EDUC 5233

Educational Psychology II

St. Thomas University

Rationale:

This is an elective course that provides students with an opportunity to pursue topics in educational psychology.

It complements EDUC 5953 -  Educational Psychology I and will reinforce the examination of personal development and learning.

Course Description: 

This course will be offered as a seminar class. Our focus will be the examination of brain-based research and about how this research impacts

classroom instruction. The opening topics will deal with personality and temperament. We will then focus on current impact of neuroscience on

teaching and learning. You will be invited to research, report, and workshop on one of the following topics that examine our current understanding

of how the brain functions: emotion and learning, the speaking brain, the reading brain, the mathematical brain, the calculating brain, the

computing brain, and the creative-artistic brain. The final topic will be a discussion on the future of educational neuro-science.

Core Text:

Sousa, D. A. (Ed.) (2010). Mind, brain & education: Neuroscience implications for the classroom. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.

1 2 3  S1  S2 S3   The Speaking Brain

Evaluation:

Class Participation                                                                                  40% 

Research, Report, Workshop                                                                 30%

Journal Entries                                                                                        20%

Philosophy of Educational Psychology (Teaching)                                10%