/enri-thumbnails/careeropportunities1f0caf1c-a12d-479c-be7c-3c04e085c617.tmb-mega-menu.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=d7261e3b_1)
/cradle-thumbnails/research-capabilities1516d0ba63aa44f0b4ee77a8c05263b2.tmb-mega-menu.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=1bc94f8_1)
7e6fdc03-9018-4d08-9a98-8a21acbc37ba.tmb-mega-menu.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=7deaf618_1)
Introduction
This course examines the major dimensions of typical and atypical physical, cognitive, moral, emotional and social developments in relation to the patterns of growth, stability and change, which occur across the lifespan.
The impact of biological, psychological, and social challenges on human development will be explored. An ecological perspective will be utilized to understand the individual, family, community, and society issues related to these challenges. A range of developmental learning theories will be introduced to help explain different outcomes in terms of learning, personality, behaviour, mental capacities and processes, and the influences of culture and language.
Alongside the general theories of human development, disability will be introduced through a life course approach to offer an alternative framework for thinking about disability as it affects people of all generations and at all points of life course transition.
This perspective is important, because it highlights how disabling societies and practices affect the population under consideration i.e. children, young people and adults, helping us to understand life course transitions in a collective way, and how this shapes our understanding of disability in the social world.
Participants will be encouraged to link theoretical perspectives and empirical studies with their roles as educators in order to help them develop the necessary understanding and skills to assist others in navigating life's present and future challenges.
This course is part of:
- Graduate Certificate in
Special Education
- FlexiMasters in Special Education
Learners must complete the following courses to attain the Graduate Certificate in Special Education (12 AU):
• MSE915 Assessment of Children and Youth with Special Needs
Upon completion of the fourth course, MSE913 Curriculum Design and Development, learners will fulfil the AU requirements to attain the FlexiMasters in Special Education (16 AU).
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- Become familiar with the key ideas and concepts in various human development and learning theories
- Respect sociological definitions of disability through a disability studies perspective
- Describe the impact of biological, psychological, social, and environmental challenges on human development.
- Critically analyze explanations for developmental issues and the effects of individual, family, community, and social responses
- Assess the way in which impairments at earlier developmental stages impact development at later developmental stages
This course introduces human development content to students without prior background in the field of special education. As this is a postgraduate masters course, it will also expect greater independence of learning, having students draw on skills and knowledge to carry out basic special education research. This course will provide opportunities to further examine and discuss the following research-related topics:
- Introduction to human development
- General theories in human development Part 1
- General theories in human development Part 2
- Issues on birth rights
- Infancy and toddlerhood
- Early childhood
- Middle childhood
- Disability and childhood
- Adolescence
- Youth and disability
- Adulthood
- Disability and sociology
- A teaching qualification such as the Postgraduate Diploma in Education and at least one year of teaching experience or
- At least three years of teaching experience or other relevant working experience in education.
Standard Course Fee: S$4490.80
SSG Funding Support | Course fee | Course fee payable after SSG funding, if eligible under various schemes | |
BEFORE funding & GST | AFTER funding & 9% GST | ||
Singapore Citizens (SCs) and Permanent Residents (PRs) (Up to 70% funding) | S$4,120.00 | S$1,347.24 | |
Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS) | S$523.24 | ||
SCs aged ≥ 40 years old | |||
- Standard course fee is inclusive of GST.
- NTU/NIE alumni may utilise their $1,600 Alumni Course Credits. Click here for more information.
| COURSE TITLE | ACADEMIC UNIT |
| MSE911 Learning Disabilities* | 4 |
| MSE913 Curriculum Design and Development* | 4 |
| MSE915 Assessment of Children and Youth with Special Needs* | 4 |
Listed courses are:
- Credit-bearing and stackable to Graduate Certificate in Special Education (total 12AUs) and FlexiMasters in Special Education (total 16AUs)
*SSG funded and SkillsFuture Credit approved
