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Prerequisites
This unit is only for Education students undertaking courses ABED, EBED, EBCL, EBEC and EBST.
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Learning Outcomes
1. | Explain key concepts regarding children and young people's physical, cognitive, psycho-emotional and social development; | ||
2. | Demonstrate an understanding of impact factors that shape human development through use of biomedical, sociocultural and ecological determinants conceptual lenses; | ||
3. | Analyse connections between children and young people's development, wellbeing and global human development; | ||
4. | Consider how human development models have shaped childhood and education by challenging their own and institutional assumptions about transitional, relational and cultural perspectives on human development; | ||
5. | Examine the changing nature of childhood and the agency of young people, and how education is shifting accordingly; |
Assessment
Assessment type | Description | Grade |
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Assignment | Case based analysis of practice informed by theory. Overview of a current issue affecting human development. | 20% |
Report | Report on strategies to support development. | 45% |
Journal | Review of key concepts and literature | 35% |
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