MODULE

INTRODUCTION
DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
 Module Leader – Office R3/08
a.m.denovan@hud.ac.u
Andrew Denovan k
WELCOME TO
DEVELOPMENTA
L PSYCHOLOGY Seminar leaders or the
module leader will
mark your assessment
 • COMES UP REGULARLY AS AN ISSUE
IN STUDENT PANEL
• WE WILL RESPOND WHEN WE SEE IT
HAPPENING
STUDENTS • YOU CAN ALERT US IF WE MISS IT
TALKING IN • WE HAVE BUILT IN OPPORTUNITIES
LECTURES FOR YOU TO SPEAK TO ONE
ANOTHER DURING THE LECTURE –
USUALLY A QUESTION ABOUT THE
LECTURE FOR YOU TO THINK AND
TALK ABOUT
 What do you think are the most important
things to help children develop
successfully? 

REFLECTING ON
YOUR OWN Watch the Youtube video keeping your
COMMUNITY/ original answer to the question in mind.
FAMILY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIZ8P
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 HAVE YOUR IDEAS
CHANGED?
• HOW DO THE THEORIES YOU HAVE
ENCOUNTERED IN PSYCHOLOGY
INFORM THE WAY YOU THINK?
• TALK TO YOUR NEIGHBOUR ABOUT
THIS (5 MINUTES)
• TIME TO EXPLORE THIS FURTHER…
 Lectures in Learning Resources with pre
and post lecture activities – reading is
provided for you together with reading
guidelines

Seminar activities in Learning

Resources
BRIGHTSPACE
Organised in calendar order

Assessment guidelines and model

answers in Assessment
 • A MIX OF LECTURES AND SEMINARS –
SEE MODULE HANDBOOK FOR RUNNING
ORDER

MODUL • WE BEGIN WITH 3 UNDERPINNING

THEORIES IN LECTURES, FOLLOWED BY
E SEMINARS TO HELP YOU APPLY THOSE

DESIGN THEORIES
• WE THEN MOVE ON TO A SERIES OF
TERM 1 THEMES, ONE PER LECTURE, TAKING AN
APPLIED APPROACH
• THERE IS A FINAL SEMINAR TO SUPPORT
YOU WITH THE PORTFOLIO ASSIGNMENT
 Week Topic
9 Introduction
LECTUR 10 Vygotsky
E 12 Communities of Practice
TOPICS 15 Bronfenbrenner
TERM 1 17 Social Relationships
19 Research Methods
20 Extra Curriculum Activities
 Week Topic

SEMINA 11 Apply Vygotsky

R 14 Apply Communities of
TOPICS Practice
TERM 1 16 Apply Bronfenbrenner
18 Portfolio preparation
 We continue the series of
MODUL themed lectures

E
DESIGN There are two seminar
TERM 2 opportunities at the end of the
lecture series to support you
with the second assignment
 Week Topic
25 Lecture (Education)
26 Lecture (Bereavement) (Trigger warning –
if you have been recently bereaved you
may choose not to engage with this topic)
TOPICS 27 Lecture (Cared for Children) (Trigger
Warning, please review the material)
TERM 2 28 Lecture (Lifespan)
29 Lecture (The case study assignment)
31 Seminar – Assessment preparation – early
bird support
 
33 Seminar - Second chance to receive
assessment support
 We take a socio-cultural stance

Development is distributed across

time, person and context
ONTOLOGICA
L POSITION
Allows theoretical critical analysis

You can have your own stance, but you need

to demonstrate understanding of the socio-
cultural approach in assessments!
 Cultur
e

Development

Social
Language
interaction
APPLIE
D • AGEING

NATURE • SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS

OF THE • CARE EXPERIENCED YOUNG PEOPLE

MODUL • BEREAVEMENT

E • EDUCATION
 ENGAGING IN
LEARNING
• ACTIVITIES BEFORE AND AFTER EACH
LECTURE TO CONSOLIDATE YOUR
UNDERSTANDING PLUS SOME
DISCUSSION BOARD ACTIVITIES
• THESE ARE DESIGNED TO HELP YOU
THINK ABOUT THE ISSUES YOU WILL
EVENTUALLY BE ASSESSED ON
• IF YOU HAVE ANY QUERIES ABOUT
THESE ACTIVITIES YOU CAN USE THE
FORUM ON THE DISCUSSION BOARD TO
ASK QUESTIONS AS WELL AS POSTING
YOUR RESPONSE TO ANY QUESTIONS WE
HAVE ASKED
 UNDERGRADUATE AND POST
GRADUATE ASSESSMENT 1 –
PORTFOLIO
A Portfolio – issues directly
linked to the theory lectures in
Term 1. You choose which issues
to consider and apply the
theories supported by research
evidence. More advice in the
seminars
1500 words

16 Jan. 2023

Hand in 16th January 2023

 ASSESSMENT 2
SECTION A
• FOUR CASE STUDIES WRITTEN BY US
AND BASED ON THE APPLIED THEMES
FROM TERM 2
• YOU CHOOSE 1 OF THESE
• CONDUCT A THEORETICAL THEMATIC
ANALYSIS USING THE 3 UNDERPINNING
THEORIES FROM THE MODULE
• A NEW QUALITATIVE METHOD OF
ANALYSIS TO TRY!
 Devise 2 research plans using
different methods to
investigate some issues
emerging from the case study

Looking at managing the

ASSESSME research – how to gain
NT 2 access, develop research
SECTION B relationships, potential for
participatory research

Will help you think through

some of the challenges you
may have in undertaking
your final year project next
year
 Undergraduates 1500 words
– 750 research plans and
750 thematic analysis
WORD
COUNT
AND Postgraduates 2000 words –
1000 each
DEADLI
NE
Hand in 20th March 2023
 Seminars are opportunities
to think and discuss issues

SEMINA
R They aim to scaffold your
understanding and prepare
SESSION you for the assessments
S
A chance to ask questions
and get some feedback
 Journal articles, reading guides and
activities on Brightspace

Provide knowledge/content
A
LEARNING Consider the influence of research
COMMUNI methodology
TY
Reflect on theoretical positions

Develop critical thinking

 NEXT WEEK

Vygotsky

Will be the first of the underpinning theories in Term 1

The seminar the week after will consider Vygotskian

concepts in relation to your own or someone else’s life