504 Educational Psychology Students are acquainted with the relationship of between pedagogics and psychology in educational psychology. Students learn will training exercises and cooperative learning in practice. The course analyses the essence of curriculum, its place in educational structure, in a Society and the influence of Social change on it. Different educational theories, their ideological and ethical background, the peculiarities of theories and their interrelation are presented and analyzed. The possibilities to develop curriculum and future perspectives are discussed.
Students go deep into curriculum of Lithuanian school which is being reformed.
The Course investigates the relationship between school and society. The importance of sociological, pedagogical and psychological research in planning change in education is emphasized. The similarities and differences in research issues and methods are emphasizes too. Destination of education, possibilities to influence social life and role of social order in planning social life changes clears up in the course. The aim of the course is to present some information to the audience about the theoretical and practical issues of cognitive and social development in childhood and adolescence to discuss the most important psychological problems of that age and to discuss the ways of their solution at home and at school.