COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PDR 2009 PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING COMPULSORY 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ASLI UZ BAŞ

Offered to

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to know learning, and to understand the principles of learning ang learning theories.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understanding the basic concepts of learning
2   Definig the factors affecting learning.
3   Understanding learning theores.
4   Interpret the relationships between learning theories.
5   Integrate knowledge of learning in the field of counseling.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The basic concepts of learning
2 The factors affectng learning
3 Learning theories
4 Behavioral learning theories: Pavlov and classical conditioning
5 Watson and Guthrie, Thorndike and connectionism
6 Skinner and operant conditioning
7 Hull, Dollard and Miller, Tolman
8 General Assessment, Course Assessment, Midterm
9 Bandura and Social-Cognitive Theory
10 Cognitive Learning Theories: Gestalt theory
11 Information processing theory
12 Hebb and Neuropsychological learning theory
13 Constructive approach
14 Motivation
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Kaya, A. (2019). Eğitim Psikolojisi. Ankara: Pegem Akademi.
Çelen, N. (1999).Öğrenme Psikolojisi, Istanbul: Imge Kitabevi.
Schunk, D. H. (2009). Öğrenme Teorileri: Eğitimsel Bir Bakışla (Çev. Ed. M. Şahin), Ankara: Nobel Yayın Dağıtım.
Ormrod, J.E. (2016). Öğrenme Psikolojisi (Çev. Ed. M. Baloğlu). Ankara: Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık.
Senemoğlu, N. (2000). Gelişim Öğrenme ve Öğretim, Ankara: Gazi Kitabevi.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, research and discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Examination

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

At least 70% attendance is mandatory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

asli.uzbas@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Always available via Sakai messages. According to the weekly course schedule, face -to -face conversations can be done in the office at the specified hours.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 18 18
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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