Postgraduate Course: Developmental Well-being (CLPS11048)
Course Outline
| School | School of Health in Social Science |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
| Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course is delivered fully online. The course aims to equip students with a deep understanding of current models of well-being across the lifespan.
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| Course description |
The term 'well-being' (psychological and psychosocial) encompasses positive elements (a person's strengths, positive emotions, environmental mastery, self-efficacy, sense of purpose, etc) as well as classical indicators of mental health and disease. Well-being is contrasted with ill-being, which is conceptualised in terms of negative affect, psychiatric co-morbidity, unhealthy behaviours, etc.
Many psychologists now believe that well-being and ill-being usually coexist. These views emphasise the importance of promoting strengths in populations with special needs and in the general population as a way of preventing the emergence of ill-being.
This course will encourage students to explore issues such as changes in well-being requirements in further stages of psychosocial development, the cross-cultural validity of the concept and the relation with social inequalities. The course will also address these debates as a basic tool for being able to deepen into applied aspects of mental health and well-being promotion.
This course is delivered fully online. Teaching takes place through a range of online-based interactive activities supported by media including video lectures, videos, e-books and journal articles and discussion boards. Students will develop a critical awareness of the factors affecting the well-being of children, young people and families.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Conceptualise, analyse and present the essential theoretical models of well-being across the lifespan, among populations with different access to public services, and different cultures.
- Critically review the different variables associated with well-being at different development stages.
- Critically appraise and understand life-span theories under a positive psychological and flourishing perspective.
- Critically review and contextualise different identity, cognitive, relational and motivational factors involved in a positive life-span development.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
* Research and enquiry skills, including evaluation and critical analysis
* Personal and intellectual autonomy skills, including accountability and working with others
* Technical and practical skills
* Communication, numeracy and IT skills
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Melina Kyranides
Tel: (0131 6)51 5148
Email: Melina.Nicole.Kyranides@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mx Liam McCabe
Tel:
Email: Liam.McCabe@ed.ac.uk |
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