EDU733 Advanced Educational Psychology

[3–0, 3 cr.]

This course is an advanced study of educational psychology, a branch of psychology that specializes in understanding teaching and learning in educational settings. It takes a critical look at the current research and literature in the field, the latest trends and practices in teaching and learning, comparing and contrasting various theories of learning, and analyzing a wide array of contemporary topics, from effective teaching, to cognitive and language development, and from social contexts and cognition in content areas to motivation, planning, classroom management, instruction and technology.