CFPY602-11W (C) Whole Year 2011

Child Development: Research Contexts and Applications

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 21 February 2011
End Date: Sunday, 13 November 2011
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 6 March 2011
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 4 September 2011

Description

This course provides an opportunity to develop an advanced understanding pf child development research and its application to children in applied settings. Students will gain knowledge and skills in the conduct of development and family assessments, and undertake a supervised child development study.

Learning Outcomes

  • The objectives of the course are:
  • To develop an advanced understanding of theory and research on child and adolescent development with an ecological perspective, taking into account individual, family, school and societal factors
  • To develop a critical awareness of the multiple contexts and mechanisms of children’s development and an appreciation of the transactional influences of biological, familial and cultural factors in childhood and adolescence.
  • To be able to apply the analytical and research skills learned to a range of developmental issues affecting children and gain a life-span perspective of these

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Director, Health Sciences Centre

Restrictions

Equivalent Courses

Course Coordinator

Myron Friesen

Textbooks / Resources

This course will utilize readings from research articles, review articles, chapters published in developmental journals and recent edited books.  All readings will be made available for download and printing on the course Learn website.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,444.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Health Sciences .

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