Instructional Principles and Methods

Course Code:

ED 231

Course Period:

Spring

Course Type:

Core

P:

2

Lab:

0

Credits:

2

ECTS:

3

Course Language:

İngilizce

Course Objectives:

The course will introduce the foundational principles of educational psychology and their application for the purpose of enhancing classroom practice.

Course Content:

The course content includes learning theories associated with motivation, instruction and learning. This course focuses upon behaviorist, constructivist, and social leaning theories with a particular emphasis upon instructional implications in classroom applications.

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Course Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes	Program Outcomes	Teaching Methods	Assessment Methods
Students will be able to explain the terms related with the theories of learning and instruction	6,11	1	A,B
Students will be able to interpret the relationships between the learning theories and instructional approaches	6,11	1,5	A,B
Students will be explain learning processes and role of the learner in terms of learning theories	6,11	4,5	A,B
Students will be understand role of the teacher in terms of learning theories.	6,11	3, 5	A,B
Students will be explain relationship between motivation and learning.	6,11	4,5	A,B
Students will be explain relationship between student needs and different instructional models	6,11	3,5	A,B

Course Flow

COURSE CONTENT
Week	Topics	Study Materials
1	Introduction
2	Basic concepts of learning and instruction
3	Behaviorism: Connectionism, Classical and Operant Conditing
4	Behaviorism: Instructional Applications
5	Social Cognitive Theory: Conceptional Framework
6	Social Cognitive Theory: Instructional Applications
7	Midterm
8	Information Processing Theory: Memory model, Attention and Perception
9	Information Processing Theory: Instructional Applications
10	Constructivism: Assumptions and Perceptives
11	Constructivism: Instructional Applications
12	Neuroscinence of Learning
13	Brain Based Instructional Practices
14	Learning Styles and In structional practices

Recommended Sources

RECOMMENDED SOURCES
Textbook	Dale Schunk,Learning Theories:An Educational Perspective.Pearson Publishing
Additional Resources	Joyce, Weil and Models of Teaching Pearson Publishing

Assessment

ASSESSMENT
IN-TERM STUDIES	NUMBER	PERCENTAGE
Mid-terms	1	30
Assignment	1	40
Total		70
CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE		30
CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE		70
Total		100

ECTS

ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION
Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours)	15	2	30
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	15	2	30
Mid-terms	1	2	2
Ödev	1	2	2
Final examination	1	2	2
Total Work Load			66
Total Work Load / 25 (h)			2.64
ECTS Credit of the Course			3

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