Undergraduate - UnitEDF3006 - Adolescent development and learning

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Education
Offered	Clayton First semester 2015 (Day) Gippsland First semester 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr John Ehrich (Clayton); Associate Professor Jeffrey Dorman (Gippsland)

Synopsis

This unit focuses on significant aspects of adolescent development in the context of teacher education. Building on the first-year education units students are introduced to psychological research into adolescent age span and encouraged to develop critical perspectives on knowledge claims rather than relying on anecdotal information. The unit considers psychological, motivational, social, cognitive, biological and sociocultural perspectives of adolescent development and learning. Students inquire into interpersonal and teaching strategies for teaching and learning with adolescents based on contemporary knowledge of adolescent development.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit students should be able to:

appreciate adolescence as a discrete period of individual development in our society
articulate theories of adolescent development from a scientific viewpoint
explain the developmental tasks of adolescence
understand how teacher-student relationships are influenced by issues of adolescent development
identify problems in teaching adolescents and apply relevant frameworks
analyse multidimensional facets of influence (motivations, self-esteem: anxiety, stress, coping: biological processes, cognition, moral development, development of the self: familial, peer and sociocultural influences, issues of diversity, additional issues including substance abuse, deviance, depression, truancy, bullying and resilience)
access relevant information on aspects of adolescents' development.

Assessment

Group presentation (2000 words per student equivalent, 50%)
Research essay (2000 words, 50%)

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 12 hours per week comprising:

(a.) Contact hours for on-campus students:

2 hours per week

(b.) Additional requirements:

10 hours of independent study per week

Chief examiner(s)

Dr John Ehrich

Prerequisites

Must have passed 2 units in EDF1301, EDF1302, EDF1303, EDF1304 AND must have passed 2 units in EDF2001, EDF2002, EDF2004, EDF2005 OR must have passed 2 units in EDF2003, EDF3002