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Developing learning styles and types of intelligence to psychological students


Author: Covaci Mihai
Degree:doctor of psychology
Speciality: 19.00.07 - Pedagogical Psychology, Psychology of Development, Psychology of Personality
Year:2018
Scientific adviser: Petru Jelescu
doctor habilitat, professor, Chisinau Pedagogical State University "Ion Creanga"
Institution: Chisinau Pedagogical State University "Ion Creanga"

Status

The thesis was presented on the 21 September, 2018
Approved by NCAA on the 23 November, 2018

Abstract

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Thesis

CZU 159.922+37.015.3(043.2)

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347 pages

Keywords

contemporary learning, learning style, intelligence types, students, training, development.

Summary

Structure of the thesis: The PhD thesis consists of introduction, 3 chapters, 30 figures and 17 tables, general conclusions and recommendations, bibliography of 311 titles and 6 annexes, 142 basic text pages. The results of the research are published in 12 scientific papers.

Field of study: Psychology of the professional education of university students. The aim of the paper is to identify the learning styles and types of intelligence to students of the psychology faculty and how they can be developed.

Objectives of the research: analysis of the specialized literature with reference to the history of learning and the way in which contemporary learning has been achieved; identifying the individual learning styles practiced by students of the psychology faculty; identifying dominant types of intelligence in psychology faculty students; assessing the differences between gender and age categories in learning styles and intelligence types of students at the faculty of psychology; elaboration and validation of the development program of the deficient characteristics of the learning styles for the students of the faculty of psychology; formulating some suggestions and recommendations on the development of learning styles for students of the psychology faculty.

Novelty and scientific originality. It has been found that, in contrast to the other categories, the students psychologists investigated, certain characteristics of learning styles and types of intelligence are not well concretized and that associations between them are not pronounced. Unique aspects highlighted are the existence of a large number of psychological students at the positive scales of the active style and a massive presence at negative scales in aspects of theorizing, reflexivity and pragmatism. At the same time, in the paper are demonstrated and indicated efficient ways of developing psychological students the theoretical, reflexivity and pragmatism characteristics of learning styles and types of intelligence.

The important scientific problem solved is to identify the deficiencies of learning styles in psychology faculty students, to identify types of intelligence, to develop and implement a feature development program for learning styles and types of intelligence, which has contributed to the improvement the theoretical, reflexivity and pragmatism characteristics of future specialists from the faculty of psychology.

The theoretical significance consists in the fact that the learning styles and the types of intelligence to students of the psychology faculty are not well concretized, highlighting the possible associations between them, explaining the mechanisms for improving the deficient aspects of the learning styles and the development of the types of intelligence felt necessary for psychological students.

The applicative value of the paper consists in developing, implementing and validating a Program to develop the deficiencies of learning styles and intelligence types of students of the faculty of psychology, to offer suggestions on the competent approach to understanding the theoretical, reflexivity aspects and pragmatism within learning styles that could be creatively improved from a psychological point of view.

Implementation of scientific results. The thesis represents a certain contribution to the enrichment of the national scientific literature in psychology, its results being used in the psychology of the respective specialty, as well as in the teaching of the groups Psychology courses, Social Psychology, Project Management etc. Hyperion University in Bucharest and Educational Psychology at the „Ion Creangă” UPSC Faculty of Psychology.