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DRPS : Course Catalogue : Moray House School of Education : Education

Postgraduate Course: Child and Adolescent Development (EDUA11034)

Course Outline
SchoolMoray House School of Education CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis has been designed as a generic module which takes a psychological approach to development from early childhood to adolescence. It offers an opportunity to extend and update understanding of development acquired in initial professional education/training. It may also be taken by those whose previous studies have not included development issues.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2017/18, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  63
Course Start Semester 2
Course Start Date 15/01/2018
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 25, Other Study Hours 171, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 0 )
Additional Information (Learning and Teaching) Please contact the course secretary before enrolling students to verify spaces available
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Essay assignment of 4000 words
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
Course members will be able to:
1. Describe current understandings of key processes and mechanisms of development
2. Critically evaluate key psychological theories of child and adolescent development
3. Reflect upon the implications of psychological understandings of development to professional practice
4. Critically analyse the implications and limitations of current understandings of development; identify potential research implications from the literature on child and adolescent development
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Special Arrangements This course is open to students from other schools, however, please contact the course secretary prior to enrolling your Tutee in order to verify that there is space available; students on MSc Educational Research and MSc Education have priority.
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Sarah Mcgeown
Tel: (0131 6)51 6121
Email:
Course secretaryMs Mairi Ross
Tel: (0131 6)51 4241
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