EDUC302-18S1 (C) Semester One 2018

Researching Development: Opportunities and Risks in Adolescence

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 19 February 2018
End Date: Sunday, 24 June 2018
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 2 March 2018
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 18 May 2018

Description

This course is designed to provide students with an introduction to the research and research methods in adolescent development, with a special focus on risks and opportunities that are present in this stage of the life course. Incorporating both lectures and active learning exercises, students will be introduced to the core themes and a range of theory, research, and research methods, common to a developmental approach to adolescence.

Teenagers, Youth, Young People, Adolescents, Pubescents, and Whippersnappers: While the names may change, the developmental period marked on one end by the physical changes associated with puberty and on the other end by the assumption of adult roles and responsibilities is increasingly recognised as one of the key developmental transition periods filled with both opportunity and risk. While the hormonal changes have long been recognised, new research has documented significant neurological changes (that often don’t coincide with one another), and when combined with societal opportunities, expectations, and challenges provides the potential for developmental plasticity or entrenchment, resilience or deviance, and well-being or psychopathology. In EDUC302, we will explore theory and research that specifically focuses on the period of adolescence and consider some of the research methods that have helped to uncover the complexities in human development during the ‘teen’ years.

Learning Outcomes

1. To provide students a broad understanding of the critical issues and key methods in developmental research.
2. To help students acquire the knowledge and resources which enable them to be critical consumers of published research.
3. To introduce students to the fundamentals of research design, data analysis, interpretation, and report writing.

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

Prerequisites

EDUC202 or EDUC204 or any 30 points at 200 level of EDUC, or
PSYC, HLED, HLTH, or
HSRV, or
by permission of the Head of School.

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Jacqueline Tither

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Discussion Questions (best of 4) 20% Various due dates.
Laboratory Assignments 30% Various due dates.
Literature Review 11 Jun 2018 40%
Class Participation 10% Ongoing.

Textbooks / Resources

Readings will be posted on the course Learn website for students to download

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,493.00

International fee $6,075.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Educational Studies and Leadership .

All EDUC302 Occurrences

  • EDUC302-18S1 (C) Semester One 2018
  • EDUC302-18S1 (D) Semester One 2018 (Distance)