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Module code:PSYC3104(Add to my personalised list)
Title:Psychology and Education
Credit value:.5
Division:Division of Psychology and Language Sciences
Module organiser:Dr Anne Schlottmann
Organiser's location:Division of Psychology and Language Sciences
Organiser's email:a.schlottmann@ucl.ac.uk
Available for students in Year(s):3,
Module prerequisites:Students must have relevant lower level Psychology or equivalent. Non-Psychology students wishing to take this course as an elective need to contact the Psychology Third Year Tutor. Affiliate students need to contact the UG Teaching Administrator for Psychology. Without tutor agreement the choice will not be approved on Portico. Please see the information sheet on this webpage: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/psychlangsci/students/current/subsidiary/subsidiary_psychology 
Module outline:Topics have been selected to illustrate the typical application of a wide range of psychological theory and research to educational practice. Aspects of both normal learning and development and atypical performance and behaviour are sampled and examples are drawn where possible from the professional practice of educational and child psychologists. The following areas are included: Motivation in education. Inclusion of children with special educational needs. Exclusion from school. School ethos and student identity. The use of language in school. Literacy development. Numeracy development. Dyslexia. Bullying. Restorative justice.  
Module aims:To examine ways in which psychological theory and research can inform educational practice. 
Module objectives:Students should 1) gain an appreciation of ways in which psychology has been applied to education, 2) be challenged to think about implications of psychological research for improving the effectiveness of teaching and learning, 3) develop an awareness of educational psychology practice in schools and with parents. 
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Module timetable:https://cmis.adcom.ucl.ac.uk:4443/timetabling/moduleTimet.do?firstReq=Y&moduleId=PSYC3104 
Module assessment:Unseen three-hour written examination 100.00%.
 
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Taking this module as an option?:Not without pre-requisites and approval, see above 
Link to virtual learning environment(registered students only)Moving to Moodle for 2013-14 
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