ED1481:03
Childhood and Adolescence
Townsville, Cairns, External
HECS Band 1
26 hours lectures, 13 hours tutorials. Semester 2. External in Semester 2 for RATEP students.
Staff: Assoc. Professor T Bond (Townsville campus); Dr J Taylor (Cairns campus).
This subject explores children’s growth and development from birth to adulthood in terms of a set of four fundamental models. It takes as its initial reference model the most commonly used approach based on established empiricist principles. The subject goes on to examine a further three alternative but complementary models derived from the clinical tradition, from rationalist principles and from psychodynamic theories. The implications of these models will be explored with reference to a selection of critical educational issues. The subject is designed to focus on the preparation of a child or adolescent case study.
Learning Objectives:
- critically examine four theoretical models of childhood and adolescence;
- develop oral and written skills for the interpretation and evaluation of each model and its associated theory;
- apply and defend at least two models in studying a child or adolescent;
- report the study of a child or adolescent based on one or more models studied throughout the subject;
- derive pedagogical implications from at least two of the models and their associated theories;
- critically defend the pedagogical implications derived from at least two of the models and their associated theories.
Assessment by tutorial participation (15%); case study (40%); end-of-semester examination (45%).