Psychology

COURSE CURRICULUM

1.

Course title

PSYCHOLOGY

2.

Code

HM-PSI

3.

Study curriculum

All chemistry study programs

4.

Organizer of the curriculum (institute, department)

PMF-Skopje, Institute of chemistry

5.

Degree (BSc, MSc, PhD)

BSc

6.

Academic year/semester

II/III

7.

ECTS points

4

8.

Lecturer

Kalina Sotiroska Ivanoska, Full Professor

9.

Prerequisites

None

10.

Course objectives (competences):
Students should be familiarized with the scientific findings in the field of psychology and trained in their practical application in the working world.

11.

Course content:
Subject of psychology. Perception and social perception. Thought and language. Emotions. Motivation. Remembering and forgetting. Learning. Abilities. Students with special educational needs. Professional development and orientation. Psychology of effective teaching. Mental hygiene at school. Psychology of personality. Caracteristics of a successful teacher.

12.

Teaching methods: Face-to-face (direct) instruction, presentations, discussions/debates, pair and small group work, practical tasks, workshops

13.

Total available time

120

14.

Time distribution

2+1 (lectures, problem solving)

15.

Teaching methods distribution

15.1.

Teaching - lectures

30 hours

15.2.

Practicals (laboratory, problem solving), seminars, team work

15 hours

16.

Other activities

16.1.

Projects

30 hours

16.2.

Independent work

15 hours

16.3.

Homework

30 hours

17.

Grading methods

17.1.

Tests

70 points

17.2.

Seminars/projects (written/oral presentation)

10 points

17.3.

Activity

10 points

17.4

Regularity

10 points

18.

Grading scale (points/mark)

< 50 points

5 (five) (F)

51 to 60 points

6 (six) (E)

61 to 70 points

7 (seven) (D)

71 to 80 points

8 (eight) (C)

81 to 90 points

9 (nine) (B)

91 to 100 points

10 (ten) (A)

19.

Prerequisite for signing taking the final exam

Regular monitoring of lessons and implementation of ongoing tasks

20.

Course language

Macedonian

21.

Teaching quality control

Surveys

22.

Literature

22.1.

Compulsory

No.

Author

Title

Publisher

Year

1.

Keramichieva, R.

Psychology in education and upbringing

Prosvetno delo

2002

22.2.

Additional

No.

Author

Title

Publisher

Year

1.

Woolfolk, A.

Educational Psychology, 14th Edition

Pearson

2019

2.

 Slavin, R.

Educational Psychology: Theory and Practice

 Pearson

2020

3.

Brown, P. C., Roediger III, H. L., McDaniel, M. A.

Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning

Belknap Press

2014