Higher Childcare and Development

The physical, cognitive, emotional, social, and linguistic aspects of child development, and how they interrelate.

Parten's stages of social play, and the contributions of Froebel, Montessori, and Bruce to theories of play in early childhood.

Piaget's stages of cognitive development, Bruner's modes of representation, and Vygotsky's zone of proximal development.

Bowlby's attachment theory, Bandura's social learning theory, Skinner's operant conditioning, and Rutter's research on resilience.

Cultural, familial, economic, environmental, and political factors that can positively or negatively influence a child's development.

Real Scottish strategies and initiatives, the services that support children and young people, and the professionals who work with them.