BS in Education: Videos

Films on Demand (26 min)
This program traces the history of educational psychology from ancient philosophy to modern theories. It explores the ideas of such figures as Plato, Aristotle, Vives, Herbert, Thorndike, James, Hall, Dewey, Cubberley, Binet, Piaget, Steiner, Bloom, Bandura, Vygotsky, and Bruner.

Films on Demand (32:15 min)
This program explores instructional design, educational technology, curriculum development, organizational learning, special education, and classroom management. It outlines the cognitive, academic, social, and moral goals of learning; presents behavioral, cognitive, functionalist, and constructivist theories of learning; and looks at qualitative and quantitative methods of pedagogical analysis.

Films on Demand, segment from "Educational Psychology in the Classroom" (32:15 min)
n constructivism, students take charge of learning, rather than receiving knowledge. Motivation theory increases student self-esteem by promoting self-reliance and self-determination. Learn about the attention perception memory retrieval continuum and the Atkinson-Shiffrin memory model.

Films on Demand, part of series "The Learning Classroom: Theory into Practice" (28 min)
This program introduces the main themes of the course. Teacher interviews and classroom footage illustrate why learning theory is at the core of good classroom instruction and demonstrate the broad spectrum of theoretical knowledge available for use in classroom practice.

Films on Demand (57"11 min)
This program studies the knowledge-building process that typically occurs in childhood by observing 25 six-year-olds as they adapt to the challenges of their surroundings. Focuses on seven key areas in which learning takes place—musical ability, logic, emotional understanding, creativity, narrative skill, spatial reasoning, and physical dexterity,