013001 The Psychology of Adolescent Learning

This subject examines the nature of adolescents as learners and socio-cultural theories of learning and their implications for secondary teaching. It focuses on psychological variables and individual differences in adolescent students' development and the practical implications and contributions of motivational theory for learning. Central themes include the role of meaning and structure, acquisition of skills, motivation to learn, anxiety and learning, learning concepts and acquiring skills, memory, retention and forgetting, and transfer of learning.