TEDU110-10S1 (R) Semester One 2010 (Rotorua)

Child and Adolescent Development and Health

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 22 February 2010
End Date: Sunday, 27 June 2010
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 7 March 2010
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 23 May 2010

Description

This course establishes a foundation in theory, concepts, processes and factual knowledge of infant, child, and adolescent development within the context of family, school, and community. The course aims to provide students with an understanding of developmental processes through the consideration of cognitive, language, physical, emotional, and social development. The impact of health on infant, child, and adolescent development will also be considered.

Learning Outcomes

1. Students will be able to describe the principal ideas of a developmental approach to understanding infants, children and adolescents.
2. Students will be able to describe the pathways of cognitive, social, emotional and physical development.
3. Students will be able to outline the process of language development from infancy.
4. Students will be able to describe the principal ideas of a range of developmental theories.
5. Students will be able to discuss the impact of health and health- related issues on infant, child and adolescent development.

Restrictions

Equivalent Courses

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
TEDU110 Mid-semester test 40%
TEDU110 Examination 60%

Textbooks / Resources

Kail,R.V.(2010). Children and Their Development (5th Edition). New Jersey:2010

N.B.  The course will follow the textbook closely. Students are strongly advised to purchase the required text.
The textbook may be purchased directly from the University Bookshop or ordered for delivery (ordering options for students who are studying by distance are detailed on page 8). For textbook enquiries, please contact the University Bookshop via email ubscan.co.nz or phone 0800 827 266 or 03 364 2043.

Additional Readings:  Supplementary recommended readings in the form of book chapters, research reviews, and research articles may occasionally be added. These will be posted to the Learn course website as Adobe “pdf” documents that students can download and save to a computer and/or print

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $560.00

International fee $2,513.00

* 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 Educational Studies and Leadership .

All TEDU110 Occurrences

  • TEDU110-10S1 (N) Semester One 2010 (Nelson) - Not Offered
  • TEDU110-10S1 (C) Semester One 2010
  • TEDU110-10S1 (D) Semester One 2010 (Distance)
  • TEDU110-10S1 (R) Semester One 2010 (Rotorua)
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