BSc Educational Psychology

Year of entry: 2024

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Course unit details:
Social psychology of Education

Course unit fact file
Unit code	EDUC13052
Credit rating	10
Unit level	Level 1
Teaching period(s)	Semester 2
Available as a free choice unit?	Yes

Overview

This unit takes an exploratory case approach by ‘walking through’ the many experiences of a individual in relation to social-psychological processes. The unit builds upon each session to paint an increasingly complex picture of social psychological in relation to:

Perception of self
Perception of others
Interrelationships between pupils and teachers
Group processes and conformity
Group processes, friends and enemies
The role of the school

Aims

To provide coverage of the BPS qualifying syllabus core area of social Psychology
To develop knowledge of the social psychological processes that impact on learning and teaching

Learning outcomes

Category of outcome	Students should/will (please delete as appropriate) be able to:
Knowledge and understanding	Demonstrate critical insight into the role of intra-personal processes, inter-personal processes and wider socio-cultural influences in the classroom
Intellectual skills	Critically discuss and evaluate recent social psychological theory and research related to education
Practical skills	Application of knowledge to applied learning scenarios.
Transferable skills and personal qualities	Take charge of their own learning and undertake self-directed study to produce a credit-bearing assignment Written communication Oral communication (contributing to discussion and debate) Working with others (group work, case-based work) IT skills (word processing, accessing electronic databases and library facilities, managing references)

Teaching and learning methods

Face to face lectures (e.g. including whole class discussion and debate, case/scenario based learning, and other approaches to learning and teaching)

Blended learning approaches by discussing the developing exploratory case using asynchronous online discussion boards between taught sessions.

Support for students in formative assessmet in preparing for peer assessment.

Accreditation

BPS

Assessment methods

Assessment task	Length	How and when feedback is provided	Weighting within unit
Students are to create a poster, suitable for school and academic audiences applying a key theory of social psychology to the context of the school and/or class environment. Example topics are given below:	1,500	Criterion-referenced peer assessment (30% of final mark) and criterion-based grading from lecturers (70% of final mark)	100%

Self-conception (e.g. self-esteem, self-efficacy, locus of control, social comparison theory)
Motivation (e.g. self-determination, attribution theory)
Friendships (e.g. risk-taking, conformity, group homogeneity)
Student-teacher relationships (e.g. gender stereotypes, teacher's pet, self-fulfilling prophecy)
Bullying (e.g. interpersonal conflict, prejudice)

Feedback methods

Criterion-referenced peer assessment (30% of final mark) and criterion-based grading from lecturers (70% of final mark)

Study hours

Scheduled activity hours
Lectures	15

Independent study hours
Independent study	85

Teaching staff

Staff member	Role
Charlotte Bagnall	Unit coordinator

Additional notes

Activity	Hours Allocated
Staff/ Student contact	15
Online discussion board	20
Private study, reading and assignment preparation	65
Total Hours	100

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