Introduction to Educational Psychology

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Understand the role of an Educational Psychologist
• Apply psychological theories, models, and research evidence to understand the school experiences of children and young people.
• Apply psychological theories, models, and research evidence to improve the experience of marginalised students in school.
• Communicate psychological theories, models, and research evidence in an accessible way.

We'll start with what a day in the life of an EP actually looks like.

We'll also consider the application of key theories, models, and ideas in psychology to real-world problems in schools, these include attachment and the internal working model, the belongingness hypothesis, anxiety, learning and motivation, language, minority stress, autism, and positive psychology.

Lecturers are a mixture of practicing educational psychologists and experts within areas relevant to educational psychology practice.

Recorded content and lectures that discuss how Educational Psychologists apply that content.

There will be quizzes during the module (which do not contribute to the final mark) so that students can test their understanding before the final assessment.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.