Psychology of Development and Learning

Recommended Prerequisites

No prerequisites.

Teaching Methods

Content development will include both theoretical and empirical approaches. Lectures will be complemented with student work (research and essays). Practical strategies will include case study and problem solving.

Learning Outcomes

Understanding the complexity and interdependence of development and learning processes, according to main psychological perspectives.
Understanding adolescence and teaching activity based on scientific knowledge in the fields of developmental and educational psychology.
Analyzing cognition and learning theories in their contributions to teaching management.
Developing skills that facilitate educational interactions and the promotion of adolescents' learning and development.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Introduction
1.1. Main concepts and perspectives on development
1.2. Complexity and dynamics of development and learning processes
2. Adolescent development and educational implications
2.1. Cognitive and sociocognitive development: abstraction and formal operations (Piaget), adolescent egocentrism (Elkind), social cognition (Selman)
2.2. Psychosocial development: factors and processes, identity development (Erikson) and statuses (Marcia)
3. Cognition, learning and teaching
3.1. Cognition and learning theories: Piaget, Bruner, Ausubel, Gagné e Novak. SOI Model and the Cognitive Load Theory
3.2. Learning conditions and processes. Motivation, atention, memory and information processing. Self-efficacy (Bandura), attributions (Weiner), learning styles (Kolb) and metacognitive processes (Flavell).

Head Lecturer(s)

Maria da Piedade Simões Santana Pessoa Vaz Rebelo

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Synthesis work: 10.0%
Resolution Problems: 10.0%
Frequency: 80.0%

Bibliography

Eccles, J.; Roeser, R. (2011). Schools as developmental contexts during adolescence. Journal of Research
on Adolescence, 21, 225-241
Damião, M.H.; Rocha, C. & Nascimento, M. A. (2020). A importância do ensino: contributos da teoria histórico-cultural - Escola de Vigotsky. Revista Egitania e Sciencia, n. 26, vol. 1, pp. 123-131
Festas, I. (2019). Aprendizagem escolar e ensino. In F. Veiga (Coord.). Psicologia da Educação. Temas de aprofundamento científico para a educação XXI (pp. 213-246). CLIMEPSI
Miranda, G.; Bahia, S. (2005). Psicologia da educação: temas de desenvolvimento, aprendizagem e ensino. Relógio d’Água
Sadowski, M. (Ed.) (2020). Adolescents at school: perspectives on youth, identity and education (3rd edition).
Harvard Education Press
Sprinthall, N.; Collins, W. (2008). Psicologia do adolescente (4ª ed.) FCG
Vaz-Rebelo, P., Fernandes, P., Morgado, J., Monteiro, A., Otero, J. (2016). Students' unknowns about natural objects and artifacts. Educational Psychology. 36, 1, 176.