Education
2005
Dates |
Topic
|
24th January
|
Introduction
Assessing Education Performance
Types and Limitations of
psychometric tests
|
31st January
|
Types of performance assessments at different ages
Implications of assessments and categorisation
|
7th February
|
Individual
differences in Educational Performance: cultural
diversity and gender issues
Differences in Educational Performance
Explanations for differential educational performance
|
14th February
|
Strategies for improving educational performance
Special
Educational Needs
Definitions, types and assessment of special educational
needs (including gifted children)
|
28th February
|
Causes and effects of one specific learning difficulty or
disability
Strategies for
educating children with special needs
|
7th March
|
Perspectives
on Learning
Behaviourist applications to
learning
Humanistic applications to learning
|
14th March |
Cognitive applications to learning
Learning and teaching
styles
Definitions, theories and measurement of learning and
teaching styles
|
21st March |
individual differences in learning and teaching styles
improving learning effectiveness (study skills)
|
29th March
|
Motivation and Educational Performance
definitions,
types and theories of motivation
improving
motivation
|
4th April
|
motivation issues: attribution theory
and learned helplessness
Disruptive behaviour in
schools
types, explanations and effects of
disruptive behaviours
|
25th April
|
causes and effects
of one disruptive behaviour
corrective and
preventive strategies
|
3rd May
|
Design and
layout of educational environments
physical
features of learning environments
effects of
physical features on performance and feelings
|
9th May
|
creating
better environmental conditions for learning
|
Homework
Questions
My SCITT notes
Types and Causes of Disadvantage
Education - Monitoring of children's progress - essay
tips
Education - Teachers' Input
Link to a good Educational psychology site
