Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Substitute(s)
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The cours will be given according to the following plan:
- Introduction: Human development
- Genetics
- Prenatal development and birth
- The first two years of childhood: bio social development
- The first two years of childhood: cognitive development
- The first two years of childhood: psychosociall development
- Prescholar and scholar age: bio social development
- Prescholar and scholar age: cognitive development
- Prescholar and scholar age: psychosociall development
- Adolescence: bio social development
- Adolescence: cognitive development
- Adolescence: psychosociall development
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
First, this course will review basic knowledge on the importance of genetics in human development and will teach prenatal and natal factors that influence child development. Then, the course will cover several theoretical concepts of developmental psychology on the bio social, cognitive and psychosocial level. Courses will include clinical examples and scientific references.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
None
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Learning from distance with pre-recorded videos and live Q&A sessions.
Organisational adjustments related to the current health context
Recommended or required readings
Psychologie de développement de Kathleen Stassen Berger
Assessment methods and criteria
Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.
Written examination
Multiple Choice Questions : 40 questions ("For Guessing" SMART correction criteria : one point for each correct response, 0 point in case of no response, -1/number of propositions -1 in case of error)"
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Laurens Van Calster