Lifespan and Education (5 cr)
Code: TH00CA36-3020
General information
Enrollment
02.06.2025 - 03.11.2025
Timing
03.11.2025 - 11.12.2025
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Virtual portion
5 op
Mode of delivery
Distance learning
Unit
Health and Well-being
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
46 - 55
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Social Services
Teachers
- Kaija Penttala
- Noora Ahvenjärvi
Groups
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PSOSS25V
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
Evaluation scale
H-5