OVERVIEW

What kind of abilities has a newborn got ? What allows children to learn to speak ? Is it possible to stimulate social skills ? Over time, in the field of the developmental and educational psychology, many knowledge about developmental change have been acquired. The study of this discipline is an essential help for those who want to support the development of the person in the space of life.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course aims to provide a theoretical and methodological framework for the study of development processes and to provide knowledge about the processes and mechanisms underlying the psychological development and about the factors that influence it.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the course students are requested to

- know the main approaches to the study of psychological development, the methods of investigation, the changes at the somatic, motor, perceptual, linguistic, cognitive, emotional, social and moral levels that are typically observed during development with particular attention to childhood,  theories formulated to explain the changes in the different domains

- use the acquired knowledge to orient oneself in scenarios similar to those in which you will find yourself operating

- use a specialized language

TEACHING METHODS

Traditional and innovative and active learning methods (individual and group activites).  Self evaluation moment will be included. 

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The program includes: the definition of the discipline, the history of the discipline, the main theoretical approaches, methods of investigation, the knowledge gained up to now with respect to the psychological development throughout life (concerning the somatic and motor, the perceptual, the cognitive, the linguistic and communicative, the moral, the social and emotional domains), with particular attention to childhood.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Leman, P., Bremner, A., Ross, D.P., Gauvain, M. (2019). A cura di Sulla F., Traverso, L., Versari, A. Psicologia dello sviluppo. Connect Mc Graw Hill. 

Slide and resources in aulaweb. 

A text choosen in the list on aulaweb. 

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

LAURA TRAVERSO (President)

FRANCESCA LAGOMARSINO (President Substitute)

SERGIO MORRA (President Substitute)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

Second semester

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Written exam and oral exam. 

ASSESSMENT METHODS

After this course, useful knowledge must be acquired to describe what skills characterize us in the various life stages (eg such as perceptual abilities of a newborn), how do we change (for example, how do we develop language and communication skills?), and what theories have been formulated with respect to why we change (for example, the different theories concerning the cognitive development). The student should have acquired the ability to use this knowledge to understand a real situation that may be proposed or to envisage how to act in it (for example, you're in a Nursery School, with weaned children, which stimuli do you think it is useful to propose and why). Finally, students should use a specialized language. 

The written exam includes a majority of multiple choise questions on the manual and on the slides (or resource on aulaweb). The oral exam includes a majority of questions on the text choosen by the students, nevertheless questions on the manual and on the slides are possible. 

Oral exam is possible only when written exam is passed. 

The vote is the mean of the written and the oral exams. 

Exam schedule

FURTHER INFORMATION

Please visit regularly the web page of the course on aulaweb.

Please let the teachers know if you have a special education need.