Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
LEARNING PSYCHOLOGY RPZ211 3. Semester 2 + 2 3.0 5.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors Eylem Gökçe CENGİZ
Assistants
Goals The course intends to work through the learning psychology theories and therelation between theory and practice.
Course Content The course contains subjects as follows; basic concepts of learning psychology, learning and brain, behaviorism, social learning theory, information processing approach, socio-cultural theory and motivation in education.
Learning Outcomes 1) Understands the scope and research areas of learning psychology
2) Understands the behavioristic approaches
3) Defines behavior change techniques.
4) Comprehends social and cognitive learning theories.
5) Explains the educational implications of social and cognitive learning theories.
6) Chooses appropriate behavior modification techniques and apply them on a given sample.
7) Discusses the theories of learning psychology in terms of educational practices.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Introduction to learning psychology and basic concepts Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week Learning and brain Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week Behaviorism and Classical Conditioning Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week Operant Conditioning Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week Operant Conditioning applications Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week Social-Cognitive Theory Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week Mid-term exam Question Answer
Opinion Pool
 Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time)
8. Week Memory and basic components Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week Long term memory and storage Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week Long term memory and knowledge structure, recall, forgetting Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week Socio cultural theory and contextual approaches Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week Metacognition and self regulation Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week Motivation affection and cognition Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week General evaluation and discussion Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Ormrod, J.E. (2012). Öğrenme Psikolojisi, (Çev. Ed.; M. Baloğlu) Ankara:Nobel

Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program RequirementsContribution LevelDK1DK2DK3DK4DK5DK6DK7
PY155555500
PY255555555
PY350005500
PY455000005
PY555555555

*DK = Course's Contrubution.
0 1 2 3 4 5
Level of contribution None Very Low Low Fair High Very High
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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 2
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 3
Homework 1 5
Presentation (Including Preparation Time) 2 6
Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice , Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice) 2 2
Midterm Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 10
Final Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 40
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course
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Course Information
  • Course Information
  • Weekly Topics (Content)
  • Sources Used in This Course
  • Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
  • ECTS credits and course workload