Class Schedule
Jan.
16 Introduction
Jan.
23 What
is Instructional Psychology?
Reading Assignment: Reigeluth, ch. 1; Airasian & Walsh, Constructivist
Cautions (electronic
reserve).
Jan.
30 Classical
Instructional Theory: Gagne.
Reading Assignment: Aronson & Briggs, Contributions of Gagne and Briggs
to a Prescriptive Model of Instruction
(electronic
reserve).
Feb.
6 Direct
Instruction
Reading Assignment: Engelmann et al, The Direct Instruction Follow Through
Model: Design and Outcomes (electronic
reserve).
Feb.
13 Direct
Instruction & Constructivism
Reading Assignment: Reigeluth, ch. 7.
Feb.
20 Constructivism
Reading Assignment: Reigeluth, ch. 10.
Feb.
27 Teaching
for Understanding
Reading Assignment: Reigeluth, ch. 5.
Mar.
6 Community
of Learners I
Reading Assignment: Brown & Campione, Psychological
Theory and the Design of Innovative Learning Environments: On Procedures,
Principles, and Systems (electronic
reserve).
INSTRUCTIONAL THEORY CRITIQUE DUE
Mar.
13 SPRING BREAK
Mar.
20 Community
of Learners II
Reading Assignment: Reigeluth, ch. 9.
Mar.
27 Teaching
for Transformative Experience
Reading Assignment: Pugh & Girod, Science, Art and Experience:
Constructing a Science Pedagogy from Dewey’s Aesthetics; Pugh, Teaching for Transformative Experiences in
Science: An Investigation of the Effectiveness of Two Instructional Elements. NOTE: you only need to read pages 1101-1112,
1125-1130. You can skim the rest.
(electronic
reserve).
Apr.
3 Motivation: A Goal Theory Model of Education
Reading Assignment: Ames, Classrooms: Goals, Structures, and Student
Motivation; Maehr & Midgley, Enhancing
Student Motivation: A Schoolwide Approach (electronic
reserve).
Apr.
10 Emotional
Intelligence
Reading Assignment: Reigeluth, ch. 22.
Apr.
17 Character
Education
Reading Assignment: Reigeluth, ch. 24.
Apr.
24 NO CLASS (AERA)
May 1 Presentations
YOUR INSTRUCTIONAL THEORY DUE
May 8 Presentations