Psychology Course Schedule

Summer Course Schedule

Week 1 

Context and Culture

Monday - Memorial Day

Tuesday

• Familiarize yourself with the course materials and both the main course website and the Blackboard site

• Watch video blog 1

• Watch introduction to the website video blog

• Watch directions for finding textbook 

• Read How Do I Get My Students Over Their Alternative Conceptions (Misconceptions) for Learning?

• Read How People Learn Chapter 2

• Watch How to Journal Video 

Types of Learning and the Developing Brain

Wednesday   

• Read How People Learn Chapter 3

• Watch Brian Brushwood Lecture on human memory

• Watch How to Journal video

• Respond to reflection on readings prompt

 Thursday    

• Read How Do My Students Think: Diagnosing Student Thinking

• Watch videos on Pavlov, Thorndike, Watson, Skinner and Bandura

• Continue reflection on readings

Reflecting on your practice

Friday    Reflect in Journal on Blackboard about how what we have covered so far might inform your practice

Week 2

Processes that Support Learning

Monday   

• Watch Video Blog

• Read How People Learn Chapter 4 

Tuesday

• Watch "Working Together to Develop Powerful Thinkers and Learners" by Ron Ritchhart

• Read Using Praise to Enhance Student Resilience and Learning Outcomes

• Respond to reflection on readings prompt

Knowledge and Reasoning

Wednesday   

• Read How People Learn Chapter 5

• Watch video on 3 ways the mind makes meaning

• Continue reflection on readings   

Thursday    

• Watch Daniel Schwartz "Learning to perceive, telling too soon."

• Read Practice for Knowledge Acquisition (Not Drill and Kill)

• Reflect in Journal on Blackboard about how what we have covered so far might inform your practice

Reflecting on your practice

Friday    Reflect in Journal on Blackboard about how what we have covered so far might inform your practice

Week 3

Motivation to Learn

Monday    

• Read How People Learn Chapter 6

• Watch Video Blog

Tuesday   

• Watch Dan Pink RSA on Motivation

• Read Developing Responsible and Autonomous Learners: A Key to Motivating Students

• Respond to reflection on readings prompt

Implications for Learning in School

Wednesday  

• Read How People Learn Chapter 7

• Watch Asch conformity video and the Stanford Prison Experiment

• Continue reflection on readings

Thursday    

• Watch Daniel Goleman talk on compassion

• Watch Milgram Obedience study. 

• Read Research in Brain Function and Learning: The importance of matching instruction to a child's maturity level

• Continue reflection on readings

Reflecting on your practice

Friday    

• Reflect in Journal on Blackboard about how what we have covered so far might inform your practice

Week 4

Digital Technology

Monday

• Read How People Learn Chapter 8

• Watch Michael Bodekaer Virtual Labs will Revolutionize Science Classes

Tuesday   

• Read Using Technology to Captivate Learners: New research from psychologists

• Watch Sugata Mitra, Build a School in the Cloud

• Respond to reflection on readings prompt

Learning Across the Lifespan

Wednesday    

• Read How People Learn Chapter 9 

• Watch Brené Brown on The Power of Vulnerability

• Continue reflection on readings

Thursday    

• Read Bjork, Self Regulated Learning

• Watch Rachel Beattie Productive Persistence Video

• Continue reflection on readings

Reflecting on your practice

Friday    

• Reflect in Journal on Blackboard about how what we have covered so far might inform your practice

Week 5

Designing Learning Environments

Monday     

• Read How People Learn Chapter 10

Tuesday    

• Watch video on the Adolescent Brain

• Read Using Classroom Data to Give Systematic Feedback to Students to Improve Learning

• Read and listen to The Teen Brain: Its Just Not Grown Up Yet

• Respond to reflection on readings prompt

Continuous Learning Strategies

Wednesday    

• Watch  Ken Robinson on Teaching Creativity

• Continue reflection on readings

Thursday    

• Watch "The New Science of Learning: Concepts and Strategies for Changing the Way we Teach" presented by Todd Zakrajsek.

• Continue reflection on material

Reflecting on your practice

Friday    

• Reflect in Journal on Blackboard about how what we have covered so far might inform your practice