Educational psychology—Psychological foundations of education track
Mission statement
"To apply and generate knowledge of psychological
processes and methodological procedures involved in learning and
teaching for the betterment and improvement of humans in a wide range
of situations."
Overview
The psychological foundations of education track is housed within the Department
of Educational Psychology, which is itself housed in the College of
Education and Human Development. This track consists of approximately
100 master's and doctoral students and 15 faculty in the two specialty
areas listed below and the quantitative methods in education (QME) track
within the Department of Educational Psychology.
Psychological foundations prepares graduates to take
leadership positions in research and teaching in colleges and
universities, schools, private industry, human service organizations,
health care units, government agencies, and other research and
development centers.
Students are admitted to the educational psychology graduate program in the
psychological foundations track for either the master of
arts (M.A.) or
doctor
of philosophy (Ph.D.) program. Applicants need not hold a master's
degree to apply to the doctoral program.
Learning
and cognition/educational technology students focus on research in
decision making, problem solving, intelligence, text comprehension,
technology-enhanced learning, mathematical and causal reasoning,
teaching effectiveness, cognition in diagnostic testing, and software
evaluation.
Social psychological and
social developmental processes in educational psychology
(including human relations)
This area takes an inter-disciplinary approach to examining the
social and social developmental processes that relate to
outcomes in schools and other educational settings across the
life span. Specific topics addressed by individual students are
defined by the student and his/her committee and they include:
social influence processes, group dynamics, methods of
organizational change and conflict resolution, cooperative
learning, the development and functions of play, aggression in
schools, and human relations.
Quantitative methods in education (QME)
is a new track within the Department of Educational Psychology and
is affiliated with the psychological foundations track. QME students
may specialize in any of four areas: measurement, evaluation,
statistics, and statistics education. QME students learn to develop
tests and surveys used to collect data in educational settings,
analyze these data with statistical procedures, and evaluate
educational programs.
Revised October 2006 |
