3-3-0

This course introduces pre-service teachers specializing in elementary and secondary education to the area of Educational Psychology. Educational Psychology prepares the teacher to understand principles of learning/cognition, human development, and motivation and the application of these theories to classroom learning, problem-solving, critical thinking and teaching, design of curricula, learners' with special needs, classroom management, and assessment and evaluation.

Prerequisites: EDU 200 or EDU 201and EDU215 or EDU216 are prerequisites or corequisites with permission.