Study Guide

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

Teaching methods

Lectures
Groupwork

Exam schedules

28.11.2022 9-11.30

Re-exam: 9.1.2023 klo 16-18

International connections

Lectures
Problem based learning

Student workload

Lectures and Groupwork 3ECT
Exam 2ECT

Content scheduling

week 43-50

week 43
monday 24.10. 9.30 -11.30 introduction to cource and PBL introduction, (OT) 12.30-15.45 PBL groups; 1-2 12.30-14 , groups 3-4 14.15.-15.45 with teachers


week 44
monday 31.10 9.30-15 lectures: life span; biology, psychology and cognitive development (TS)
Thursday 3.11 8.15-9.45 PBL groups, independent group work


week 45
monday 7.11 9.30-11.30 lectures; childhood and early interaction between child and significant others (HR), PBL groups; 1-2 12.30-14 , groups 3-4 14.15.-15.45 with teachers


week 46
monday 14.11 9.30-15Lectures; education, learning, socialization (OT)
Thursday 17.11 8.15-9.45 PBL groups, independent group work

week48
28.11. 9.30-11.30 exam, at ITS supervised by teachers, at campus (HR)
28.11 PBL presentations 12.30-15.45 all together at campus (OT; HR)

Problem based learning groups; 1&3 Olli Toivonen, 2&4 Heidi Ristseppä

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Exam D-5
PBL groupwork accepted