Offered by:Educational&Counselling Psych
Degree:Master of Education
Program Requirement:
The M.Ed. in Educational Psychology; Non-Thesis-General Educational Psychology focuses on core areas of educational psychology, including learning theories, human development, diversity, and inclusion. Application towards the growth and enhancement of knowledge and practice in a variety of formal and informal educational settings.
Required Courses (21 credits)
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EDPE 502
Theories of Human Development
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Life course developmental theories to form a foundation for policy and for empirical and applied work with diverse groups, including disability and other equity-seeking groups.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
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EDPE 535
Instructional Design
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): This course draws on the fields of learning theory, developmental psychology, and measurement to focus on the tasks of constructing instructional materials. Areas to be considered include behaviour analysis, concept formation, and test construction.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDPE 575
Statistics for Practitioners
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Understanding and interpreting basic statistical procedures used in basic and applied research, including graphs, measures of central tendency and variability, hypothesis testing, and correlations, t-tests, and basic ANOVA designs.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
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EDPE 602
Uses of Res Findings in Educ
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Basic concepts of educational research for the student who is likely to be a regular consumer of research but only an occasional generator of research and will be able to use common tools of information retrieval.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
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EDPE 635
Theories of Learning&Instruct
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): An analysis of the relationship between theory and research about learning and teaching from a historical perspective.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
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EDPE 670
Educational Assessment&Eval
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Theories and models of evaluation as applied to educational programs and instructional systems. Current theories of aligning assessment with curriculum and instruction goals based on the cognitive competencies required in specific practices.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDPI 642
Inclusion:Past, Present&Future
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Inclusive): Provides a critical analysis of the concept of inclusion with a particular focus on disability within historical, political, and educational contexts and equity seeking groups.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Terms
- Instructors
- Tara Flanagan, Ozlem Erten
Complementary Courses (24 credits)
24 credits from the following:
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EDPC 501
Facilitating Relationships
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Counselling): Components of effective interpersonal relationships and how to facilitate them in a
variety of contexts.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
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EDPC 502
Group Processes and Diversity
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Counselling): Theories and exploration of group development and processes, including an examination of research, and how intersectional and universal design have implications for group work.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
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EDPC 503
Inter. Relationships&Sexuality
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Counselling): Situated in sexuality studies and education this course explores intra and interpersonal relationships through examining the intersections of sexuality with a diversity of identities, expressions and communities. The course addresses the ways in which current and emerging technologies influence and inform understandings of sexuality and the resulting effect on how people negotiate sexual relationships.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
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EDPC 504
Commun&Critcal ConflictResltn
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Counselling): Applying a social justice framework this course will give students the opportunity to develop the critical communication skills necessary when addressing difficult dialogues and conflict.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDPC 505
Crisis Intervention Processes
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Counselling): General overview of symptoms for different crises and how different professionals can intervene and refer, including ethical and professional issues.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
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EDPC 507
Advocacy,Outreach &Leadership
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Counselling): Exploration of the roles of advocacy, outreach and leadership in developing inclusive and accessible environments, including the complex interactions between individuals and the diversity of systems in which they live.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
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EDPC 540
Socl Respblty&Relshps: Dig Age
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Counselling): The complex way in which living in a digital age affects social relationships and its influences across generations in everyday lives.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDPC 542
Ld&Supp Roles of the Teacher
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Counselling): Theory and practice in inclusive teacher leadership and support for all members of the school community. Leading and supporting interpersonal communication, group dynamics, self-care and resilience, and classroom management in diverse educational and community settings.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDPC 562
Career as a Lifelong Process
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Counselling): Career exploration for teachers, students and others across the lifespan. Creating inclusive and safe working environments, valuing diversity, career awareness, career growth and development, career decision-making, transferable skills, and school-to-work transitions for all.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
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EDPE 515
Gender Identity Development
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Theoretical models and empirical findings relevant to the development of gender identity. Special attention is given to the influence of peers in school settings. Psychological, physiological, parental, peer and cultural influences on gender identity.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Offered through Continuing Education.
