* Syllabus is posted.

COURSE DESCRIPTION  

Students will explore theoretical frameworks of educational psychology and their applications to classroom teaching.

COURSE MATERIALS

Required Textbook:

Eggen, P. & Kauchak, D. (2020). Using educational psychology in teaching (11^th edition). Pearson.

Other resources: e-Learning course platform

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of this course:

1. Students will understand theoretical elements of educational psychology
2. Students will apply theories of educational psychology to classroom teaching.
3. Students will effectively demonstrate knowledge and skills of course content.

     4. Students will evaluate theories and practices in educational psychology.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND ASSIGNMENTS

I expect all students in this class to become highly knowledgeable, skillful professionals who are life-long learners and activists for social justice. To demonstrate professionalism as prospective educators, each student should:

• be responsible for submitting assignments in a timely manner and contacting me if they are not able to follow the course schedule for any reasons.
• work hard on assignments to develop knowledge, skills, and attitudes to be competent, skillful, responsive educators/teachers.  
• Educational psychology course requires students to understand a lot of concepts and their applications. Therefore, checking students’ understandings of basic concepts is necessary. The exams are designed to complete this purpose (course objective #1 and # 2) unlike other courses in a graduate program.
• Discussion assignment is designed to mainly accomplish the course objectives # 2 and # 4.
• Presentation assignment is designed to mainly accomplish the course objectives # 3 as well as other objectives as a whole.
• Class PPT will be posted every Tuesday and Thursday at 6pm.
• Assignments are explained in the box below
• Weekly schedules are in the syllabus. Please download the syllabus and read it carefully. 
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• Assignment	Title and Description	Details	Deadline and Points
  1	*Presentation of content: Each student will present topics of theories and practices throughout the session 2. This assignment replaces a final project (paper)	Starting on week 2, students will present topics of course content to class by creating PPT, video, or other formats. The PPT will include concise summary, video link, visual materials.	One day before presentation posting Late submission: Since your presentation is a critical component for each class day’s learning, a late submission will affect your grade: 70% of the total points 50 points
  2	**Weekly discussion: Students will respond to discussion questions that each the course instructor provides after Thursday class (5 times during the session)	Weekly topics are based on every week’s topics. Students should post their initial responses and leave comments on peers’ initial responses (at least two classmates’ responses).	Monday at 11:59 pm. No discussion on mid and final exam weekends   10 points each week
  3	Exams: course readings + PPT   Mid-session Exam (11/1 Sunday)   Final-session Exam (11/22 Sunday)	The exams include multiple-choice and short essay questions.	Exam will be open on Sunday morning (9 am) and will be closed Monday night (11:59 pm). Once you take the exam, it will take 30-40 minutes. You can re-try the exam one more time if you want. Therefore, exams can be taken twice within 39 hours in total (Sunday 9 am - Monday 11:59 pm). One day late submission (after Monday night through Tuesday night) will affect points reduction: 70% of the total. No acceptance of late submission after Tuesday night.   50points each exam
  4.	Miscellaneous participation	I will request your participation in activities such as Kahoot, filling out google document or google classroom, and/or discussion forum on topics as needed.	5 points for each participation