Practical Works on Development Observation

Code:

P106

Acronym:

TPOD

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Psychology

Instance: 2008/2009 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Psychology
Course/CS Responsible:	Integrated Master Psychology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIPSI	152	Official Curricular Structure 2007/2008	1	-	3	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

At the end of the semestre, students should:
1. Demonstrate behavoural observation competences
2. Be capable of planning observation situations
3. Demonstrate a self-evaluative attitude regarding their performance as observeurs and their partnership role in the interaction with the observed child.

Program

1. Observation of child development: methods and recording instruments
2. Specific considerations regarding the observation of the infant and the young child:
a) the quality of the child-observer interaction
b) the balance between directiveness and responsiveness to child interests
c) recording difficulties
3. Major developmental domains in infant and childhood development

Mandatory literature

Carvalhal Artur; Guia para avaliação do desenvolvimento da criança de um mês a doze meses de idade
Papalia Diane E.; O^mundo da criança. ISBN: 972-773-069-8
Griffiths Ruth; The^griffiths mental development

Teaching methods and learning activities

Expositive.
Tutorial.
Experiential.

keywords

Social sciences > Psychological sciences > Psychology > Developmental psychology

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Subject Classes	Participação presencial	28,00
Written group work	Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese	28,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Independent study	Estudo autónomo	25	2008-12-19
	Total:	25,00