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Mind the gap! Using Psychology to engage students

Mind the gap! Using Psychology to engage students. Dr Julie Hulme. Introduction. Motivation; Psychology of learning; Making it work!. The Psychology of motivation. Competing theories (Reeve, 2005 cites 24): e.g. goal-directed motivation. What are our students goals? Subgoals ?

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Mind the gap! Using Psychology to engage students

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  1. Mind the gap! Using Psychology to engage students • Dr Julie Hulme

  2. Introduction • Motivation; • Psychology of learning; • Making it work!

  3. The Psychology of motivation Competing theories (Reeve, 2005 cites 24): e.g. goal-directed motivation. What are our students goals? Subgoals? Understanding the student perspective.

  4. Academic motivation Inferred from actions and verbalisations.

  5. The MUSIC model • Jones (2009) • eMpowerment – perceived control; • Usefulness; • Success – achievable, progress & feedback; • Interest; • Caring – about learning. • http://www.ep.soe.vt.edu/ms/ • Elmo learns MUSIC: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ0ucE-BaAU

  6. Usefulness and interest Psychology – the science of the human mind and behaviour. Should be easy? “Why do we have to do stats?” Problem solving – Roger Watt at Stirling. Psychological literacy.

  7. What do psychology students want? Bromnick and Horowitz (2013) – helping role; Aspirations towards professional Psychology (15-20% achieve this); Other thoughts?

  8. Psychology of learning Behaviour shaping, reinforcement; Grades. What do we want to reinforce? How can we do that?

  9. Cognitive models Levels of processing; Deep vs surface/strategic models; Cognitive load; “Catch and hold” attention; Trial and error learning.

  10. Assessment The driver for learning – “is that on the exam?” How can we harness it?

  11. Learning about learning • Metacognition; • Realistic academic self-efficacy; • Attribution theory; • Social learning and role models. • How do I facilitate this in students? • How do I develop myself? • Measurement tools?

  12. What next? How can we improve our own use of Psychology in learning and teaching? Can we develop our own psychological literacy?

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