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 466-417 CDS4C Infancy

Credit Points

16.7

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

Sharne Rolfe

Prerequisites

A minimum of 120 points of Child Development Studies or approved equivalent.

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

A 2-hour lecture/tutorial each week for seven weeks and a 2-hour student-led seminar each week for the remaining six weeks

Subject Description

An in-depth study of the infancy period from the psychological, sociological, anthropological and/or anthropological perspectives. Content will include current research findings on the emerging competencies of the infant in the perceptual-cognitive, social-emotional and communicative domains; detailed appraisal of theoretical and empirical work contributing to ongoing debate on the role of experiences in infancy on later development (models of childhood vulnerability vs resiliency); the role of various contexts, including family and non-parental child care, on infant development.

Assessment

A 2000 word review of a reseach article and a 3000 word personal vision paper.



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