention areas, as well as contexts and resources of professional educational psychologists. Moreover, there is also the objective that students know how to distinguish this area from others that are very close or that are part of it (such as School Psychology and Psychology of Instruction).

Specific goals and competencies: to define the professional dimension of the Educational Psychologist; to discuss the instrumentality of the contents running in the educational psychologist practice; to identify the role(s) of the Educational Psychologist in different educational contexts; to develop research skills and intervention skills important in the field of Educational Psychology.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

A) Epistemological framework of Educational Psychology

B) Educational Psychology, Psychology of Education and School Psychology, Psychology of Instruction

C) Teaching-learning process

D) Observation of educational situations

E) Educational interaction and school learning

F) Planning for intervention and psychoeducational training.

Head Lecturer(s)

Ana Paula Mendes Correia Couceiro Figueira

Assessment Methods

Continuous assessment
Visits to an education institution and write a report : 5.0%
Individual presentation : 25.0%
Individual + group: 70.0%

Final assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

Barros de Oliveira, J. H. (2005). Psicologia da Ed. (vol. I e II). Porto: Livpsic-Psicologia.

Beltrán, Llera, J., &Rosselló, C. G. (Eds.) (1996). Psicología de laInstrucción I. Variables y procesos básicos. Madrid: SíntesisPsicología.

Bidarra, M. G. (1998). Psicologia da educação: Identidade(s) de uma disciplina. Revista Portuguesa de Pedagogia, 32(3), 99-118.

Coll, C. (1995). Psicología y educación: Aproximacion a losobjetivos y contenidos de la psicologia de laeducación. In C. Coll, J. Palacios, & A. Marchesi (Eds.),Desarrollo psicológico y educación: II. Psicologia de laEducación(pp. 15-30). Madrid: Alianza.

Coll, C., et al. (1999). Psicologia da Educação. Porto Alegre: ARTMED.

Coll, C., Marchesi, A., &Palacios, J.(2004). Desenvolvimento Psicológico e Educação. Psicologia da Educação (2ª ed., Vol. 2.). Porto Alegre: ArtMed

Coll, C., Palacios, J. y Marchesi, A. (Coords.) (2001). Desarrollo psicológico y educación. Vol II. Psicología de laeducación escolar. Madrid: Alianza.