Course code Psih3009
Credit points 3
Pre-school Psychology
Total Hours in Course81
Number of hours for lectures16
Number of hours for seminars and practical classes16
Independent study hours49
Date of course confirmation23.10.2013
Responsible UnitInstitute of Mechanics and Design
Course developers
Regīna Baltušīte
Dr. paed.
Inga Andersone-Penčuka
Mg. paed.
Course abstract
The study course provides theoretical knowledge and practical skills on the preschoolers’ psychic development. The students, within the framework of the study course, perfect their knowledge of the general regularities of preschoolers’ growth and development according to various authors. The students, on the basis of a child-oriented approach, get insight into a child’s development in the unified wholeness, the peculiarities of a child’s cognitive, individual, emotional and volition development, the psychological indicators of preschoolers’ school readiness.
Learning outcomes and their assessment
• Knowledge – knows the basic concepts of preschool psychology; the general regularities of a child’s growth and development; the individual development of children, when they acquire the content preschool education program;
• skills – can analyze, compare and evaluate the division of preschoolers’ age groups into periods according to various authors; can evaluate theoretically the regularities of a child’s development in the content of a preschool education program in the different spheres of activities; can use the information technologies for the preparation of a presentation;
• competence – able to evaluate the general regularities of a child’s growth and development in the unified wholeness; able to see these regularities in the content of a preschool education program.
Compulsory reading
1. Amonašvili Š. Bērna kausā mirdz kultūras grauda iedīglis. Rīga: [Citrons], 2007. 54 lpp.
2. Svence G. Attīstības psiholoģija. Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC, 1999. 157 lpp.
3. Shaffer D., Kipp K. Developmental Psychology: Childhood & Adolescence: Childhood. 8 Edition. Wadsworth, Cengage learning, Canada, 2009. 668 p.
4. Рыжов Б. Системная периодизация развития. Журнал. Системная психология и социология, 2012. № 5. Pieejams tiešsaistē: http://systempsychology.ru/downloads/journal/5_2012.pdf
Further reading
1. Smith L., Elliott C. Child Psychology and Development For Dummies . Wiley Publishing Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana 2011.
2. Piažē Ž. Bērna intelektuālā attīstība. Rīga: Pētergailis, 2002. 320 lpp.
3. Vigotskis Ļ. Domāšana un runa. Rīga: Eve, 2002. 391 lpp.
Periodicals and other sources
1. Psychology Today. ISSN: 0033-3107 Pieejams arī: http://www.psychologytoday.com/
2. Review of General Psychology. ISSN 1089 - 2680
3. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. ISSN el 1939 - 1293