Overview
Lecturer
Ioana Cristina Todor
Seminar tutor
Ioana Cristina Todor
Type of course
Compulsory
Language of instruction
Romanian
Erasmus language
English
Domain
Education Sciences - Masters
Field of study
Psycho-pedagogy of Early Education and Small Schooling
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Class
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Lecture, conversation, exemplification, learning through discovery, debate, case studies
Aims
To explain the main theories of human development
To analyze continuity and discontinuity in development
To compare the main theories that have contributed to the understanding of human development
To analyze real situations and cases and explain them from the perspective of certain theories of development
To exemplify how a particular theory of development can contribute to the understanding of the cognitive, emotional and socio-moral development of the individual
Course contents
1. General principles and controversial issues in child development
2. Critical periods versus sensitive periods of development; neuroplasticity and cognitive stimulation in early childhood
3. Prenatal development
4. Cognitive development. Models of cognitive development
5. Socio-emotional development. Attachment theories
6. Moral development
Learning outcomes
• conducting the teaching and learning process in preschool and primary school
• counseling and psycho-pedagogical support for various educational groups
• cooperation in interdisciplinary teams in order to carry out programs and projects in education
• life-long learning
Assessment
Written paper – 60%; Continuous assessment – 40%.
Recommended reading
Handbook of child psychology: Theoretical models of human development
R. M. Lerner & W. Damon (Eds.)
John Wiley & Sons Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA, 2006 · xx
Child development – Theory and Practice,
Doherty, J., Hughes, M.
Pearson Education, New York, 2009 · xx
Children and Their Development (6th Edition):
Kail, Robert V
Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J, 2011 · xx
Child development
Neil J. Salkind
Macmillan, New York, 2002 · xx
Sensitive Periods
Zeanah, C. H., Gunnar, M. R., McCall, R. B., Kreppner, J. M. & Fox, N. A.
Monographies of Social Research and Child Development, 76, 4, 2011 · 147-162