Courses
Culture, development and learning in educational psychology. 3 ECTS credits. University of Barcelona. Prof.: Judith Oller.
Construction of psycho-educational knowledge: epistemological and methodological fundaments. 3 ECTS credits. University of Barcelona. Prof.: Judith Oller.
Canons of scientific and professional communication in educational psychology. 6 ECTS credits. Ramon Llull University. Prof.: Anna Sala.
Current views and tendencies in educational psychology. 6 ECTS credits. University of Barcelona. 6 ECTS credits. University of Barcelona. Prof.: Javier Onrubia.
Contents:
- Relations between psychological knowledge, theory, and educational practice.
- Sociocultural approaches to education and learning.
- Constructivism, socio-cultural constructivism and constructivist approaches in education.
- Educational applications and implications of socio-cultural constructivist approaches.
- Epistemological debates on the construction of psycho-educational knowledge:
- Quantitative, qualitative and mixed research
- Epistemological coherence and methodological multiplicity
- From basic research to applied research: the Pasteur’s quadrant.
- General methodological strategies of research and intervention in educational psychology: case study, design-based research, evaluative research.
- Brain and learning: the neurological bases of learning
- Situated and distributed cognition, situated learning and teaching.
- Learning and systems of activity
- Formal and school education in the information society and the new ecology of learning
- Academic and professional texts in educational psychology: norms, canons and conventions.
- Writing of academic and professional texts in educational psychology
Requirements: no requirements
Research in educational psychology
Courses:
Methods and techniques of research in educational psychology. 6 ECT credits. Autonomous University of Barcelona. Prof.: Crita Weise and Carme Viladrich.
Issues and current lines of research in educational psychology. 6 ECT credits. University Ramon Llull. Prof.: Montserrat Castelló.
Contents:
Strategic decision making in the elaboration of research designs in educational psychology.
- Methods and techniques of qualitative research in educational psychology: design, gathering and analysis of data.
- Software of qualitative analysis.
- Methods and techniques of quantitative research in educational psychology: design, gathering and analysis of data.
- Software of quantitative analysis.
- Scientific communication and processes of indexing.
- Main documental bases in educational psychology.
- Evaluation of scientific publications: modes and procedures of peer-review.
- Fields and research lines in educational psychology at the universities of MIPE and other Spanish, European and foreign universities.
Requirements: Students must have successfully completed, or must be simultaneously studying at least one course out of Subject Matter 1.
Psycho-educational intervention
Courses:
Psychological consultation and intervention in formal education. 6 ECTS credits. University of Barcelona. Prof.: Javier Onrubia and Marta Minguela. Teaching plan
Professional practice of educational psychology in childhood, adolescence and youth. 3 ECTS credits. University of Girona. Prof.: David Subero.
Professional practice of educational psychology in adulthood and old age. 3 ECT credits. University of Girona. Prof.: Arantza del Valle.
Contents:
- Conceptions of individual differences, learning, and educational consultation. The constructivist educational model of consultation.
- Organization of psycho-pedagogical services of orientation and consultation.
- Psycho-educational intervention oriented to the optimization of educational institutions.
- Educational consultation and processes of change towards inclusive educational institutions.
- Psycho-educational intervention oriented to the optimization of processes of teaching and learning, and attention to diversity.
- Educational consultation and improvement of processes of teaching and learning in the classroom.
- Psycho-pedagogic evaluation and educational consultation for the elaboration of curricular adaptations.
- New demands to educational psychology from formal and school education.
- New demands to educational psychology from non-formal education
Requirements: Students must have successfully completed, or must be simultaneously studying, at least one course out of Subject Matter 1.ar simultáneamente al menos una asignatura de la materia 1.
Teaching and learning in formal and school education
Courses:
Psychological fundaments of school curriculum: design and development. 6 ECT credits. University of Vic. Prof. Mila Naranjo y Verónica Jiménez.
Analysis of school educational practices: learning, activity and discourse. 6 ECT credits. University of Barcelona. Prof.: Anna Ginesta.
Inclusive education and attention to diversity. 6 ECTS credits. Universitat de Vic. Prof.: José Ramón Lago.
Learning, assessment and quality of education. 6 ECTS credits. University of Barcelona. Prof.: Mª José Rochera.
Contents:
- Theoretical approaches to observation and analysis of formal educational practices.
- Activity, joint activity, and mechanisms of educational influence.
- Discursive strategies, semiotic mechanisms and construction of knowledge in formal educational practices.
- Assessment of school learning from a situated socio-cultural constructivist perspective.
- Evaluation and processes of educational reforms, innovation and improvement of education.
- International comparative evaluations on students’ learning.
- Inclusive education, adaptive teaching, and attention to diversity.
- Strategies of attention to diversity in educational institutions.
- From theories of learning to psycho-instructional design.
- Constructivist models of instructional design in formal education.
- Design of learning environments based on inquiry: project-based learning, case-based learning, and problem-based learning.
Requirements: Students must have successfully completed, or must be studying, at least one course out of Subject Matter 1.