Individual Growth and Development (5 ECTS)

Code: SX00BO14-3030

General information

Enrollment: 30.11.2020 - 13.12.2020; Registration for the implementation has ended.

Timing: 01.01.2021 - 14.03.2021; Implementation has ended.

Number of ECTS credits allocated: 5 ECTS

Mode of delivery: On-campus

Campus: Myllypurontie 1

Teaching languages: English

Degree programmes: Social Services (in English)

Teachers: LeighAnne Rauhala; Satu Hakanen

Course: SX00BO14

No reservations found for implementation SX00BO14-3030!

Learning outcomes

Students will become familiar with the different phases of life: early childhood, childhood, adolescence, adulthood and old age. They will know and recognise the phases of growth and development and specify factors influencing each of them.

Content

Different development theories. Physical, psychological, cognitive and social development and growth during different phases of life.

Teaching methods

Contact lectures, reading reflections, final written exam
For early childhood education track also child observation assignment.

Location and time

Schedule: (tentative, changes may occur)
18.01.2021 12.45 - 16.00 MPC4013
21.01.2021 12.30 - 16.00 MPC4013
22.01.2021 08.30 - 11.45 MPA4018
29.01.2021 08.30 - 11.45 MPA6009
02.02.2021 12.45 - 16.00 MPA6009
03.02.2021 08.30 - 11.45 MPA4018
09.02.2021 12.45 - 16.00 MPC4013
16.02.2021 12.45 - 16.00 MPC4013
23.02.2021 12.45 - 16.00 MPA6009
03.03.2021 12.45 - 16.00 MPA4009

Learning materials and recommended literature

Human Growth and Development, 3rd ed. 2016, Beckett & Taylor
Readings as assigned

Alternative completion methods of implementation

n/a

Internship and working life connections

Collaboration with SETA on Gender Development (TBA)

Exam dates and retake possibilities

Final Exam: 03.03.2021 12.45 - 16.00 MPA4009
Re-exam dates: TBA

International connections

International literature

Student workload

27h per credit

Content scheduling

n/a

Further information for students

n/a

Assessment methods and criteria

Final exam 50%
Reading Reflections/+ECEC track observation task 30%
Participation 20%

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Assessment:
Assessment criteria as the attachment of the curriculum.
The teacher of the study unit informs the assessment criterias in the beginning of the study unit.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Assessment:
Assessment criteria see the attachment.
The teacher of the study unit informs the assessment criterias in the beginning of the study unit.