COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
RPD 2010 PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR ŞÜHEDA ÖZBEN

Offered to

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Course Objective

Teaching how to learn.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understanding the learning-teaching relationship,
2   Learning ways of facilitating learning, factors affecting learning,
3   Learning methods to motivate students,
4   Learning the theoretical and practical approaches about psychology of learning.
5   Understanding of teaching-learning models and strategies.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The relationship beetween learning-teaching and education,
2 The factors which effect learning,
3 The effective ways of learning,
4 The effects of the characteristics of the teacher on learning process.
5 Motivation,
6 Different theoretical approaches on learning.
7 Pavlov , Watson
8 Midterm
9 Bandura,
10 Skinner,
11 Tolman,
12 Hebb,
13 Teaching strategies and models.
14 The learning strategies and models.
15 Final exam.

Recomended or Required Reading

Arık, A. (1991).Öğrenme Psikolojisine Giriş, Istanbul Üniversitesi, E.F.Yayınları
Senemoğlu, N. (2000).Gelişim Öğrenme ve Öğretim,Gazi Kitabevi, Ankara
Pintner, R. (1970). Educational Psychology, Barnes ve Noble Books sixth. Ed.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, research and discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 +FINS * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

suheda.ozben@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 102

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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