- UCAS course code
- C812
- UCAS institution code
- M20
Course unit details:
Development and childhood
| Unit code | EDUC13022 |
|---|---|
| Credit rating | 20 |
| Unit level | Level 1 |
| Teaching period(s) | Semester 2 |
| Available as a free choice unit? | Yes |
Overview
This unit is designed to guide students to critically examine key theory and research in developmental psychology and to critically evaluate applications and extension of developmental psychological theory in relation to education and child development.
Session content is structured around key pre-session reading, structured debate and discussion during the taught session, and a plenary activity to be covered post-session. Topics include:
- Attachment theory
- Cognitive development (Piaget and Vygotsky)
- Language development
- Moral development
- Peer relationships .
- Gender development
Aims
- To provide coverage of the BPS qualifying syllabus core area for developmental psychology
- to develop understanding of theory and research in psychological aspects of human development and applications thereof
Teaching and learning methods
Content sessions (e.g. including discussion and debate, case/scenario based learning, and other approaches to learning and teaching)
Blended learning approaches by offering pre and post session stimulus material online for asynchronous group online discussion and private learning.
Knowledge and understanding
- Demonstrate an understanding of a number of key theories in developmental psychology, their underpinning research and their limitations.
Intellectual skills
- Discuss and debate chosen topics in developmental psychology and critically evaluate their strengths and limitations of their underpinning research.
- Critically evaluate applications and extensions of developmental psychological theory in relation to education
Practical skills
- Team working & problem solving supported in seminar group discussions
Transferable skills and personal qualities
- Take charge of their own learning and undertake self-directed study to produce a credit-bearing assignment
- Written communication
- Working with others (group work)
- IT skills (word processing, accessing electronic databases and library facilities, managing references)
Assessment methods
| Method | Weight |
|---|---|
| Written assignment (inc essay) | 100% |
Feedback methods
Written feedback (utilising Turn-it-in), within University guidelines.
Recommended reading
Bee, H. & Boyd, D. (2008). Lifespan Development. (5th Edition (Int. Ed). London: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon
Berger, K. S. (2014). The developing person through the lifespan. 9th Edition. London: W H Freeman
Lightfoot, C., Cole, M. & Cole, S. R. (2013). The development of children.7th Edition). New York: Palgrave MacMillan
Smith, P.K., Cowie, H. & Blades, M. (2015). Understanding Children’s Development. 6th Edition. Oxford: Wiley Blackwell
Study hours
| Scheduled activity hours | |
|---|---|
| Lectures | 30 |
| Independent study hours | |
|---|---|
| Independent study | 170 |
Teaching staff
| Staff member | Role |
|---|---|
| Pamela Qualter | Unit coordinator |