Week+1+Introduction+to+Developmental+Psychology

=Week 1 Introduction to developmental Psychology =

Topic(s)

 * Definition of Developmental Psychology
 * Big questions in Developmental Psychology


 * Objective(s) **
 * **Students will be able to __outline__ the field of study in Developmental Psychology**
 * Students will be able to __define__ developmental psychology
 * Students will be able to Relate the "big questions in Developmental Psychology" to specific studies.

**Activities / Strategies**
 * **Name** || **Level** || **Description -** ** Instructions ** || **Type** || **Handout / File** ||
 * Big questions in Developmental Psychology || S-L || ====**Previous work:** For HW, students will bring one study of Developmental Psychology (first HL HW of the course) they can use sources like Psychology Today, Psych blogspot, TIME, NatGeo, etc.====

- Individually, students will write down their own definition of Developmental Psychology, then, they will discuss in pairs and make a new definition. - Then, they will read the definition in their textbooks, adding the new information to the definition they already had. - Each pair will write their definition with markers in a big piece of paper. They will be posted around the classroom and will be used again at the end of the lesson. (15 minutes) - The teacher will present in general terms what Developmental Psychology studies, introducing them to the following big questions:
 * Class:**

Is it nature or nurture? Or is the question, itself, misleading? How come we begin life as babies, who are so similar to one another, and yet we grow into such distinct adults? How do we come to understand ourselves and our relationships with others? Is our social learning experience different from the way we learn about the physical world? Are children passive recipients of experience, or do we actively construct the way we develop? Are we almost different people at different phases of our lives, or are we always about the same with more experience to go by?
 * Nature vs. Nurture**
 * Individual Differences**
 * Social Context**
 * Passive vs. Active Child**
 * Quantitatve Change vs. Qualitative Stages**

- It's important that emphasis is made on the fact that almost all theories in Developmental Psychology end up dealing with this topics/questions. - Students will get a Hanout with this questions and localize which of them does the study they brought for HW relates to. go around the class asking other students - After that, they will go around the class and look for students with other studies that fit in other questions. They need to have one study for each question/topic.

- At the end of the class, students will go around the classroom reading the definitions they posted at the beggining and vote for the one they think is best. All students will write the winning definition in their notes


 * Note:** you will have to separate this lesson into two periods, so you can give definitions and questions in the first lesson and the activity with the study in the second. || Individual/ Pairs /whole class || [[file:Big Questions in Developmental Psychology handout.docx]] ||


 * ~ Level Key ||
 * H . || Higher achiever ||
 * S || Standard achiever ||
 * L || Lower achiever ||


 * ~ Type Key ||
 * Individual . || Activity performed completely by the student himself. ||
 * Pairs || Acitivty performed in pairs to either to share, check or generate results. ||
 * Group || Activity performed in groups, strongly recommended in groups of 3 or 4 and assigned by the teacher. ||
 * Peer-Assess . || Activity that will be marked by peers. mark scheme should be provided before hand and explained. ||
 * Self Assess . || Activity that will be marked by one self. Mark scheme should be provided before hand and explained. ||

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