Key words
Psychologie
Objectives
In everyday life and at the ‘coal face’ of his profession, a remedial educationalist is not able to do without his psychological perceptions. They are the cornerstone of his communication and daily dealings with patients, of his remedial methodologies, group-dynamic processes,… These perceptions are key to the ‘Psychology’ course.
The purpose of this training module is to shape these objectives by fostering and developing the following core skills from the training profile:
- Drawing upon their professional attitude, to give a tailor-made answer (both verbal and non-verbal) to the customer’s plea for help
- he (or she) should, on his own, be able to define and analyze awkward and complex situations in occupational practice and be able to develop and implement sound strategies for problem-solving.
o Proceeding from a clear and definite vision and based on a theoretical framework, (s)he is able to deal methodically with patients.
- Their reasoning is logical, correct and wide-ranging.
o They make adequate and correct use of relevant conceptual frameworks.
- Through his commitment and involvement, the student devises and implements solutions to problems and issues in occupational practice. In this connection, he has the ability to think “outside the box”, is project-oriented, methodical and creative.
o Analyzes a new problem by applying theoretically sound methods.
This training module lies on standard educational route 1 because it constitutes a starting-point (or directly supports) other modules, such as ‘Developmental psychology and pedagogics’ and ‘Working in, and with, groups: 1 and 2’.
Topics
A well-structured overview of the main basic concepts, theories, domains and schools of thought within psychology:
- Introduction: a definition of psychology, psychology as a science, the objectives, the sub-disciplines, the fields of application, therapy, differential psychology,…
- Investigational methods (representative sample, case study, introspection,...).
- Psychological schools of thought:
o Psychoanalysis: including the Freudian conceptual framework and related methods of approach.
o Behaviourism: basic assumptions, conditioning processes, computational modelling,...
o Humanistic psychology: e.g. the theories of Rogers, Gordon, Maslow and basic concepts, such as empathy, client-centred, validation,...
o Rigid thinking & communication-theoretical perspectives.
o Cognitive psychology: cognitive maps, the Stimulus-Organism-Response-Consequences (S-O-R-C) model, learning- and thought processes, Rational Emotive Psychotherapy (RET), memory and (creative/lateral) thinking techniques.
o Evolutionary psychology: illustration of the underlying principle/rationale.
o Other movements or schools of philosophy, e.g. Gestalt psychology.
Entry-level skills
Exit qualifications in secondary education.
Exit-level skills
The core skills from the training profile listed in the ‘objectives’ section are fully underpinned by the following exit-level skills of the training module:
- At the level of knowledge and comprehension; the student:
o With a penchant for completeness, correctly defines psychology as a scientific discipline.
o Correctly defines the essential characteristics and the methods that can be used when analyzing a psychological problem (observation, case study, interview, empathy,..).
o Is able to differentiate between the basic concepts, theories and frameworks of various psychological schools of thought (psychoanalysis, behaviourism, humanistic psychology, cognitive psychology, Gestalt psychology, rigid thinking, evolutionary psychology, ...).
o Can cite the main literary criticisms of various psychological theories.
Prerequisites
Final Objectives
Materials used
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Learning pack (obtainable via the courseware department).
Study costs
10 euros
Study guidance
Individual consultation (tutoring/monitoring) by appointment.
Teaching Methods
Lectures (Q&A technique, illustrations, discussing particular cases, assimilation of textual material and personal supplementary work by the students).
Assessment
This training module is evaluated after the 1st 6-month term.
A written examination with multiple choice questions. The examination focuses on the topics and exit-level skills of this training module. The total number of questions is limited to what can be got through comfortably within the allotted time for the exam.
Resits:
An analogous written exam is organized during the resits.
Lecturer(s)
Rudy Schellaert: rudy.schellaert@hogent.be
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