Course Identification

Title:

Attending to affect

Code:

20225051

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Lecturers:

Prof. David Fortus

TA's:

N/A

Course Schedule and Location

Year:

2022

Semester:

First Semester

When / Where:

Monday, 09:00 - 10:30, Musher, Meeting Rm

First Lecture:

25/10/2021

End date:

18/03/2022

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Science Teaching: Lecture; Elective; Regular; 2.00 points

Comments

N/A

Prerequisites

No

Restrictions

Participants:

14

Language of Instruction

Hebrew

Attendance and participation

Obligatory

Grade Type

Pass / Fail

Grade Breakdown (in %)

Attendance

20%

Assignments:

40%

Seminar:

40%

Evaluation Type

Other

Scheduled date 1

Date / due date

N/A

Location

N/A

Time

-

Remarks

N/A

Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

4

Syllabus

This course provides an introduction to the various expressions of affect in education: interest, motivation, continuing motivation, self-efficacy, engagement and attitudes. Students learn about each of these constructs and the different theoretical frameworks that have been developed to describe, measure, and explain them. In addition they will be introduced to different studies that have been done (some of them at Weizmann) that have enhanced our understanding of these constructs and the role they play in students' learning of science.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course the students will be able to:

Describe the different theories related to motivation, self-efficacy, interest, engagement and attitudes
Explain which theory is appropriate in which situations.
Identify the similarities and differences between the various constructs
Demonstrate how the various constructs are connected to one another.

Reading List

N/A

Website

N/A