Objectives and competences
The student develops the ability for transferring theoretical knowledge into the educational praxis: He is capable of design lessons following the principles of learning by discovery and cooperative learning. He can design knowledge tests.
Content (Syllabus outline)
Cognitive and social cognitive approaches to learning:
Learning by discovery, scaffolding, cognitive apprenticeship.
Examples of learning by discovery lessons in science and social science education.
Cooperative learning- STAD, TGT, group investigation Jigsaw II.
Assessment of students work:
Knowledge tests – metric characteristics
Authentic assessment- portfolio methods.
Quantitative and Qualitative methods of research and planning:
Obstacles in valid research internal and external validation.
Experiment, experimental design, data analysis, correlation analysis.
- The evaluation of teachers work, schools and curricula.
Learning and teaching methods
Learning by discovery, role playing, E-learning, frontal methods of learning.
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
The student is capable of designing lessons based on cognitive and social cognitive theoretical concepts.
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
He can design, an educational experiment; and quantitative and qualitative analyze the obtained data.
Readings
• Woolfolk,A. Pedagoška Psihologija,Ljubljana: Educy, 2002
• N. Jaušovec: Naučiti se misliti, Educa, N. Gorica, 1993
• Slavin R.E.: Cooperative Learning, Prentice Hall, NJ, 1990
• Peklaj, C., (Ed.): Sodelovalno učenje – ali Kdaj več glav več ve, Ljubljana: DZS, 2000
• Zorman, L.: Sestava testov znanja, Zavod za šolstvo , Ljubljana, 1974
• Phye, G.D.: Handbook of classroom assessment, San Diego, AP, 1997
