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Study Plan
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Laurea magistrale in Scienze motorie preventive ed adattate - Enrollment from 2025/2026The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.
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1 module among the following (Physical activity in natural environment and e Psychology of the years of grouth 1st year; Sport for People with Disabilities and Rehabilitation and re-training 2nd year)Legend | Type of training activity (TTA)
TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.
Psychology of the years of grouth (2023/2024)
Teaching code
4S000168
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
3
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
M-PSI/04 - DEVELOPMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
Period
1° semestre SM dal Sep 25, 2023 al Jan 12, 2024.
Location
VERONA
Courses Single
Authorized with reserve
Learning objectives
The general aim of the course is to provide the basic knowledge and methodological tools to understand the child's main developmental processes (physical, motor, perceptual, cognitive, emotional, social, and linguistic). The specific objectives of the course are to succeed in framing the key concepts of developmental psychology into motor and sports education. Recent findings from the scientific international literature will be presented and discussed.
Prerequisites and basic notions
Elements of General Psychology
Program
The course is aimed at understanding and deepening the principles of developmental psychology.
The student will be offered
1) knowledge of the main theories underlying the models of reading psychological development,
2) the characteristics of developmental processes within the different psychological domains,
3) the development of these processes within the different evolutionary phases of the child, from the neonatal to the adolescent,
4) critical knowledge of the complex relationship between individual components (nature) and environmental components (nurture) and of the role played by protection factors and risk indicators for the analysis of individual differences.
At the end of the course the student must demonstrate that he has acquired full mastery in the theoretical field and critical and autonomous ability to contextualize it in crucial issues related to development processes and related to points 1, 2, 3 and 4.
At the center of attention will be placed the current and fruitful theoretical perspectives that allow the integration of the different models and greatly expand the possibilities of reading the basic psychic processes.
Will be deepened, for the different age groups:
1. Neonatal
2. Early childhood
3. Childhood
4. School age
5. Puberty and preadolescence
6. Adolescence
the characteristics of developmental processes within the different psychological domains:
•Cognitive
• Emotional/affective
• Communicative/linguistic
• Perceptual/motor
• Relational/social.
Particular emphasis will be given to the role of individual factors (different temperaments and emotional regulation skills) and environmental factors (parenting and family styles) in the examination of divergences from typical development.
Bibliography
Didactic methods
The main modality will be the frontal one, constantly connected to a participatory and active dialogue with the students. Slides and videos will be shown and examples will be illustrated to support the theoretical contents.
Learning assessment procedures
The exam will take place in oral form.
Evaluation criteria
The student will have to demonstrate: • Mastery and elaboration capacity regarding the development processes and the main theories that interpret them, • Effective ability to examine the knowledge acquired and apply it in concrete contexts linked to development processes • Critical ability to activate connections between theories and models of reading child behavior in order to identify the best possible responses in developmental and learning contexts and grasp the links between child resilience factors and the developmental environment. The outcome of the exam is expressed in thirtieths.
Criteria for the composition of the final grade
1/3 mastery of the theoretical contents
1/3 critical, autonomous and reflective ability to master the subject
1/3 ability to translate the proposed themes into practical applications
Exam language
italiano
