Educational Psychology

Pre-requisites: Fulfilled obligations defined by University Statute and Introduction to Educational Psychology exam

Course objectives: Expansion of conceptual frames of the out-of-school areas in educational psychology. Building competences in operational interpretation of educational-psychological phenomena and disposition forming for acquired knowledge application in educational practice.

Course description: Theoretical course: Psychology of creativity; Psychology of communication; Humanistic education (affective education); Theory of psychological counselling; Basic categories and mental hygiene criteria. Practical course: Creativity stimulation techniques; Components of communicative competence; Contents and methods of affective education; Mental health in schools (“hidden curriculum“)

Learning Outcomes: Student will be able: - to critically apply concepts and skills dealing with learning as the most common process of experience acquisition. - to apply techniques of modelling of learning, creativity and teaching intellectual and life skills (helping communication)

Literature/Reading:

• Hok, R. (2004), Četrdeset znanstvenih studija koje su promijenile psihologiju, SLAP, Jastrebarsko.
• Kvaščev, R. (1981), Psihologija stvaralaštva, Zavod za izdavanje udžbenika, Beograd.
• Kvaščev, R. (1972), Razvijanje kritičkog mišljenja kod učenika, Priručnik za nastavnike, Zavod za izdavanje udžbenika, Beograd.
• Craig, R. et all (1996), Contemporary Educational Psychology, concepts, issues, application; John Willey & Sons,inc, New York.
• Kraft, A. (1975), The Living Classroom, Harper & Row Publishers, New York.
• Zarevski, P. (2000), Struktura i priroda inteligencije (10. poglavlje), SLAP, Jastrebarsko.
• Grgin, T. (2002), Školsko ocenjivanje znanja, SLAP, Jastrebarsko.
• Morris, E. (1972), Psychological foundations of education, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc, New York.