- Specific Context of the Teaching/Learning Situation
How many students are in the class? Is the course primary, secondary, undergraduate, or graduate level? How long and frequent are the class meetings? How will the course be delivered: live, online, blended, flipped or in a classroom or lab? What physical elements of the learning environment will affect the class? What technology, networking and access issues will affect the class?
22 secondary students in 1 section.
Students meet every day for 42 minutes.
Students will have a mixture of live and online learning in a blended learning form.
Students will receive information through google classroom.
- General Context of the Learning Situation
What learning expectations are placed on this course or curriculum by: the school, district, university, college and/or department? the profession? society?
The purpose of this course is to introduce the high school student to the study of Psychology.
- Create compelling questions representing key ideas within the disciplines.
- Develop supporting questions that contribute to an inquiry and demonstrate how, through engaging source work, new compelling and supporting questions emerge.
- Gather relevant information from multiple sources representing a wide range of views while using the origin, authority, structure, context, and corroborative value of the sources to guide the selection.
- Evaluate the credibility of a source by examining how experts value the source.
- Construct arguments using precise and knowledgeable claims, with evidence from multiple sources, while acknowledging counterclaims and evidentiary weaknesses.
- Nature of the Subject
Is this subject primarily theoretical, practical, or a combination? Is the subject primarily convergent or divergent? Are there important changes or controversies occurring within the field?
Students will be shown both the theoretical and practical practices of psychology.
- Characteristics of the Learners
What is the life situation of the learners (e.g., socio-economic, cultural, personal, family, professional goals)? What prior knowledge, experiences, and initial feelings do students usually have about this subject? What are their learning goals and expectations?
Students will assess how psychology can be applied to a wide range of areas in their lives. Students need not have any prior knowledge about psychology. Their past experiences will be used to make connections to psychological principles and concepts.
- Characteristics of the Teacher
What beliefs and values does the teacher have about teaching and learning? What is his/her attitude toward: the subject? students? What level of knowledge or familiarity does s/he have with this subject? What are his/her strengths in teaching?
As the teacher of this course for several years, I feel it is important that all students have a basic understanding of psychology. The reason being is that no matter what area of education they plan on following psychology will play a part. It is my belief that students need to have a basic understanding of psychological concepts better help them understand how they learn and others around them learn as well.
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