Great Basin College
EPY 330
Foundations of Education
Spring 2017 Syllabus
Instructor Information
Instructor:
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Office Hours:
Brian Zeiszler
MCML 118
753-2214
[email protected]
By appointment
Course Information
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Prerequisites:
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Principles of Educational Psychology
EPY 330
Teacher Education
Introduction to the science of education; application of methods and results of experimental
psychology to the classroom.
ENG 102 and sophomore standing or a minimum of 30 credit hours.
Online
Textbooks
Required Textbooks:
Educational Psychology: Windows on Classrooms, Eggen, P., Kauchak, D. (New Jersey: Pearson,
10th ed., 2016)
ISBN 10: 0-13-354948-8
ISBN 13: 978-0-13-354948-5
Learning Outcomes
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Identify current issues in the changing field of educational psychology.
Demonstrate the fundamentals of behavioral and social-cognitive learning theories and develop successful learning strategies
based on these theories.
Explain the major theories of cognitive, social, and moral development in children and their application for teaching practice.
Develop ideas and strategies for enhancing student motivation.
Investigate issues that affect school and classroom climate, including classroom management, and the impact they have on
learning and teaching.
Measurement of Learning Outcomes
Discussion Postings in WebCampus (20%)
You are required to post a response to a question for each module that has a discussion. Your posting must be completed by the due date
listed, no later than 11:59 PM so that others have an opportunity to respond to your reply by the close of the module. You are required to
reply to the posts of at least 2 other students (3 or more for max points). Your reply will be assessed for its thoughtfulness, ability to
extend the thinking of another, ability to critique or compare the thinking of others to your own. Replying with a simple statement like “I
agree…” does not fulfill this task.
Chapter Reading Quizzes (5%)
Each chapter will have a self -study quiz. Quizzes are delivered via WebCampus and are open book, open note, and are encouraged to be
taken in a cooperative setting with fellow classmates. Each quiz can be taken two (2) times. The highest score will be recorded.
Writing Assignments (25%)
Students will be periodically required to submit writing assignments that extend the understanding of the content. The assignments will
include research journal analyses and reactions, lesson plans, book studies, and educational scenarios.
Final Presentation (10%)
Each student will develop a presentation that can be used in a classroom setting and focuses on an educational psychology topic. Students
will be allowed flexibility in designing the project in consultation with the professor.
Summative Assessments (20%)
Two summative assessments will be given (see schedule on last page). They will be multiple choice and essay format. Exam content will
be taken directly from the textbook, resource material, and other presentations.
Final Exam (20%)
A final exam will be given during finals week. The exam will be the same format and content outline as the other summative exams.
Policy Statements
Late Work:
All assignments are due on the date listed on the syllabus or in WebCampus. Late work is
not accepted unless prearranged because of extenuating circumstances.
Students with Disabilities:
GBC supports providing equal access for students with disabilities. An advisor is
available to discuss appropriate accommodations with students. Please contact the ADA
Officer (Julie Byrnes) in Elko at 775.753.2271 at your earliest convenience to request
timely and appropriate accommodations.
Student Responsibilities:
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Read and understand the contents of the GBC catalog.
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Become familiar with all GBC policies and procedures.
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Be aware of all GBC deadlines, including dates for registration, change of registration and fee payment.
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Contribute to the maintenance of a campus environment conducive to intellectual curiosity, civility, and diversity.
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Keep GBC informed of changes in address, phone number, enrollment changes which might affect financial aid awards
and/or any other circumstances which could affect satisfactory progress toward a degree.
Policy of Academic Integrity: Academic honesty is expected in this course. All student work must be original and authentic. Any acts of
cheating, copying, and/or plagiarizing are violations of the UCCSN code of conduct and will be taken seriously. Students who cheat, copy
another’s work, or plagiarize from the Internet or other sources will fail the course regardless of other course work and are subject to
dismissal from the academic institution. The definition of plagiarism as adopted by the GBC Faculty Senate is:
“Plagiarism is presenting someone else’s word, ideas or data as one’s own. When a student submits work that includes the words,
ideas, or data of others, the source of that information must be acknowledged through complete, accurate, and specific references;
and if verbatim statements are included, through quotation marks as well. In academically honest writing or speaking, the
students will acknowledge the source whenever:
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Another person’s actual words are quoted
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Another person’s idea, opinion or theory is used, even if it is completely paraphrased in the student’s own
words
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Facts, statistics, or other illustrative materials are borrowed, unless the information is common
knowledge.”
Recycling one’s own work from another class or a previous version of this class is also considered plagiarism.
Withdrawal from a Course: Students, if they choose to withdraw, need to drop a course before 60% of the course has elapsed. If they do
not, there will be no "W" grade option at the end of the semester and students will be assigned an "F". Faculty will not be allowed to
assign a grade of W.
Grading Scale
Please be aware that this is an upper-division education course and students must earn at least a B- to advance to
student teaching
C, Emergent
73-76
A, Exceptional
94-100
C70-72
A90-93
D+
67-69
B+
87-89
D
63-66
B, Proficient
83-86
D60-62
B80-82
C+
77-79
F
BELOW 60
Course Outline/Content/Schedule
Module
Dates*
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Open
Mon 1/23
Mon 1/30
Mon 2/6
Mon 2/13
Sun 2/19
Mon 2/20
Mon 2/27
Mon 3/6
Mon 3/13
Sun 3/12
Mon 3/27
Mon 4/3
Mon 4/10
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Mon 4/17 Mon
Mon 5/1 Sat
Sun 5/14 Fri
Tue 5/23
Topic
Close
Mon 1/30
Mon
2/6
Mon 2/13
Mon 2/20
Tue
2/21
Mon 2/27
Mon
3/6
Mon 3/13
Mon 3/27
Tue
3/28
Mon
4/3
Mon 4/10
Mon 4/17
5/1
5/13
5/19
Understanding learning and teaching, research (ch1)
Cognitive and language development (ch2)
Personal, social, and moral development (ch3)
Learner diversity (ch4 and part of ch5)
Summative Exam #1
Behaviorism and social cognitive theory (ch6)
Cognitive learning and human memory (ch7)
Complex cognitive processes (ch8)
Principles of cognitive learning theory and Constructivism (ch9)
Summative Exam #2
Motivation and learning (ch10)
Promoting student motivation in the classroom (ch11)
Classroom Management and developing self-regulated learners
(ch12)
Effective Teaching and Learning (ch 13-15)
Final Projects and Presentations
Final Exam
Grades Due
*The instructor reserves the right to modify the schedule at any time during the semester