EDUC 3110 - Educational Psychology

(crosslisted) COMM 3110, HD 3110
(CA-AG, KCM-AG) (CU-CEL)

Fall, Spring. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

B. Duff.

Educational psychology is the application of psychological concepts to educational settings. This course examines the dynamic interaction between people as teachers and learners, schools as social and learning environments, and the sociocultural contexts that influence learning. The focus is on those interactions in cognitive, epistemic, social, moral, and personal domains in educational contexts.

Outcome 1: Understand the cognitive, emotional, interpersonal, and social processes involved in learning, teaching, and communicating knowledge and information.

Outcome 2: Create inclusive, caring, and just educational contexts.

Outcome 3: Make ethical judgments about the content and process of education.

Outcome 4: Critically evaluate how psychological theories are involved in successful educational practice.

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