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ED22005: Educational psychology in policy and practice

[Page last updated: 15 August 2024]

Academic Year: 2024/25
Owning Department/School: Department of Education
Credits: 5 [equivalent to 10 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 100
Level: Intermediate (FHEQ level 5)
Period:
Semester 1
Assessment Summary: CWRA 70%, CWVI 30%
Assessment Detail:
  • Personal educational experience and critical reflection (CWVI 30%)
  • Personal educational experience and critical reflection (CWRA 70%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Learning Outcomes:
  • Identifying key concepts in educational psychology.
    • Understanding processes in relation to the nature of learning disorders and difficulties.
  • Applying psychological ideas and theories to analyse key policy movements in education.
  • Exploring psychology's contribution to current trends in educational policy.
  • Examining the need for a critical psychological approach to educational policy.



Synopsis: Explore the relationship between psychology and education. Youll examine the field of educational psychology from an applied, theoretical, and critical perspective. This will help you develop your awareness of the current educational policy landscape and how it shapes, and is shaped by, psychology. You will also apply key concepts from educational psychology to educational practice and experience.

Content: The unit explores the relationship between psychology and education from two perspectives. The first part of the unit adopts a more traditional, applied focus on educational psychology in practice. In this part of the unit, students will focus on core ideas, theories, and concepts commonly employed in educational psychology. They will also be introduced to common learning-related disorders and difficulties. The second part of the unit adopts a critical psychology lens to explore the connections between psychology and education on another level. Students will critically explore how educational policies can be seen to impact people psychologically and emotionally and will critique education policy from this angle. They will also explore how psychology has contributed to injustices in the current education system.

Course availability:

ED22005 is Compulsory on the following courses:

Department of Education
  • UHED-AFB20 : BA(Hons) Education with Psychology (Year 2)
  • UHED-AKB20 : BA(Hons) Education with Psychology with professional placement (Year 2)

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