EDSP120-09S1 (C) Semester One 2009

Growth and Development

6 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 23 February 2009
End Date: Sunday, 28 June 2009
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 8 March 2009
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 24 May 2009

Description

This course is an introduction to life span development, from infants through to older adults. The psychosocial, cognitive and physical domains of development will be covered.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
Explain and debate some major controversies that exist within the human developmental framework (may include; nature v nurture, continuity or discontinuity, and deficit or difference)
Demonstrate an understanding of influential developmental theory and discuss the implications of developmental theory in a coaching context.
Demonstrate an understanding of the cognitive, psychosocial and physical development across the life span and discuss the implications of this from a coaching perspective.
Demonstrate an understanding of models of moral development across the life span and discuss the implications to coaches.

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Glenn Fyall

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Athlete Developmental Profile
Research Questions
StudentNet Tasks & Practical Tasks 20%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $258.00

* 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 Sport and Physical Education .

All EDSP120 Occurrences

  • EDSP120-09S1 (C) Semester One 2009