Primary teacher education

General Aims This course aims at familiarizing the students with the themes and methods of developmental psychology. From Infancy to primary school age. At the end of the course students will know the “normative frames” of development.The particular methodological tools that characterise the field of developmental psychology will be examined. There will be a focus on the development of drawing skills and on the strategies to man-age the class of pupils in primary school. Specific Aims (knowledge and understanding). Students will know normative frames related to cognitive, social and emotional development. Students will also have a basic knowledge and understanding of different research methods in developmental psychol-ogy. Applying knowledge and understanding At the end of the course, students will be able to recognize normative frame, developmental tasks chal-lenges and resources in analyzing a “case”. Students will also be able to recognize different research methods in developmental psychology Making judgements Class discussions will allow students to learn how to comment a case making reference to psychological theories and to contextualize the case in the environment. Communication skills). Trough discussions in class, students will learn how communicate using specific terminology of develop-mental psychology. Learning skills). Recall to sources will allow students to learn how to study in deep topics of developmental psychology, above all by using appropriate key words. At the end of the course students should be able to find and use bibliographic and sitographic tools in order to constantly update and deepen professional knowledge and skills.