BSc Educational Psychology / Course details

This unit will provide students with an introduction to theory and research relating the concepts of risk and resilience, and their application in the study of human development.  It will build on foundations provided by the Level 4 unit, ‘Development and childhood’, and in turn provide a foundation for the Level 6 unit, ‘Prevention Science and Education’.  Indicative course unit content as follows: defining risk and resilience; theories of risk and resilience (e.g. Rutter, Garmezy, Masten, Unger); four waves of research in risk and resilience (individual differences; embedding resilience in developmental and ecological systems; intervening to foster resilience; and epigenetic and neurobiological processes). As such, core elements of psychology are elicited upon and applied in contect (e.g. individual differences in motivation and perseverance, health and wellbeing and group membership)

The unit aims to develop students’ knowledge and understanding of risk and resilience processes in human development.

Content sessions (e.g. including whole class discussion and debate, case/scenario based learning, and other approaches to learning and teaching)

Small group seminars (e.g. focused, critical discussion of selected papers)

Supplementary e-learning processes (e.g. asynchronous discussion of stimulus questions set by tutors between lectures and tutorials) and resources (e.g. online videos)