Applications of Cognitive Psychology in Education

Course Information
TitleΕφαρμογές της Γνωστικής Ψυχολογίας στην Εκπαίδευση / Applications of Cognitive Psychology in Education
CodeΔΤ-602
FacultyPhilosophy
SchoolPsychology
Cycle / Level2nd / Postgraduate
Teaching PeriodSpring
CommonYes
StatusActive
Course ID600016287

Programme of Study: Cognitive Psychology and Applications

Registered students: 3
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
KORMOSElective Courses belonging to the selected specialization2110

Class Information
Academic Year2018 – 2019
Class PeriodSpring
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours2
Total Hours26
Class ID
600130977
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
none
Learning Outcomes
After the completion of the course students are expected to: (a) acquire an in-depth knowledge for current approaches in the study of thinking, intelligence, metacognition, and self-regulated learning, (b) apply this knowledge in education, and (c) be acquainted with methods and instruments that are used for the evaluation of cognitive, metacognitivwe, and self-regulated learning skills in the school context.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in teams
  • Work in an international context
  • Generate new research ideas
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
The course covers the following issues: A) Current approaches in the study of thinking and applications in education: Epistemic thinking and Critical thinking. Intervention studies for fostering Critical thinking skills in education. B) Cognition and metacognition. Theoretical approaches of the relation between metacognition and intelligence and applications in education. C) Metacognition and Cognitive functions: Attention and Meta-attention, Reading comprehension and metacomprehension (intervention studies for the enhancement of comprehension monitoring skills). D) Self-regulated learning (SRL) and evaluation of SRL skills in the school context. Principles for designing educational activities for the promotion of SRL in the school context.
Keywords
Thhinking, Critical Thinking, Epistemic Thinking, Metacognition, Intelligence, Self-regulated learning, Education
Educational Material Types
  • Slide presentations
  • Interactive excersises
  • articles and books
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
Power point for class presentations. Use of e-learning (Moodle) for sending the course material and communicating with students.
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures261
Reading Assigment1044
Written assigments1284.9
Exams20.1
Total26010
Student Assessment
Description
Students will be evaluated as follows: --class participation (10% of the final grade) --oral presentation in class(in groups of 2)(20% of the final grade). --an essay (a review article of 15-20 pages on one of the themes discussed in class)(40% of the final grade) - oral exams after the completion of the lesson(30% of the final grade)
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Assignment (Summative)
  • Oral Exams (Summative)
  • in class oral presentations (Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
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Levels of comprehension monitoring and working memory in good and poor comprehenders. Reading and Writing, 18, 657-686. --Prins, F., Veenman, M. V. J., & Elshout, J. J. (2006). The impact of intellectual ability and metacognition on learning: New support for the threshold of problematicity theory. Learning and Instruction, 16, 374-387. --Schraw, G., & Dennison, R. S. (1994). Assessing metacognitive awareness. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 19, 460-475. --Veenman, M.V.J., & Spaans, M.A. (2005). Relation between intellectual and metacognitive skills: Age and task differences. Learning and Individual Differences, 15, 159-176. --Veenman, M. V. J., Van Hout-Wolters, B. H. A. M., & Afflerbach, P. (2006). Metacognition and learning: Conceptual and methodological considerations. Metacognition Learning, 1, 3-14. --Wechslera, S. M., Saizb, C., Rivasb, S. F., Medeiros Vendraminic, C. M., Almeidad, L. S.,Mundima, M. C., &Francod, A. 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Last Update
05-10-2018