Overview

This topic explores the physical, cognitive, and social-emotional development of young people (i.e. infants, children, adolescents). This course will enable students to apply foundational theories of development to working with young people within frameworks that support ethical and evidence-based practice. Through collaborative case studies, students will tackle challenges in teaching … For more content click the Read More button below.

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Aims

This topic aims to produce graduates that:
  • Apply the foundational theories of child development to understand, develop, adapt, and critique strategies that foster learning and wellbeing of young people (e.g., support strategies, classroom management, curriculum and pedagogy, parenting, behavioural interventions).
  • Are ethical and reflexive in their practice, able to recognise their own epistemological, metacognitive, social-cultural, political, and experiential biases when supporting young people and their adults, particularly in interprofessional environments.
  • Can understand and evaluate the validity of the research base that informs our practices regarding development, behaviour, learning, and mental health and wellbeing of young people.

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Assumed knowledge

First year undergraduate level knowledge of psychological principles.