Educational Psychology (Pre-School Specialty)

Educational Psychology is a subject created from Core Module 1, namely Educational Processes, Learning and Personality Development, which is taught in the first academic year of the Undergraduate Degree in Child Education. The subject Educational Psychology provides basic training related to the knowledge of variables which have a clear impact on students? learning process. It also presents explanatory theories of the process of acquisition of school abilities and competences, the result of such process, and the interaction among the different interpersonal and contextual variables. This subject allows students to understand the characteristics of their own students, and the way to improve the learning process.

It is related to other subjects of the Core Module, like Developmental Psychology 0-3; Developmental Psychology 3-6, and Design of Educational Processes in Child Education. Although this last subject adopts a more didactic approach to the learning processes and its application to the educational context, all of them are taught in the first academic year. Educational Psychology is also related to other core subjects such as Learning and Developmental Disabilities, and in a practical way to the Work Placements (1, 2, 3), as students will be able to apply the knowledge and competences learnt, as well as their role as pre-school teachers.

Course will consist of 60hrs of in class work and 90 hrs of independent work outside the classroom.