EDUC202-15S1 (C) Semester One 2015

One in Five: Different Developmental Pathways

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 23 February 2015
End Date: Sunday, 28 June 2015
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 8 March 2015
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 24 May 2015

Description

One in five children or adolescents will experience a disorder, disability or trauma affecting their development. Students will consider issues relating to children with different developmental pathways, including pathways affected by mental and physical health, trauma and disability.

Learning Outcomes

1. Students will understand the symptoms, causes, and developmental course of several common disorders and their implications for educational and psychosocial outcomes and adjustment.

2.  For a particular developmental challenge, students will examine and evaluate one or more critical issues and/or compare and contrast a range of perspectives on a particular developmental challenge through an essay integrating empirical research-based information and individual case studies.

Prerequisites

30 points in EDUC or PSYC, or
permission of the Head of School

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Kathleen Liberty

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Essay 1, Essay 2 and Essay 3 100% Complete two or three essays. The best two essay marks will be used to determine your course grade. Best mark= 60% of final mark. Next best mark= 40% of final mark. The 3 essay due dates are Monday 23 March, Monday 11 May and Friday 4 June.

Textbooks / Resources

Readings for the course will be available through LEARN.  Included will be readings on ADHD, Autism, Dyslexia and Communication Disorders.

Additional Course Outline Information

Academic integrity

All forms of cheating and dishonest practice are taken seriously and penalties will result. Students should refer to Regulation J of the General Course and Examination Regulations.

Assessment and grading system

The assessments for this course are to be advised.

Attendance

Lectures 2 x per week plus a tutorial, 1 x week (begin week 2).

Late submission of work

Submit late essay with a medical certificate. There is no late submission of the tutorial preparation. If you miss tutorial preparation, you may submit an aegrotat.

Requests for extensions

When mitigating circumstances beyond your control have prevented you from turning in an essay on time, an extension without penalty may be granted (extensions are normally limited to 1 week). No essay will be accepted for assessment once the process of returning marked essays has begun. Tutorial work will be completed within the tutorial.  If you miss a tutorial, submit an aegrotat.

Resubmissions

There are no resubmissions for this course.

Aegrotat Considerations

Where, for reasons beyond their control, students are prevented from completing an assessment or suffer significant impairment, they may apply for an aegrotat. Applications for an aegrotat need to be made in writing to the Registrar within 7 days of the due date of the assignment or exam. Application forms are available online or from Student Services. To have an aegrotat considered, students must meet the following criteria:
1. Have completed at least 50% of all assessment.
2. An aegrotat will be considered for only one piece of assessed work.
3. Students must have an average of C+ or better on all other pieces of assessed work.
Note that granting of an aegrotat is not automatic, and that even if you are granted one, it may only be to extend an assignment deadline, or to sit a make-up exam. You are also referred to Regulation H of the General Course and Examination Regulations (http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/regulations/general/general_regs_aegrotat.shtml ).

Where to submit and collect work

Students will be expected to submit their assessment via the online assessment system in the Learn (Moodle) class site by 5.00pm on or before the due date.  The lecturer may also ask students to submit assessment work through the software Turnitin, to check for plagiarism. If this option is available students will submit work through Turnitin and obtain a report, after submitting assignments for marking via the Learn site.

It is the responsibility of the students to check their internet access and ability to submit their work via the online system.    Any technical difficulties should be notified well in advance of the due date so that assistance can be provided or alternative arrangements can be negotiated. (Students who have unreliable internet access are advised to attend to this early in the course to prevent last minute pressures.) If you require assistance, please email ictservicedesk@canterbury.ac.nz, or phone 0800 763 676 ext 6060.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $697.00

International fee $2,913.00

* 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 .

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