COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE CHILDHOOD
PSICOLOGIA COGNITIVA DELL'INFANZIA
| A.Y. | Credits |
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| 2022/2023 | 5 |
| Lecturer | Office hours for students | |
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| Mirta Vernice | Fridays from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m (online and/or in-presence mode). Please send an email to fix an appointment |
Assigned to the Degree Course
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Learning Objectives
This course incorporates insights from neuroscience, cross-cultural psychology, and education.
During the course we will: i) explore the development of cognition from birth through the pre-school years; ii) we will focus on how children acquire knowledge about the world, focusing on objects, caregivers, and causality (the relationships that bind agents and objects); iii) we will study language development – how language is acquired, and how it influences children’s thinking; iv) we will also examine how children’s knowledge is organised, stored, enhanced and modified.
The main objective of the current course is promoting cognitive development through everyday educational practice.
Program
The course will assume a practical approach in studying children’s cognitive development. Students will work with research data excerpts, and visual/video materials. The course will also introduce students to doing research with children. While providing scientific data about different domains of cognitive development throughout childhood, the course will enable students to learn about a range of cognitive developmental theories, themes and concepts, and about the methods involved in research with children. The course will also address critical issues and frameworks that shape how we study cognitive development, such as the influence of the context, the role of biological factors during development, and the interaction of the social, cognitive and genetic domains.
Bridging Courses
None.
Learning Achievements (Dublin Descriptors)
- Knowledge and understanding: The student should demonstrate adequate mastery of the basic knowledge related to the development of cognitive and linguistic processes in the early years of life.
- Applying knowledge and understanding: The student will have to show the ability to translate the models presented into daily teaching practice, constructing teaching materials and activities aimed at children in the 0-3 range;
- Making judgements: he/she will have to be able to critically evaluate a targeted educational intervention aimed at promoting a specific cognitive and/or linguistic area, possibly identifying the most critical aspects in the childare context.
- Communication skills: The student will be able to explain the content of the most relevant topics of the course; he/she will have to be able to critically argue the reasons for the most important psychological approaches and will have to master the language of the discipline.
- Learning skills: Upon completion of the course, the student will show autonomy in the critical understanding of developmental processes targeting preschool children within the 0-3 range.
Teaching Material
The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it
Supporting Activities
Optional assessment tests, intended as a tool for self-assessment by the student, will be proposed around the mid of first semenster. These tests will target both attending and non-attending students, and will take place online.
Slides and additional materials (video) will be made available through the moodle platform.
Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment
- Teaching
Classes of 2 hours.
- Innovative teaching methods
The in-person teaching mode will be enriched with individual exercises, which students will carry out using the University's Moodle platform. S also making use of tools such as prezi (for creating online presentations), jamboard. The work will cover teaching activities to be proposed in services 0-6 and will be part of the exam.
- Attendance
Attendance is optional but is highly recommended.
- Course books
Required Reading:
- Guasti, M.T., Silleresi, S., Vernice, M. (2019). Imparare la lingua giocando. L'educazione multilingue da 0 a 6 anni. Milano: Raffaello Cortina Editore.
Suggested Reading:
- Valenza, E., Turati, C. (2019). Promuovere lo sviluppo della mente. Un approccio neurocostruttivista. Bologna: Il Mulino (chapter. 1, paragraphs 1-2-3; chap. 3; chap. 5, paragraphs 5-6-7-9; chap. 6, paragraphs 1-2-5-6).
- Assessment
A written test consisting of three open questions. Additionally, students will have to create a didactic activity aimed at promoting child's cognitive development, inspired to the cognitive tasks and materials presented during classes.
The test will last 25 minutes.
The evaluation criteria are the following: 1) relevance and effectiveness of the answers in relation to the contents of the program; 2) degree of articulation of the answer; 3) adequacy of the language used.
The final evaluation will range from a minimum of 18 to a maximum of 30 cum laude.
- Disabilità e DSA
Le studentesse e gli studenti che hanno registrato la certificazione di disabilità o la certificazione di DSA presso l'Ufficio Inclusione e diritto allo studio, possono chiedere di utilizzare le mappe concettuali (per parole chiave) durante la prova di esame.
A tal fine, è necessario inviare le mappe, due settimane prima dell’appello di esame, alla o al docente del corso, che ne verificherà la coerenza con le indicazioni delle linee guida di ateneo e potrà chiederne la modifica.
Additional Information for Non-Attending Students
- Teaching
Non-attending students must refer exclusively to the books listed in the bibliography as well as to the slides available on the blended learning page of the course. Non-attending students will have the same requirements as attending students.
- Attendance
Attendance is optional.
- Course books
Non-attending students must refer exclusively to the books and chapters listed in the course books section.
Required Reading:
- Guasti, M.T., Silleresi, S., Vernice, M. (2019). Imparare la lingua giocando. L'educazione multilingue da 0 a 6 anni. Milano: Raffaello Cortina Editore.
Suggested Reading:
- Valenza, E., Turati, C. (2019). Promuovere lo sviluppo della mente. Un approccio neurocostruttivista. Bologna: Il Mulino (chapter. 1, paragraphs 1-2-3; chap. 3; chap. 5, paragraphs 5-6-7-9; chap. 6, paragraphs 1-2-5-6).
- Assessment
There are no differences with respect to the requirements for attending students.
A written test consisting of three open questions. Additionally, students will have to create a didactic activity aimed at promoting child's cognitive development, inspired to the cognitive tasks and materials presented during classes.
The test will last 25 minutes.
The evaluation criteria are the following: 1) relevance and effectiveness of the answers in relation to the contents of the program; 2) degree of articulation of the answer; 3) adequacy of the language used.
The final evaluation will range from a minimum of 18 to a maximum of 30 cum laude.
- Disabilità e DSA
Le studentesse e gli studenti che hanno registrato la certificazione di disabilità o la certificazione di DSA presso l'Ufficio Inclusione e diritto allo studio, possono chiedere di utilizzare le mappe concettuali (per parole chiave) durante la prova di esame.
A tal fine, è necessario inviare le mappe, due settimane prima dell’appello di esame, alla o al docente del corso, che ne verificherà la coerenza con le indicazioni delle linee guida di ateneo e potrà chiederne la modifica.
Notes
None.
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