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About the Course

In this course, we dive into the topic of child development. You will learn that child development is complex and is influenced by a surprisingly rich number of factors at many different levels of organization. You will see that development can be studied in various domains and at various levels of understanding, from different angles and disciplines. Importantly, you will come to understand that processes within and between the various domains and levels of organization continuously interact to shape development. This implies that understanding development requires taking an interdisciplinary approach. In order to help you organize your thinking about this complexity you will learn more about the developmental systems approach and theories related to that. We will look, amongst other things, at the brain and motor development, cognitive, language and social-emotional development and all the factors that have an influence on development. To illustrate how an interdisciplinary approach helps to understand child development you will see how researchers from various disciplines and backgrounds study child development at Utrecht University. These scientists will give a look in their field of knowledge and their collaboration with colleagues, to illustrate how the theory you will learn translates to practice. In sum, we invite you to follow us on a journey to understand child development from synapse to society!...

Top reviews

RR

Feb 19, 2020

excellent explanation of the subject. But....... not at all easy... if you want to choose this one, you should be ready to spend more time than prescribed... surely...

HAD FUN LEARNING

VN

Mar 17, 2021

This was an amazing time for me learning about child development . Really an eye opener to aquire more knowledge about children , their behavior and just how they see the world .

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By Georgios M

May 20, 2020

best!

By 黄嘉莹

Oct 13, 2021

good

By Shifana s

Nov 27, 2020

Good

By JISANA

Nov 27, 2020

Good

By Ghowshic R

Oct 9, 2020

Good

By Dilip K

Jul 20, 2023

goo

By Yelena R

Sep 21, 2023

The flow of the course modules is logical and delivers the promised learning outcomes, and the featured experts seem genuinely enthusiastic about the topic. I personally liked the structure of the assessments (e.g. short quizzes, written responses, and three peer-reviewed tasks). The course definitely takes a very inter-disciplinary approach to understanding child development, and it doesn't shy away from specifics within each field. Be aware that certain elements use terminology or concepts you may have to familiarize yourself with in order to understand the content thoroughly. Modules included interesting examples of real-world interdisciplinary development work, primarily through research activities in the Dynamics of Youth at Utrecht University. The minor issues I have with the course include a handful of broken links throughout and the tediousness of creating peer-reviewed responses via soundcloud (I personally gave up and typed after a few attempts at the first of these assessments). Overall, I would recommend for someone who wants to better understand child development and how they can positively contribute to a child's development in their real life experiences.

By Durmattie B - S

Nov 14, 2022

I'm very grateful for the opportunity given to me for completing this course. I have indeed learnt alot and will use my knowledge and understanding to betger under children. Thank you once again

By Leanne R

Jun 27, 2020

Easy to understand. Learning at own pace. Should be a little more challenging.

By Zohra R

Apr 2, 2022

Excellent. very well explained . Would like go on with Diploma level.

By G I

Mar 3, 2023

I enjoyed a lot the lectures of Mr. Huijding.

By Ladonna J

Dec 10, 2022

The course was great

By tharshika

Nov 27, 2020

nice platform

By Neslihan K

May 21, 2021

Great

By Georgia T

Jun 24, 2023

Not enough in-depth information on the topics covered by the course, too much redirection to external reading sources, too much focus on the university's research interviews. My goal was to learn about child development THROUGH the course itself and not via reading suggested articles or book chapters on the topic. While it is interesting to see the multidisciplinary research carried out by the University, the course focuses too much on the staff and what they are doing at the University, and not enough on actually teaching about child development with relevant, real-life examples. I skipped through most of the interviews and was done with the "lecture" videos within 3 hours.

By Ay�e �

Nov 6, 2020

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By Ravi D

Sep 10, 2022

Only scintific terms and theory. Didnt find it useful as a new Parent.