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EDN 203 Syllabus:
An Overview of Course Content and Student Responsibilities
EDN 203 – Psychological Foundations of
Teaching
University of North Carolina – Wilmington
Watson School of Education
Department of Instructional Technologies, Foundations, and Secondary Education
Semester: Spring 2011
Instructor: Dr. Angela Housand
[email protected]
EB 373
[phone]
Office Hours: Tuesdays 2:00 to 5:00
Wednesday 3:00 to 5:00
Online by appointment
Course Description:
Psychological Foundations is a one-semester undergraduate introduction to theories of learning,
motivation, and assessment, provide a foundation for understanding the classroom as an
instructional system. The purpose of this course it to equip teachers with a set of theoretical
lenses closely connected to practical tools for understanding and supporting student learning
motivation and assessment.
The course is divided into 4 Units of Study:
1. Introduction to the Field of Educational Psychology
2.
○ Cluster 1: Learning, Teaching, and Educational
Psychology
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○ Cluster 2 (Module 3 ONLY): Development: Some General
Principles
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3.
4. Creating Learning Environments to Meet Various Needs
5.
○ Cluster 12 : Creating Learning Environments

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○ Cluster 4: Learner Differences and Learner Needs
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○ Cluster 13: Teaching Every Student
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○ Cluster 5: Culture and Diversity
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6.
7. Motivating Learning
8.
○ Cluster 11: Motivation in Learning and Teaching
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○ Cluster9: The Learning Sciences, Constructivism, and Constructivist
Teaching
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○ Cluster 10: Social Cognitive Views of Learning and
Motivation
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9.
10. Assessment
11.
○ Cluster 14: Classroom Assessment, Grading, and
Standardized Testing
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This course requires ONE visit to the UNCW Main Campus to participate in a simulation activity,
but is primarily a web based delivery format. This online course incorporates simulations,
discussions, assignments, and examinations into a structure of regularly scheduled learning
sessions. See Course Due Dates for a schedule of the learning sessions. In an online class,
internet time is our class time, preparation time, and presentation time…for a 3 hour course that
is a lot of hours. For example, typically a 3 hour course is 45 contact hours and it is expected for
every contact hour students will put in about 3 hours. So, 45 hrs. + 135 hrs. = 180 hrs. and that
would be considered a minimum. There is no "set amount" of time to be spent on each learning
session, but each is designed to cover a considerable amount of material, and therefore
requires time to complete. Online learning is NOT easy . In online instruction, the emphasis is
definitely on what you learn. You will get as much out of this course as you put into it. The
instructor facilitates your learning by setting the stage for you to read, research, apply,
synthesize, discuss, and reflect.