Key words
Developmental psychology
Objectives
Students:
1) define correctly the developmental psychological lexicon.
2) indicate precisely the development image, the development process and the development tasks of the human being in the different life stages, from the conception to death.
3) recognize accurately the basic-, partial- and special themes in the development of the human being in given examples of the common daily life.
4) show respect to the developmental psychological identity of the human being in each stage of his/her life.
5) explore critically the influence of vision on the development of the human being in acting and working with them.
6) give essential argumentation to link the significance and the meaning of development psychology and the profession of a social worker.
7) profile their engagement for their one learning in this course by questions, solutions for tasks (individual and in group), churching and presentation of actual information.
Topics
Two basic content pilars:
1) The global theoretical framework of devepmental psychology:
the history, an attempt to give a definition, the(work)field of developmental psychology, visions, methodology, some important development models, development conditions.
2) The theoretical exploration of the life stages of the human being, from the conception to death:
the prenatal- and the neonatal stage, the baby, the preschool child, the schoolchild, the adolescent and a panoramic view of the adult.
Each phase of the development get attention: basic-, partial- and special themes.
The link between developmental psychology and the profession Social Worker gets always the essential care.
Prerequisites
Basic knowlegde of:
- Psychology (1st year)
- Biologie and human behaviour (1ste year)
- Philosophy (1st year)
- Observation and reporting ( 1st year)
Final Objectives
Materials used
- teacher's course
- exercice material.
Study costs
Teacher's course : 8 €
Exercice sheets : 3 €
Study guidance
All tasks and group orders shall be discussed : Feedback shall be used as a support for the learning process.
There shall be a trial exam (with correction in class).
Teaching Methods
Lectures, group work (in large groups and in small groups); observation of video fragments (with observation questions), individual task (questions/individual work) , group orders .
There shall be care for the workload of the students in the individual taks and the group orders who are demanding worktime outside the lessions.
Assessment
Scoring system:
- written examination
- exercices/orders: none
- period: march
- obligated reading list: none
- alternatives in case of absence: individual home study
Lecturer(s)
Arlette VEYS
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