Students of the Dutch bachelor’s programme, see Ontwikkelings- en onderwijspsychologie
Entry requirements
None
Description
Developmental and Educational Psychology focuses on processes of development, maturation and learning throughout childhood and youth (prenatal to approximately 21 years old).
Course objectives
At the end of this course, the student can:
1) define the key terms of developmental and educational psychology (i.e, the terms for the important concepts, theories and research methods) and apply them to examples;
2) indicate the major social, emotional, cognitive and language developments that may be expected in children;
3) indicate the major influences on development in children (i.e., the underlying mechanisms of change);
4) relate and apply theory on learning mindsets and learning strategies to one's own learning process.
Timetable
For the timetable of this course please refer to MyTimetable
Registration
Education
First-year bachelor students are assigned to and registered for all course components in the first academic year by the education administration of their bachelor programme. The programme will communicate to these students for which course components and for which period the registration applies;
If applicable, minor students, premaster students, exchange students and external guest students will be informed by the education administration about the current registration procedure;
All other students, including resit students, must register themselves for all course components (lectures, werkgroups and/or and practicals) they wish to follow. You can register up to 5 days before the start of the course.
Exams
First-year bachelor students will need to register themselves for resit exams in My Studymap. Registration for resit exams is open from 30 to 10 days before the exam date. Don’t forget! First-year bachelor students are registered for all regular exams (not resits) in the first academic year by the education administration of their bachelor programme. For more information, see the enrolment procedure;
If applicable, minor students, premaster students, exchange students and external guest students will be informed by the education administration about the current registration procedure;
All other students, including resit students, must register themselves for exams and resits. You can register up to 10 days before the exam. Don’t forget! For more information, see the enrolment procedure.
You cannot take an exam without a valid registration in My Studymap.
Mode of instruction
7 2-hour lectures
3 2-hour work group sessions
Attendance at the work group sessions is mandatory. See Brightspace for more information.
Assessment method
The assessment consists of an exam and a so-called ‘second assessment component’. Both lead to a partial grade.
The exam focuses on the first three course objectives. The weight of the exam grade in the final grade is 100%.
The second assessment component focuses on the fourth course objective, consists of workgroup assignments and is assessed as a pass/fail. Passing these assigments is a requirement for completing the course.
You will be informed about the method of inspection and feedback of the examination via Brightspace in due course.
The Institute of Psychology uses fixed rules for grade calculation. It also follows the policy of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences to systematically check student papers for plagiarism with the help of software. All students are required to take and pass the Scientific Integrity Test with a score of 100% in order to learn about the practice of integrity in scientific writing. Students are given access to the quiz via a module on Brightspace. Disciplinary measures will be taken when fraud is detected. Students are expected to be familiar with and understand the implications of these two policies.
Literatuur / Reading list
Siegler, R., Saffran, J. R., Gershoff, E., Eisenberg, N., & Leaper, C. (2020). How Children Develop. 7th edition. New York: Worth Publishers.
Contact information
For inquiries, please contact us first via: [dep@fsw.leidenuniv.nl](mailto: dep@fsw.leidenuniv.nl)
Alternative: Dr. Ili Ma i.ma@fsw.leidenuniv.nl