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Unit of Study EDU81001 - Understanding Children and Adolescents (2015)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    PG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • AQF level

    8

  • Level of learning

    Introductory

  • Former School/College

    Former School of Education

  • Enrolment information

    Available to Education students only. Access to broadband Internet required.

Unit description

Introduces students to the physical, cognitive and social/emotional developmental domains of children and adolescents, and to how these domains influences learning. Theories of child and adolescent development and learning are reviewed and their implications for learning examined.  The effects of learning contexts on children and adolescents are considered.

Unit content

Perspectives on development and learning

Physical development of children and adolescents

Cognitive development of children and adolescents

Social and emotional wellbeing of children and adolescents

Neuroscience and learning

Educational theories of child and adolescent learning

The sociocultural context on learning

Availabilities

Not currently available in 2015

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 Identify the physical, social/emotional and cognitive development and characteristics of children and adolescents, and how these may influence learning
2 Understand the significance of social and emotional wellbeing on learning and development
3 Demonstrate how theories that inform learning and development are implemented in learning and teaching contexts
4 Identify how different theoretical perspectives inform understandings of the development and learning of children and adolescents
5 Identify how the socio-cultural contexts of children and adolescents influences learning and development, including Indigenous perspectives

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. Identify the physical, social/emotional and cognitive development and characteristics of children and adolescents, and how these may influence learning
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  2. Understand the significance of social and emotional wellbeing on learning and development
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  3. Demonstrate how theories that inform learning and development are implemented in learning and teaching contexts
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  4. Identify how different theoretical perspectives inform understandings of the development and learning of children and adolescents
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  5. Identify how the socio-cultural contexts of children and adolescents influences learning and development, including Indigenous perspectives
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA5: