EDUC416-10W (C) Whole Year 2010

Child Development: Research, Contexts and Applications

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 22 February 2010
End Date: Sunday, 14 November 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, 5 September 2010

Description

This course aims to provide an advanced understanding of child development by focusing on issues and concerns that may affect children and families across multiple developmental contexts. Students will gain knowledge and research skills by undertaking a comprehensive literature review in an approved topic and applying contemporary research to a case study problem.

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 Head of School.

Restrictions

Equivalent Courses

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Garry Hornby

On-line course content

Library

Studentweb

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
EDUC416 Review of Research evidence 14 Jun 2010 40% Review of research evidence on selected topic in child development.
EDUC416 Case Study 11 Oct 2010 40% Report on case study of child, and family involvement.
EDUC416 Seminar Presentation. 20% Seminar Presentation on approved topic.

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Atkinson, Mary , Hornby, Garry; Mental health handbook for schools ; RoutledgeFalmer, 2002.

Recommended Reading

Carr, Alan, Dr; The handbook of child and adolescent clinical psychology : a contextual approach ; Routledge, 1999.

Hornby, Garry; Counselling in child disability : skills for working with parents ; Chapman & Hall, 1994.

Lamb, Michael E; The Role of the father in child development ; 2nd ed. completely rev. and updated; Wiley, 1981.

Bronfenbrenner, U. (1979) The ecology of human development. Cambridge: Harvard Uni. Press
Crain, W. (1980/2005) Theories of development (1st/5th ed.). Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall
Clarke, A. & Clarke, A. (2003) Human resilience: A fifty year quest. London: Jessica Kingsley

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,359.00

* 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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