• Ed psychology: Why study?
• Becoming a professional educator
• Scientific method
• Paradigms

Systems Theory

• Systems Model of Human Behavior

Model of Teaching/Learning

• Effective teaching practices
• Model of school learning (Carroll)
• Model of teaching/learning (Huitt)
• Model of effective classrooms (Slavin)
• School processes

Frameworks/Models of Human Behavior

• What is a human being? Why is schooling and education necessary?
• Becoming A Brilliant Star

• Information age & Conceptual age
• Community involvement
• Family/Home environment
• Parent involvement

• Citizenship
• Marriage & family
• Career
• Finances

• Brain & biology
• Individual differences
• Intelligence
• Learning styles
• Motivation
• Physical Development
• Prior knowledge
• Self-concept/Self-esteem
• Student characteristics
• Student success

• Basic skills achievement
• GTOI
• Teacher characteristics
• Teacher efficacy/expectations

Learning and Development Theory: Overview

• Positivism/Realism/Reductionism
  • Behavioral
  • Cognition: Information Processing
• Interpretive
  • Cognitive Constructivism
  • Humanism
  • Radical Constructivism
• Pragmatic
  • Social Learning Theory
  • Social Constructivism
  • Social Cognition
  • Connectivism

Behavioral Learning Theory

• Behavioral learning theories
• Operant conditioning

 Information Processing Learning Theory

• Cognitive domain (Bloom's taxonomy)
• Cognitive learning theories
• Critical thinking
• Information processing
• Metacognition
• Problem solving/decision making
• Study methods (SQ4R)

Cognitive Development

• Piaget

Humanistic Learning Theory

• Affective development
• Humanistic learning theories
• Optimism
• Socioemotional development

Radical Constructivism

• Overview

Social

• Social learning theory
• Social cognition
• Conation/volition
• Friendship development
• Connectivism

Motivation

• Overview
• Maslow

Character & Moral Education

• Character/moral development
• Values
• Spiritual development
• Service learning

• Behavioral objectives
• Goals
• Instructional planning

• Classroom management
• 1st week activities

• 4MAT system of instruction
• Classroom evaluation
• Computer assisted instruction
• Constructivism
• Cooperative learning
• Direct/explicit instruction
• Empathetic listening
• Flipped Classroom
• Grading policies
• Grouping methods
• Instructional methods
• Instructional models
• Mastery learning
• Social Constructivism

• Academic learning time (ALT)
• Content overlap
• Engaged time

• Assessment
• Desired student outcomes
• Measurement & evaluation
• Standardized testing

• Multi-cultural education

Educational Reform

• Educational reform: Four principles
• What research says

Appendices

• Reliability & validity
• Educational research
• Science, philosophy, & religion