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This module will provide opportunities for students to explore critically, with an eye to teaching practice, concepts such as development, learning and education from multiple perspectives. The module combines elements of developmental psychology, educational psychology and learning theory and will provide an introduction to the most important theories of development in the field of adult education. Topics will be selected from humanism and self-directed learning (Rogers, Maslow); behaviourism (Skinner and Thorndike), psychoanalysis (e.g Freud and Erikson);theories of intelligence and cognition (Vygotsky, Gardner, Piaget) feminism and moral development (Gilligan and Kohlberg); social and work-place learning (Engestrom);transformation theory (Mezirow); critical theory; attachment theory (Bowlby); and neuroscience and education. It will explore the implications of these theories for teaching and learning. Students are encouraged to reflect on their own learning and practice.
A minimum of eighty per cent attendance is required and active participation is expected in this module
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PSYCHOLOGY OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
