Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Seminar
Module Offerings
6505PSYSLI-APR-PAR
6505PSYSLI-JAN-PAR
6505PSYSLI-SEP-PAR
6505PSYSLI-SEP_NS-PAR
Aims
To explore the application of cognitive psychology to understanding individual differences in children’s academic performance.
To appreciate how social and environmental factors impact children’s academic performance.
To explain developmental disorders in terms of impairments of cognitive processes.
To investigate how developmental disorders affect learning and performance.
To evaluate interventions which are designed to improve aspects of academic performance.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Critically appraise evidence that examines the relationship between cognitive processes and children's academic performance.
2.
Critically discuss how developmental disorders affect children’s academic learning.
3.
Evaluate interventions that could benefit the academic learning of children with developmental disorders.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:In this module students will learn about the cognitive processes involved in children's literacy and numeracy. They will then apply this knowledge to explain how developmental disorders affect children's academic progress. They will also explore interventions to improve progress in specific academic areas (for example reading) and learn how to critically evaluate these interventions.
Additional Information:This module will be of interest for students considering a career in teaching or educational psychology: Factors affecting individual differences in children's academic performance will be explored with a particular emphasis on cognitive factors. In considering educational interventions students will learn about the ethics of research into interventions. They will think critically about the selection of interventions for specific learning difficulties based on research evidence and develop psychological literacy that would be relevant for a career in education.
Students taking this module need to be comfortable with the seminar-style teaching that will be most frequently used.