child development timetable

SPE8154/1057 & EDU2011 Module calendar 2023/2024

October

November

December

January

February

September

Lectures

Lectures and workshops

Lectures and time to start your child study

Child Study Data Collection

Child Study Analysis/Write Up

The Module Starts

March

April

May

Octobe

August

ED2011 students submit child study

Speech students continue child study write up

Speech students submit

Resit Period

01

September

All cohorts will attend the first lecture on Thursday 26th September 3-5pm Click on the date to view the agenda for that day

02

October

All cohorts will attend lectures on a Thursday 3-5pm Click the date to view the agenda for the lecture

03

November

All cohorts will attend lectures on a Thursday 3-5pm Click the date to view the agenda for the lecture All cohorts will also have two Mimo pacticals this month - see individual timetables

03

December

All cohorts will attend lectures on a Thursday 3-5pm Click the date to view the agenda for the lecture Speech students should start collecting data for their child study If speech students have not identified a child to observe, contact sarah.barnett@ncl.ac.uk

04

January

Speech students should be collecting collect data and start language analysis. EDU2011 students should start their write up and analysis so they can take any questions to MiMo practicals in February

05

February

All students should have started their language analysis and take any questions to the MiMo practical drop in sessions this month. See invidual timetables for sessions

06

March

EDU2011 submit their assignments Speech students should continue with their write up

07

April

Speech students should continue with their write up

08

May

Speech students should submit their child study

09

August

Students who fail the child study will resubmit a reworked version acting on their feedback in the August resit period

Week 1

Introduction to the module 1a Defining Child Development

• Definition of development
• Study of Child development
• Aspects of Development

1b Aspects of Development

• Norms & milestones
• Summary of developmental progression
• The New Born
• The two-year old child

Week 4

Social development4a Social Skills: behaviour and Temperament• The development of temperament • Attachment

4b Social Skills: Communication and peer relationships • Early communicative development • Social and communicative development in later childhood

Week 7

Child Speech and Language Acquisition 7a Language acquisition 1. Early stages 2. Basic components

7b Early social context 1. Innate features which support language acquisition 2. Eye gaze, joint attention

Week 2

Cognitive development2a Themes & Theories of development• Themes in developmental psychology • Theories of development • Nature vs. Nurture

2b Cognition: Piaget’s cognitive-developmental theory 2c Cognition: Information processing theory

Week 10

Language Acquisition: Complex Sentences 10a Complex sentences • Coordination/subordination • Sequence of development 10b Social interaction • Referential communication • Identification of communication skills • Use of language in social contexts

Week 3

3c 3d Play • Purpose of play • Forms of play

Perception and Play3a 3b Perception• Perception in young children • Perception in older children

Week 11

Language development Age 5+ Lecture 11a Communication 5+ • Changes in communication • Literacy • Complex communication

Lecture 11b Multilingualism • Multilingualism • Advantages • Code switching • Advocacy for multilingualism

Week 8

Language Acquisition: Words8a Speech sound development1. Sounds in words

8b Word meanings 1. Word learning mechanisms 2. Refining word meanings over time

Week 5

5 Social skills: Cognition• Theory of Mind (ToM) • Other theories of social cognition

Week 9

Language Acquisition: Sentences9a Combining words • Intonation contours • Productivity • Pivot and open sentences 9b Morphemes and sentence structure • Developing clause and phrase structure; • Questions, negatives, passive

9c Comprehension, questions and negatives • Early sentence comprehension strategies • Structures of questions and negatives • Sequence development of negatives and questions

Week 6

How to do a child Study See detailed Assessment Handbook on Canvas

Week 6

How to do a child Study See detailed Assessment Handbook on Canvas

International exchange students due date for assignment 12 noon