EDS 3200 - Educational Psychology Applied to Teaching

Credits: 3 (3 + 0)

Prerequisite(s): EDS 3110 and EDS 3120, or permission of instructor; and completion of General Studies requirements in Written Communication, Oral Communication, and Quantitative Literacy.

Description: This course provides an emphasis on making appropriate decisions to meet the developmental needs of diverse children, with special focus on children in middle and high school. The teacher candidate develops professional teaching skills needed to establish an effective classroom group and to integrate participation of other school professionals and parents in meeting student needs. Students apply theory to educational practice as they investigate psychosocial, cognitive, and moral development; student characteristics; assessment; learning theories; student motivation; and classroom management.