COURSE NAME : CHILD AND ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT

COURSE CODE : EDU 5011

CREDIT : 3 (3+0)

LEARNING HOURS : 120 hours per semester

PREREQUISITE : None

LEARNING OUTCOMES : Students are able to :

1. Conclude various theories and models of human development

(C6/CS)
2. Establish developmental factors influencing children and
adolescents’ growth and development (P4, TS)
3. Display the internalization of the importance of the knowledge on
human’s development theories and models (A5, LL)

SYNOPSIS : This course covers various human developmental theories and

models, and factors influencing child and adolescent development.

(Kursus ini meliputi pelbagai teori dan model perkembangan manusia,

dan faktor yang mempengaruhi perkembangan kanak-kanak dan
remaja.)

COURSE CONTENT

LECTURE : Hours

1. Human Development 3
- Mechanistic and Organismic Models
- Conceptual Models.

2. Genetics and Contextual Influences on Development 3

- Research
- Issues and controversies.

3. Prenatal development 3
- The effects of stimulants and terratogens
- Childbirth methods and their implications.

4. Physical and Cognitive Devlopment of Infants 3

- Cephalocaudal and proximodistal patterns
- Reflexes and stimulants to motor sensory.

5. Socio-emotional development of infants 6

- Attachment patterns and their implications
- Display and regulation of emotions
- Infants socialization.

6. Physical, Cognitive, Socio-emotional and Moral 6

Development of Children
- Stimulating gross and fine motors
- Transition from pre-operation to concrete operation
- Role playing and socialization
- Enhancing moral development.

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 7. Issues in Children’s Development 6
- Disorders caused by insecure attachments
- Effects of parents separation and loss
- Childcare center’s issues and controversies

8. Physical, Cognitive, Socio-emotional and Moral 6

Development of Adolescents
- Physical issues and self-esteem
- Formal operation and social cognition
- Moral development phases and their educational
implications

9. Issues in Adolescents’ Development 3

- Identity formation and self-concept
- Juvenile delinquency.

10. Issues in adolescent’s psychology 3

- Peer influence
- Parent’s role and generation gap, moral behaviour,
extreme opinions and delinquency
TOTAL 42

EVALUATION : Coursework 60%

Final Exam 40%

REFERENCES : 1. Berk, L.E (2009). Child development. 8th edition. New York:
Allyn & Bacon.

2. Cook, J.L. & Cook, G. (2007). The world of children. Boston:

Pearson.

3. Rathus, S. A. (2006). Childhood and adolescence. voyages in

development. 2nd Edition. Canada: Wadsworth.

4. Rice, P.F. & Dolgin, K.G. (2008). The adolescent.

Development, relationships, and culture. 12th Edition. Boston:
Pearson.

5. Santrock, J. (2006). Lifespan development (10th ed.) Boston:

McGraw Hill.