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EDPE 555
Socio-Cultural Fndns of LS
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Examination of foundational theories of the Learning Sciences including contributions by social constructivist theories. Implications of theory on methodologies for the Learning Sciences in general, and for educational and instructional contexts in particular.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
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EDPE 595
Seminar in Special Topics 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): The content of the seminar will vary from year to year and will be announced prior to registration. The seminar may be given by a single instructor or by a group, as the occasion warrants.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDPE 596
Seminar in Special Topics 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Seminar in selected topics in Educational and Counselling Psychology. The topic will vary from year and will be announced prior to registration.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDPE 616
Cognitive Development
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Assessment of theories of cognitive development including Piagetian, neo-Piagetian, and information-processing approaches. Theoretical models and empirical findings, and their application to educational and other settings.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDPE 620
Developmental Psychopathology
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Theory, research, and practice in developmental processes in the study of psychopathology, including aberrant behaviour in childhood, at-risk and resilient children, and mental illness.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
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EDPE 623
Social-Emotional Development
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Social-emotional development including temperament, attachment, gender identity, and peer relations. Biological and environmental influences, continuity and change, and qualitative versus quantitative variables.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
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EDPE 636
Motivation and Instruction
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Instructional effects on motivation and emotions and their implications for educational practice, with particular emphasis on socio-cultural and constructivist practices, classroom interaction, and teacher impact.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
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EDPE 640
Emrgng Technos for Educl Chnge
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Interdisciplinary learning theories; working with and evaluating emerging digital technologies and interfaces that impact teaching and learning.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
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EDPE 663
Learning Environments
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Research on digital environments and tools (e.g., online, mobile) that support learning and developing expertise. Evaluation and application of theory and research on technology-rich educational environments focusing on underlying cognitive and social processes.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
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EDPE 664
Expertise, Reasng&Prblm Solvng
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Current research on the development of expertise, problem solving, and reasoning in formal and informal educational settings, exploring cognitive, interpersonal, and socio-cultural dimensions. Introduction to methodologies for analyzing data related to cognitive processes.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDPE 666
Fndns of Learning Science
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): An introduction to theory and research pertaining to the interdisciplinary study of the learning sciences. Focuses on cognitive-psychological and social-psychological foundations of human leaning, as well as on the design of learning environments.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
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EDPE 699D1
Special Activity
6 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): A project relevant to improving educational practice. It may be an internship, a research project, or an innovation in teaching supervised by the student's advisor and with the approval of the department. It is completed by the submission of a project report, monograph, or production.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Restrictions: Only open to M.Ed. students. Not open to students who have taken EDPE 697 and EDPE 698.
- Students must register for EDPE 699D1 and EDPE 699D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both EDPE 699D1 and EDPE 699D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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EDPE 699D2
Special Activity
6 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): A project relevant to improving educational practice. It may be an internship, a research project, or an innovation in teaching supervised by the student's advisor and with the approval of the department. It is completed by the submission of a project report, monograph, or production.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Restrictions: Only open to M.Ed. students. Not open to students who have taken EDPE 697 and EDPE 698.
- Prerequisite: EDPE 699D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both EDPE 699D1 and EDPE 699D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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EDPI 526
Supp. Stud. Strengths &Talent
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Inclusive): The psychology and practice of supporting the strengths and talents of all students across educational and community settings . Strength and talent-based programs and activities, assessments to discover student strengths and talents, classroom adaptations, application of strength and talent-based approaches to curriculum design.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDPI 527
Creativity & its Cultivation
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Inclusive): Recent research, theory, and educational practice concerning creativity, with special attention to creativity in students and educational settings.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Offered through Continuing Education.
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EDPI 539
Field Work 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Inclusive): Supervised experience in an approved relevant educational setting.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
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EDPI 540
Field Work 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Inclusive): Supervised experience in an approved relevant educational setting.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Terms
- Instructors
- Tara Flanagan
- Tara Flanagan
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EDPI 543
Family, School and Community
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Inclusive): Focus on the examination of three important systems in a child鈥檚 life; namely family, school and community, as well as societal influences on student growth, development, and adjustment. Emphasis will be on evidence-based practices in collaborating with families and community organizations to form partnerships, classroom interventions and school-based initiatives to enhance well-being.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Terms
- Instructors
- Michelle E Smith, Jessica Ruglis
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EDPI 645
Assmt For Effective Intervent.
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Inclusive): Exploration of practice-based models and approaches to assessment. It emphasises the application of theoretically sound models of assessment to guide interventions for students in inclusive contexts.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
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EDPI 654
Instruct/Curriculum Adaptation
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Inclusive): Adapting instruction and curriculum for students with special needs; developing individualized programs and methods; building curriculum that addresses both academic and social needs of students.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
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EDPI 656D1
Community-Based Field Work
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Inclusive): Participation in a supervised community-based professional setting. Provides opportunity to expand on experiences working with people being served by the program/site in a variety of settings. Students complete a minimum of 150 hours per term at an approved field work site.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
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EDPI 656D2
Community-Based Field Work
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Inclusive): See EDPI 656D1 for course description.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
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EDPI 665
Teaching of Reading
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Inclusive): Reviews contemporary research on reading acquisition and associated language development with a focus on research and theory as the basis for examining current evidence-based practices for supporting learning in diverse classrooms.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
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EDPI 667
Promoting Soc&Emot Well-Being
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Inclusive): Promotion of social & emotional well-being in students, classrooms, schools and communities; examination of teacher skills in promoting social & emotional learning, classroom management and climate; social & emotional literacy skills and behaviours; mental, emotional and behavioural health and their relationship to academic achievement and fostering of positive development.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
Elective Courses (3 credits)
3 credits at the 500- or 600-level of courses offered by the Department or from other departments or faculties with approval of the Program Director.
