This module meets the Care Certificate Standards: 1. Understanding your Role; 3. Duty of Care; 4. Equality and Diversity; 5. Work in a Person: Person Centred Care; 7. Privacy and dignity; 9. Awareness of mental health, dementia and learning disability

This module is intended to support the development of knowledge and understanding of the human growth and development through a bio-psycho-socio lens. In order to achieve the learning outcomes above, this module will explore the following broad stages of the life course:¿childhood, adolescence, adulthood and older adulthood.

A breadth of issues will be addressed under these four stages, including but not limited to:¿

Biological, psychological and sociological theories and frameworks – learning theories; social learning theories; interactionist perspectives; psychodynamic perspectives¿

Inheritance – mechanisms of inheritance; gene context interaction; hormonal influences on development, identity¿

Loss, grief and bereavement¿

Valuing diversity – personal, cultural, religious and spiritual, throughout human development¿

Disruption of ‘normal’ development will be explored through the service user’s perspective and narratives to enable insight and empathy. It is expected that students will develop their understanding of and commitment to diversity and anti-oppressive values relevant to caring and supporting people in health and social care

Essay: Select one ‘stage’ in the lifespan and identify and discuss current definitions of the ‘stage’ and identify bio-psycho-social developmental needs associated with this ‘stage

The essay will examine one stage of student choice within the lifespan, identify and discuss definitions of the stage before identifying and discussing the developmental needs associated with this stage.



The essay meets all learning outcomes.

The VLE Blackboard will provide a structured framework for the delivery of this module. A blended learning approach is adopted, which consists of directed and independent study. The module is designed to allow some flexibility in approach to remain responsive to student’s individual identified needs, but activity will broadly consist of the following:



Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: (30 hours)

On campus and virtual seminars incorporating key academic skills

Formative individual and group tasks and activities

Contributions to Blackboard Learning Journal and Blogs

Completion of career planning activity and skills audits
Tutorial support (both group and individual)

Module assessment support

Guided Independent Study: (170 hours)
80 hours Research, reading, pre-session preparation
40 hours Review, reflection & formative task completion

50 hours Assessment (formative and summative)

Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the key biological, psychological and social learning theories in relation to human growth and development.¿

Knowledge and Understanding, Enquiry

Utilise knowledge, learning and understanding of theoretical frameworks to offer solutions to disruption in human growth and development.¿

Knowledge and Understanding, Enquiry, Problem Solving

Analyse the integration and relationship between wellbeing and social factors in lifespan development

Analysis , Application

IT equipment

Access to internet

Library

Beckett, C. and Taylor, H. (2019) Human Growth and Development. SAGE.

Irtelli, F., Durbano, F. and Taukeni, S.G. (2020)¿Quality of life-biopsychosocial perspectives. Intech Open.

McCoyd, J.L., Koller, J. and Walter, C.A. (2021)¿Grief and loss across the lifespan: A biopsychosocial perspective. Springer Publishing Company.

Taukeni, S.G. ed. (2019)¿Psychology of Health: Biopsychosocial Approach. BoD–Books on Demand.

Budwig, N., Turiel, E. and Zelazo, P.D. (2017). New Perspectives on Human Development. Cambridge University Press

This module is aimed to equip the learners with theoretical knowledge and understanding of human growth and development throughout the lifespan exploring a range of biological, psychological and social perspectives. Valuing diversity is at the core of the module exploring personal, cultural, religious and spiritual human development throughout the life stages.

Disruption of ‘normal’ development is explored through the service user’s perspective and narratives to enable insight and empathy. It is expected that students will develop their understanding of and commitment to diversity and anti-oppressive values relevant to caring and supporting people in health and social care.