- Code
- PRD 222
- Name
- Theories of Child Development
- Semester
- 0
- Lecture hours
- 3.00
- Seminar hours
- 0.00
- Laborator hours
- 0.00
- Credits
- 3.00
- ECTS
- 5.00
- Description
- Objectives
- Java
- Tema
- 1
- Introduction to course
- 2
- Psychoanalytical Theories: Psychosexual Theory (Sigmund Freud)
- 3
- Psychoanalytical Theories: Psychosocial Theory (Erik Erikson)
- 4
- Behavioral Theories: Behaviorism (Watson and Skinner)
- 5
- Social Learning Theory – Albert Bandura
- 6
- Biological Theories – Stanley Hall, Arnold Gesell; Ethology – Konrad Lorenz
- 7
- Attachment Theory
- 8
- Midterm exam
- 9
- Cognitive Theories: Cognitive Development Theory – Jean Piaget
- 10
- Socio Cultural Theory – Lev Vygotsky
- 11
- Information Processing Theory
- 12
- Developmental Systems Theory: Bio-ecological Model (Urie Bronfenbrenner)
- 13
- Parents, family and children
- 14
- Sibling relationships and child development
- 15
- Peers and school context in child development
- 16
- Final Exam
- 1
- After completing this course, students will be able to: - describe major theories and themes about how children develop
- 2
- compare the characteristics of various developmental stages according to different theorists
- 3
- identify factors influencing the development process
- 4
- design age-appropriate prevention and intervention programs based on developmental theory
- 5
- reflect on their conceptions about child development and its implications for children’s well-being
- Quantity Percentage Total percent
- Midterms
- 1 30% 30%
- Quizzes
- 0 0% 0%
- Projects
- 0 0% 0%
- Term projects
- 0 0% 0%
- Laboratories
- 0 0% 0%
- Class participation
- 1 10% 10%
- Total term evaluation percent
- 40%
- Final exam percent
- 60%
- Total percent
- 100%
- Quantity Duration (hours) Total (hours)
- Course duration (including exam weeks)
- 16 3 48
- Off class study hours
- 14 3 42
- Duties
- 0 0 0
- Midterms
- 1 10 10
- Final exam
- 1 25 25
- Other
- 0 0 0
- Total workLoad
- 125
- Total workload / 25 (hours)
- 5.00
- ECTS
- 5.00