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Lifespan and Education (5 cr)

Code: TH00CA36-3015

General information


Enrollment
02.06.2024 - 29.10.2024
Registration for the implementation has ended.
Timing
29.10.2024 - 31.12.2024
Implementation has ended.
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 cr
Local portion
4 cr
Virtual portion
1 cr
Mode of delivery
Blended learning
Unit
Health and Well-being
Teaching languages
English
Seats
36 - 45
Degree programmes
Degree Programme in Social Services
Teachers
Kaija Penttala
Noora Ahvenjärvi
Groups
PSOSS24EN
Degree Programme in Social Services, Early Childhood Education, S24
Course
TH00CA36

Realization has 12 reservations. Total duration of reservations is 30 h 0 min.

Time Topic Location
Tue 29.10.2024 time 10:30 - 15:00
(4 h 30 min)
Lifespan and Education TH00CA36-3015
SAL_2138_Victoria Victoria
Tue 05.11.2024 time 10:30 - 14:15
(3 h 45 min)
Lifespan and Education TH00CA36-3015
SAL_2138_Victoria Victoria
Tue 05.11.2024 time 14:00 - 15:30
(1 h 30 min)
Lifespan and Education TH00CA36-3015
SAL_2139.1 Ryhmätyö avo 1 (8 hlö)
SAL_2139.2 Ryhmätyö avo 2 (8 hlö)
SAL_2139.3 Ryhmätyö avo 3 (8 hlö)
SAL_2139.4 Ryhmätyö avo 4 (8 hlö)
Tue 12.11.2024 time 09:00 - 11:00
(2 h 0 min)
Lifespan and Education TH00CA36-3015
SAL_2139.1 Ryhmätyö avo 1 (8 hlö)
SAL_2139.2 Ryhmätyö avo 2 (8 hlö)
SAL_2139.3 Ryhmätyö avo 3 (8 hlö)
SAL_2139.4 Ryhmätyö avo 4 (8 hlö)
Tue 12.11.2024 time 12:00 - 15:00
(3 h 0 min)
Lifespan and Education TH00CA36-3015
SAL_2138_Victoria Victoria
Tue 19.11.2024 time 09:00 - 12:00
(3 h 0 min)
Lifespan and Education TH00CA36-3015
SAL_2138_Victoria Victoria
Tue 19.11.2024 time 13:00 - 15:00
(2 h 0 min)
Lifespan and Education TH00CA36-3015
SAL_2139.1 Ryhmätyö avo 1 (8 hlö)
SAL_2139.2 Ryhmätyö avo 2 (8 hlö)
SAL_2139.3 Ryhmätyö avo 3 (8 hlö)
SAL_2139.4 Ryhmätyö avo 4 (8 hlö)
Tue 26.11.2024 time 09:00 - 12:00
(3 h 0 min)
Lifespan and Education TH00CA36-3015
SAL_2138_Victoria Victoria
Tue 26.11.2024 time 13:00 - 14:30
(1 h 30 min)
Lifespan and Education TH00CA36-3015
SAL_2139.1 Ryhmätyö avo 1 (8 hlö)
SAL_2139.2 Ryhmätyö avo 2 (8 hlö)
SAL_2139.3 Ryhmätyö avo 3 (8 hlö)
SAL_2139.4 Ryhmätyö avo 4 (8 hlö)
Tue 10.12.2024 time 10:30 - 12:00
(1 h 30 min)
Lifespan and Education TH00CA36-3015
SAL_2138_Victoria Victoria
Tue 10.12.2024 time 13:00 - 16:00
(3 h 0 min)
Lifespan and Education TH00CA36-3015
SAL_2138_Victoria Victoria
Wed 18.12.2024 time 11:30 - 12:45
(1 h 15 min)
Lifespan and Education TH00CA36-3015
SAL_1170_Phi
Changes to reservations may be possible.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Content scheduling

Tuesdays Weeks 44-50

Week 44
Tue 29.10.2024
10.30 -11.15 Course info and introduction to lifespan development (KP)
12.00 -15.30 Holistic development: biosocial, cognitive and psychosocial processes. (KP)

Week 45
Tue 5.11.2024
10.30 - 14.15 Childhood (KP)
14.15 - 15.45 Group work (teachers present)

Week 46
Tue 12.11.2024
9.30 - 11.00 Group work
12.00 - 15.00 Adolescence (NA)

Week 47
Tue 19.11.2024
9.15 - 12.00 Adulthood (NA)
13.00 - 14.30 Group work (teachers present)

Week 48
Tue 26.11.2024
9.15 - 12.00 Late Adulthood (NA)
13.00 - 14:30 Group work

Week 49
Independent work

Week 50
10.12.2024
10.30 - 12.00 Course exam (KP)
13.00 - 15.30 Group presentations on study assignment (KP & NA)

Kindly be advised that attendance at all group meetings is mandatory. While one absence due to illness or other valid reasons is permissible, in such instances, the student is required to coordinate with either the group or the teacher to arrange additional tasks to make up for the missed session.

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

Materials

Exam material:
Lectures +
Lifespan development: a psychological perspective. 2019. Lally, M. & Valentine-French, S., Second edition. E-book available at http://dept.clcillinois.edu/psy/LifespanDevelopment.pdf

Chapter 1: Introduction to Lifespan Development, p. 9-24
Chapter 4: Early Childhood, p. 115-163
Chapter 6: Adolescence, p. 215-245
Chapter 8: Middle Adulthood, p. 307-370
Chapter 9: Late adulthood, p. 371-438

Exam schedules

Course exam 10.12.2024 at 10.15 - 12:00.
The course re-take exam 18.12.2024 at 11.30-13.00.
The second re-examination 11.2.2025 at 10.30 - 12.00 at Salo Campus. Register by email no later than 4.2. to Kaija.

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