2023 Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Department of Social and Human Sciences Graduate major in Social and Human Sciences
Educational Psychology
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Social and Human Sciences
- Instructor(s)
- Kimihiko Yamagishi
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 1-2 Wed (W9-706)
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- SHS.M449
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2023
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 8, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course covers psychological principles pertaining to educational settings, mostly in school environment. The lectures help students to acquire knowledge of psychology of education. For preparation of active-learning classes, the registration deadline is set at am 00:00, April 7th, 2023. Those who did not make the deadline and yet registered shall receive a dismissal notice from the instructor.
Course description and aims
The students are supposed to gain familiarity with psychological knowledge and application to education.
Keywords
education, psychology, schooling
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
In each class, students receive a handout as file attachments in advance, and the lecture goes on by using Powerpoint.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Preadolescent thinking | Understanding the characteristics of thinking until the 6th grade. |
| Class 2 | Adolescent thinking | Understanding the thinking patterns in junior high schools and thereafter. |
| Class 3 | Acquisition of morality | Understanding how youth moral principles develop. |
| Class 4 | Memory processes | Understanding the stages of human memory processes. |
| Class 5 | Intelligence and its educational implications | Understanding educational implications of individual intellectual differences. |
| Class 6 | Acquisition of numbers | Understanding how school children learn to deal with numerical information. |
| Class 7 | Learning motivation | Understanding how motivations matter in learning. |
| Class 8 | In-class presentation by the students and feedbacks from the instructor. | Can present the understanding acquired through the coursework. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Not required. Handouts are distributed for each class.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
• NOT REQUIRED but recommended: Galotti (2017), Cognitive Psychology In and Out of the Laboratory, ASIN :1506351565
Evaluation methods and criteria
In-class learning enthusiasm: 10%
Performance on the final exam and the final presentation: 90%
Related courses
- LAT.A405 ： Cognitive Psychology
- SHS.M448 ： Developmental Psychology
Prerequisites
For preparation of active-learning classes, the registration deadline is set at am 00:00, April 7th, 2023. Those who did not make the deadline and yet registered shall receive a dismissal notice from the instructor. To ensure active-learning style, this course requires a "minimum passenger count" of NINE registrations. The class is dismissed otherwise.
Having earned undergraduate credits of introductory psychology courses.
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
yamagishi.k.aa&m.titech.ac.jp (please replace the ampersand by @)
Office hours
Office hours by appointment.