Lifespan and Education (5cr)
Course unit code: TH00CA36
General information
- Credits
- 5 cr
- Teaching language
- Finnish
Objective
• you recognise individual and environmental factors that affect people’s growth, development and education
• you can describe the developmental tasks of different life phases
• you are familiar with theories on education, development and learning
Content
• the biological, psychological and social development of human beings
• the developmental tasks and challenges of different life phases: childhood, youth, adulthood and old age
• the psychosocial basis of education and supporting individuals’ growth and socialisation process
• early interaction and parent-infant bonding
• the ethical dimension of education