I am almost at the end of this course and even although I am 'enrolled' there is no record of it in my Open Learn. Wanted to print off the record for CPD. Can someone please asnswer my query.
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Exploring childrens' learning
How does a child’s mind and behaviour change as they develop over...
How does a child’s mind and behaviour change as they develop over time? In this unit four theories of child development are explored. Each theory views child development from a different perspective and all have underpinned psychological research for many years, and continue to do so today. By the end of this unit you will have a good understanding of each of the theories and will probably have begun to challenge your own assumptions about how your own children, or children you know, have developed over time.
After you have studied this unit you should be able to:
- describe the key features of behaviourist, social learning, constructivist and social constructivist theories of development;
- evaluate critically these four theories;
- illustrate their application to practical issues in child development.
- Duration: 20 hours
- Published on: Thursday 28th July 2011
- Level: Intermediate
- Posted under: Educational Practice
Exploring children's learning
Introduction

This unit examines four of the ‘grand theories’ of child development: behaviourism, social learning, constructivism and social constructivism.
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Hi Rosemary - your query has been forwarded to the site team who will look into it for you. as soon as I hear back from them I will let you know.
Many thanks
OpenLearn Moderator
In the past I have been able to print off a record of these courses but even although I am enrolled on 'Explore Childrens' Learning' there is no record in my profile.
Hi Rosemary, the technical team have checked your past and present unit list and Explore children's learning is listed. It appears that the problem is that your units are not being shown, if you e-mail openlearn@open.ac.uk they will send you an instruction sheet on how to change your settings. Unfortunately this is something that cannot be done by the team.
Many thanks Rosemary and I hope this solution works for you.
OpenLearn Moderator
I have not been on the OpenLearn site in a long time. The new format is quite a shock and I almost gave up trying to locate this course. I and some friends of mine are going to work through it together. We have all found that when we enrol for courses by ourselves we never finish, kind of like all those books I buy and never read. Good intentions but nothing more.
Anyway, I guess we will used to this format as it is what it is now - very modern. I just hope I can find this class again. So much for Behaviourisn...
Cary Clark
Reading, UK
Thanks for your comment Cary, I've passed it onto the design team for you.
I'm glad you found the unit, if you need any additional help please feel free to leave comments or e-mail us at openlearn@open.ac.uk.
Thanks Cary and good luck with the unit.
OpenLearn Moderator
Great, I've come across behaviourism, social learning and social constructionism in other modules before.Am rest assured I can easily take ED209 along with another 15/30 credit module now.
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