UCL - Exercises in educational and developmental psychology

[PSY1327]

[ + 30h] 2 credits

This course is taught in the 2d semester.

Teacher(s): Nathalie Grosbois

Language: French

Level: First

Aims
Main themes
Content and teaching methods
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Aims

Main themes

These exercises are designed to provide students with the opportunity to integrate the theoretical concepts from the three pre-orientation courses in Psychology, Education and Development in a practical piece work involving participant observation. In this way, students will become better aware of the life of a person suffering development disorders, difficulties in learning or a situation involving disability or socio-cultural disadvantage; or, in other words, in a state of vulnerability.
Students will have to :
- note, by observation, interview or situation scenario, behavioural indicators showing these difficulties
- make an analysis of specific needs
- put forward some hypotheses about their difficulties in functioning
- do this with the help of methodological tools, approaches and concepts covered in the pre-orientation courses.

Content and teaching methods

Students choose the mode of interview or observation of children or adolescents and shape their analysis with reference to clearly identified theoretical concepts. They will be provided with observation grids and tools.

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

PSP 1160 "Child and adolescent psychology" is a prerequisite.
Assessment is on a written assignment.