EDUC 221 : Child Development

Education and Social Work

2024 Semester Two (1245) (15 POINTS)

Course Prescription

A study of key issues in development, with a focus on early and middle childhood. Topics include family, peer, cultural, and media influences on typical and atypical development.

Course Overview

In this course, child development will be considered in the context of a range of key issues and topics relating to areas of social, emotional, behavioural and cognitive development.

Course Requirements

Prerequisite: Any 60 points passed

Capabilities Developed in this Course

Capability 3:     Knowledge and Practice

Capability 4:   Critical Thinking

Capability 5:   Solution Seeking

Capability 6:    Communication

Capability 7:   Collaboration

Graduate Profile: Bachelor of Arts

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

1. Explain key aspects of typical and atypical development in early and middle childhood (Capability 3, 4 and 6)

2. Understand and apply knowledge of key theories and be able to define key terms. (Capability 3 and 6)

3. Understand and identify the strengths and limitations of the methodologies and research findings in the

topics studied  (Capability 3, 4 and 6)

4. Describe, evaluate and give examples of key influences on child development, such as the family, culture

and media  (Capability 3 and 6)

5. Demonstrate an ability to help, challenge and influence other students in positive, constructive and

collaborative ways  (Capability 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7)

Assessments

To pass this course students must achieve a total of at least 50 marks (or a 50% average).

Workload Expectations

This course is a standard 15 point course and students are expected to spend 10 hours per week involved in each 15 point course that they are enrolled in.

During atypical teaching week there will be 2 hours of lectures and 1 hour of tutorial. For the 12 teaching weeks, this totals 36 hours. You can also reasonably expect to commit approximately 100-120 hours to independent learning, e.g., reading, thinking about the content, working on assignments and preparing for tests and exams.

Delivery Mode

Campus Experience

Attendance is expected at scheduled activities including tutorials to complete components of the course.

Lectures will be available as  recordings. Other learning activities including tutorials will not be available as recordings.

The course will not include live online events.

Attendance on campus is required for the test and collegial discussion.

The activities for the course are scheduled as a standard weekly timetable.

Learning Resources

Course materials are made available in a learning and collaboration tool called Canvas which also  includes reading lists and lecture recordings (where available).

Please remember that the recording of any class on a personal device requires the permission of the instructor. Set readings are made available in Canvas, including book chapters and journal articles.