PSY6003 - Applied Child and Educational Psychology

Objectives:

Assessment tasks are designed to enable students to demonstrate the Learning and Employability outcomes for the relevant level of study. Level Learning Outcomes are embedded in the assessment task(s) at that level. This enables a more integrated view of overall student performance at each level.

Content:

In this module applied issues in psychological development are presented and explored as the complex interaction of inherited and environmental effects set in varying cultural contexts. Students will be encouraged to develop an appreciation of the diverse nature of children’s needs and experiences in contemporary societies. The focus will be on the relationships between theory, research, practice, and legislation and how they inform the roles of those working alongside children/young people.

Key themes will include: special educational needs and disability; bullying in schools; the role of cultural influences in development; growing up with ethnic minority status; poverty and development; transracial/inter-country adoption; street-children development and effects; separated children - separation from parents due to divorce, bereavement, etc.; the role of the father in development; the role of children in adult development; abuse and development; developing in the care system; parental imprisonment and the development of children.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Formal scheduled learning and teaching activities
Hours: 50
Intended Group Size: 30

Guided independent study
Hours: 250

Further details relating to assessment

Assessment support will be provided throughout the module with interactive workshops, practice presentations and essay development sessions built into the learning timetable and process.

The presentation is a group based assessment focussing on an issue of interest to the students that is covered in Semester 1.

The essay focusses on a wider perspective of the module and the students’ learning across three years of study, allowing them to present a reflection of their advanced understanding of wider Developmental and Educational psychology in a given context.

Assessment:

001 Presentation; 10 mins; mid semester 1 50%
002 Essay; 2,500 words; end of semester 2 50%
200 Poster; 1,000 words 50%
201 Essay; 3,000 words; 50%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - Rachel Conlon
Level - 6
Credit Value - 30
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 6YL

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