Culture and human development

Pre-requisites:

Course objectives: - Knowledge and understanding of the ways in which socio-cultural context shapes human development - Knowledge and understanding of contemporary theory and research - To improve the skills of critical analysis of contemporary theories and research of the impact of socio-cultural context

Course description: In the course, students will critically analyze current knowledge and research about the roles that socio-cultural environment has in the development of the individual, and biological limits within which socio-cultural environment and the activity of an individual shapes the development. Critical analysis is focused on the developmental domains and the phenomena of student choice.

Learning Outcomes: - Knowledge and understanding of the ways in which socio-cultural context shapes human development - Knowledge and understanding of contemporary theory and research - skills of critical analysis of contemporary theories and research on the impact of socio-cultural context

Culture and human development

Pre-requisites:

Course objectives: - Knowledge and understanding of the ways in which socio-cultural context shapes human development - Knowledge and understanding of contemporary theory and research - To improve the skills of critical analysis of contemporary theories and research of the impact of socio-cultural context

Course description: In the course, students will critically analyze current knowledge and research about the roles that socio-cultural environment has in the development of the individual, and biological limits within which socio-cultural environment and the activity of an individual shapes the development. Critical analysis is focused on the developmental domains and the phenomena of student choice.

Learning Outcomes: - Knowledge and understanding of the ways in which socio-cultural context shapes human development - Knowledge and understanding of contemporary theory and research - skills of critical analysis of contemporary theories and research on the impact of socio-cultural context

Literature/Reading:

• Lerner, R. (2006). Developmental Science, Developmental Systems, and Contemporary Theories of Human Development. In: W. Damon & R. Lerner (Eds.). Handbook of Child Psychology, Vol. 1, Theoretical Mode
• Shweder, R.A. et al. (2006).The Cultural Psychology of Development: One Mind, Many Mentalities. In: W. Damon & R. Lerner (Eds.). Handbook of Child Psychology, Vol. 1, Theoretical Models of Human Deve
• Cole, M. (2006). Culture and Cognitive Development in Phylogenetic, Historical, and Ontogenetic Perspective. In: W.Damon, R.Lerner, D.Kuhn & R.S.Siegler(Eds.). Handbook of Child Psychology, Vol.2, Cog
• Cole, M. (1996). Cultural Psychology: A once and future discipline. Harvard University Press, Cambridge
• Valsiner, J. (2007). Culture in Mind and Societies: Foundations of Cultural Psychology. Sage Publication, New Delhi, London
• Valsiner, J. & Rosa, A. (Eds.) (2007). The Cambridge Handbook of Sociocultural Psychology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (odabrani delovi)
• 20 izvornih tekstova iz naučnih časopisa ili knjiga izabranih od strane studenta u zavisnosti od interesovanja studenta