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Credit points: 12.5
Coordinator: Sharne Rolfe.
Contact: Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial per week, and 20 hours of practical observations with associated tasks.
Timetable: First semester.
Objectives:
On completion of this subject students should be able to:
- define the specific dimensions that encompass the study of child development - physical, cognitive-intellectual, social-emotional and the development of communication (verbal and non-verbal);
- appreciate that these dimensions are interrelated;
- identify some of the major methodological approaches to the study of child development;
- appreciate the contexts in which the child develops and the impact of this on individual development;
- conduct simple structured observations of children's behaviour and development; and
- demonstrate an understanding of how debates on child development are influenced by fundamental differences in views of the nature of the child and the ways in which these debates have both an historical and contemporary context.
Content:
An introduction of the study of child development from birth to eight years from the disciplinary perspectives of psychology, biology, sociology, philosophy and history - the process of development, the social and cultural contexts of development, dimensions used in the study of development, key concepts, issues and debates.
Assessment:
An essay, and/or equivalent tasks (50 per cent); and a 3-hour examination (50 per cent).
Prescribed texts:
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